RALEIGH, N.C. -- The world's largest pork company said it's going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. Smithfield Foods said it is expanding to farms across North Carolina, Utah ...

When discussing climate change, carbon dioxide sucks up a lot of the air, so to speak. Less attention is spent on methane, which accounts for 20 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions but is 80 times ...

Generating power while purifying the environment of greenhouse gases should be achievable using bacteria. In a new publication, microbiologists from Radboud University have demonstrated that it is ...

<p><br><P> A natural byproduct of human waste will be converted into electricity to power St. Mary's County's main sewage treatment plant. Using 94 percent federal stimulus funds, the St. Mary's ...

Small bacteria found in fertilizer-polluted freshwater ditches, streams, and lakes are like little power generators, according to new research from Radboud University in the Netherlands. There, ...

After the last dump trucks and excavators have left Waco Regional Landfill three years from now, it could find a new career as a solar energy farm, combined with a generator that makes electricity ...

A system uses cow manure, a digester and fuel cells to generate electricity at Bar 20 Dairy in Kerman, California. Mooove over, Big Oil. Cows from Bar 20 Dairy in California are helping fuel more than ...