Factory Farm Gas

IATP comments to CARB on CA SB 1383

Earlier this year, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) opened a public input process to inform the implementation of Senate Bill (SB) 1383, which establishes a methane reduction target for the dairy and livestock sector of 40% below 2013 levels by 20

IATP Europe comments on the revision of biogas-related methodologies in the EU Renewable Energy Directive

IATP Europe submitted the following comments on January 26, 2026, to the European Commission regarding the revision of Annex V and VI of the Renewable Energy Directive (short: RED, Directive (EU) 2018/2001) regarding proposed changes related to the calculation of the climate benefits of manure-based biogas and biomethane.

Learning from Germany’s decades of public biogas support

While biogas — energy produced mostly from crops or animal manure — has long been promoted as part of the European Union’s (EU) energy transition, it now receives renewed attention as a tool to address agriculture’s methane emissions. 

Energy transition or false solution? How the EU’s plan to boost biomethane feeds the factory farm system

As the European Union (EU) looks for ways to cut its agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and manage its energy transition, biogas and with it biomethane has gained renewed traction. 

House Budget boosts factory farm gas and biofuels

The Republican-led budget approved in late May after an all-night debate is a case study in backroom dealing and corporate influence.

Bad climate policy is locking in the factory farm system

Despite a range of climate policies backing factory farm gas, the emerging sector is highly controversial, particularly in rural communities where the highly polluting operations are located.

How to Fight a Factory Farm Episode Four: Cleaning up the CAFO Mess

The rise of factory farms in the U.S. didn't happen by accident. Corporate influence over our political system has created policies that subsidize and incentivize the industrial model. But our food system does not have to be this way.

Why is California funding big dairies in Minnesota?

The following opinion was originally published by MinnPost on February 16, 2024. 

IATP Comment to the California Air Resources Board on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposed amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). IATP is a 38-year-old, non-profit organization with headquarters in Minnesota that works nationally and internationally for fair and sustainable food and trade systems.

Methane action at COP27 still sidesteps factory farms

Last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) urged action on reducing the potent greenhouse gas methane to slow the climate crisis.