Generating power while purifying the environment of greenhouse gases should be achievable using bacteria. Microbiologists have demonstrated that it is possible to make methane-consuming bacteria ...

High atop the mountain of garbage that's the Berkeley County landfill, an emerging network of pipes could turn trash into treasure. The 6-inch plastic pipes started going down through the muck last ...

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 ...

It's been estimated that about one-third of all food that is produced for human consumption is wasted. | Microbiology ...

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 ...

WEBER COUNTY, Utah — From trash to treasure: A pilot program in Weber County is trying to find ways to bring clean energy to its communities, and officials say they have been successful so far. "This ...

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, ...

<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 ...

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire city of Lebanon has signed contracts to convert methane gas generated from its landfill into energy. The project is estimated to cost $5 million and the city ...

The Loess Hills Regional Sanitary Landfill is one of a handful of landfills in Iowa that converts landfill gas into renewable natural gas. (Photo courtesy of Bret Stephens/Loess Hills Landfill) When ...