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Climate change rules to start hitting CA dairies

April 14, 2016, Bakersfield, CA – Kern County dairies will be asked to upgrade their manure management practices, if they haven’t already, as part of a strategy proposed for cutting California’s emissions of methane and other short-lived but powerful greenhouse gases.

A draft document released recently by the California Air Resources Board calls for a 75 percent reduction in methane emissions from the state’s dairies by 2030. The proposal included an analysis of existing technologies it says can help dairies reach that goal. READ MORE