“Modern dairy farms are like that.” The technology is viable with several kinds of manure, cow and pig in particular, as well as with gas from landfills, a type of biogas, he said. Cow and pig ...

It took more than ten years, but he found a way to reduce methane emissions and odor from the lagoons by turning all that pig poop into renewable natural gas that he sells back to his local ...

As if North Carolina hadn't suffered enough from the storm called Florence, the state now faces a nasty side effect of the flooding: massive amounts of escaped pig poop. According to the North ...

In contemporary terms, the word “nuisance” signifies an annoyance or a bother. Being woken by the neighbors’ crying baby through your bedroom wall, say, or persistent spam calls insisting ...

Canada has approved for limited production a genetically engineered, environmentally friendly pig. The "Enviropig" has been genetically modified in such a manner that its urine and feces contain ...

“In this case, we are looking for pig poo in particular,” Olson said. “We’re trying to get wild pig poo just because we have so many feral hogs that we thought it’d be interesting.

To target the long-term effects to the environment and get a better view of where these pig poop lagoons are located, scientists are turning to the skies for help, analyzing detailed satellite ...

A study published in January concluded that streams near large industrial farms in eastern North Carolina are full of pig poop bacteria. For those battling the state for more stringent regulations ...