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Heifer Madness
Thanks to booming dairy biz, cows out-pollute cars in California valley |
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02 Aug 2005 |
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| Heifer Madness Thanks to booming dairy biz, cows out-pollute cars in California valley In California's San Joaquin Valley, air-quality regulators are squaring off against the area's lucrative dairy industry over cow gas: Each dairy cow in the valley emits nearly 20 pounds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) a year, according to official estimates. (Sadly, more of the gas comes from burps than f ... |
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| Topics: California, food and agriculture, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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