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White House looks to regulate cow flatulence as part of climate agenda
The Daily Caller ^ | March 28,2014 | MICHAEL BASTASCH

Posted on 03/28/2014 6:45:40 PM PDT by Hojczyk

As part of its plan to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, the Obama administration is targeting the dairy industry to reduce methane emissions in their operations.

This comes despite falling methane emission levels across the economy since 1990.

The White House has proposed cutting methane emissions from the dairy industry by 25 percent by 2020. Although U.S. agriculture only accounts for about 9 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, it makes up a sizeableportion of methane emissions — which is a very potent greenhouse gas.

Some of these methane emissions come from cow flatulence, exhaling and belching — other livestock animals release methane as well.

“Cows emit a massive amount of methane through belching, with a lesser amount through flatulence,” according to How Stuff Works. “Statistics vary regarding how much methane the average dairy cow expels. Some experts say 100 liters to 200 liters a day… while others say it’s up to 500 liters… a day. In any case, that’s a lot of methane, an amount comparable to the pollution produced by a car in a day.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: agriculture; bhoenvironment; bhoepa; callchuckgrassley; climatechangefraud; cowflatulence; emissions; envirowhackos; epaoutofcontrol; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; greenhousegases; methane; whitehouse
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1 posted on 03/28/2014 6:45:40 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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Are they going to issue dairy farmers corks?


2 posted on 03/28/2014 6:46:58 PM PDT by doc1019
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Headline in the making: Dairyman killed by 80mm cork in Jackson, Wisconsin
Wife and five children greave!


3 posted on 03/28/2014 6:51:09 PM PDT by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2014!)
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4 posted on 03/28/2014 6:51:45 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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5 posted on 03/28/2014 6:52:21 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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"And...and...wait for it...they're preoccupied with cow farts!"


6 posted on 03/28/2014 6:52:30 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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7 posted on 03/28/2014 6:52:34 PM PDT by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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They can burn it off I suppose.


8 posted on 03/28/2014 6:52:55 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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An appropriate new title for 0bummer would be Buttplugger-in-Chief.


9 posted on 03/28/2014 6:53:00 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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Let’s see, beef rib steak at $245.00 a pound, leg of lamb $545.00 a pound, eggs $70.00 each, milk $75.00 a gallon and pork unavailable. Yeah, that should do it.


10 posted on 03/28/2014 6:53:23 PM PDT by JimSEA
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11 posted on 03/28/2014 6:53:41 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Here they go again. We need to “Fight Against Rediculous Taxes!”


12 posted on 03/28/2014 6:53:50 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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Will Michelle or Joe spearhead this?


13 posted on 03/28/2014 6:53:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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Cows Passing Wind To Be Outlawed.

Film at 11.


14 posted on 03/28/2014 6:54:06 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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you’re making this up


15 posted on 03/28/2014 6:54:13 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: RightGeek
And especially for Michelle Obama:


16 posted on 03/28/2014 6:56:25 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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White House eyes new regulations to cut methane from oil, gas sector (In REGS Ve TRvst)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3138397/posts

Friday, March 28, 2014 9:23:33 AM · by NormsRevenge · 25 replies
Yahoo! News ^ | 3/28/14 | Roberta Rampton and Timothy Gardner - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it will take a hard look at whether new regulations are needed to cut emissions of methane from the oil and gas industry, part of President Barack Obama’s plan to address climate change. Regulators will start by proposing new rules later this year to reduce venting and flaring from oil and gas wells on public lands, one way to begin slashing emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, said Dan Utech, Obama’s top energy and climate aide. Most oil and gas production takes place on privately owned land. The Environmental Protection Agency...


17 posted on 03/28/2014 6:57:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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18 posted on 03/28/2014 6:57:54 PM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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Ban cows, ban beef. We’ll see it in our lifetime.


19 posted on 03/28/2014 6:59:00 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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Somebody should regulate the White House since it is so full of crap that it reeks of Methane, CO2 and just plain bloviating (not just Bovine) hot air.

It stinks so badly at 1600 Pa. that the Roto-Rotor Man won’t even go there.

I wonder if they are allowed to smoke in there?


20 posted on 03/28/2014 7:01:03 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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