Cow Fart Regulation Passed Into California Law

September 19, 2016 11:53 AM

Filed Under: California, Cow Fart, Law

cows eating grass in a cowshed

Cows eating grass in a cowshed. (Getty Images)

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SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that regulates emissions from dairy cows and landfills for the first time as California broadens its efforts to fight climate change beyond carbon-based greenhouse gases.

Brown’s move Monday targets a category of gases known as short-lived climate pollutants, which have an outsize effect on global warming despite their relatively short life in the atmosphere.

Environmentalists hope that tackling short-lived pollutants such as methane now would buy time to develop new and more affordable technology to reduce carbon emissions.

The legislation lays out steep reductions in a variety of pollutants, including methane. It’s tied to $90 million in funding for the dairy industry and garbage collectors.

Republicans say the regulations will hurt agricultural businesses, despite concessions made to dairy farmers.

Editor's Note: California has gone crazy.!  Just another hassle that small farmers will have to bear to stay in business.  I guess we are going to kill agriculture in California too.  Wake up voters. Madmen are running Sacramento!