Page 3 of articles about greenhouse gas in Swine news

The use of food-based biofuels to meet the 10% renewable energy target of the Renewable Energy Directive will be limited to 5%.

Research is also being undertaken to develop technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from animal waste.

GHG emissions from the agricultural sector contributed nearly 10 per cent of total emissions in the EU-27 in 2010.

Provisional estimates from FAO indicate that pork production contributes about 793 million tonnes CO2 equivalent which represents approximately 1.6% of global GHG emissions.

A new £20 million fund to help rural businesses increase profits and reduce their impact on the environment.

The Australian Government today launched the first methodology to be approved under the Carbon Farming Initiative, which will provide pig farmers with the opportunity to earn carbon credits for reducing methane emissions from manure.