Could Dairy Cows Make Up for California’s Aliso Canyon Methane Leak?

There’s a twist in the big settlement over the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak announced in California this week: It includes a program to pay for methane gas collection at a dozen of the state’s dairy farms as a way to mitigate the leak’s climate impact. The plan is drawing a mixed reaction, with some concerns that it could create new ways for methane to leak.