The latest beef in Olympia? Cow burps, farts, and poops. Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that seeks to gather better data on the scale and scope of methane emissions released by dairies ...

Before the milk gets to the creamery, the cows have to cut the cheese. A group of House Democrats in Washington have smelt this contribution to climate change, and have dealt a proposal to measure it.

A start-up has developed a vaccine that cuts methane emissions from cow burps, with plans for a commercial launch within three years. Cattle produce methane as a byproduct of fermenting grasses and ...