Canadian Company Will Reduce Cow Flatulence in Environmental Trade-Off
Associated Press
March 24, 2000
(Calgary, Alberta-AP) -- Good news for the environment. There's a way for cows in Uganda to pass less gas.
The amount of methane in gas passed by cattle is considered a big factor in global warming. Methane, which traps heat in the air, is said to feed the theorized greenhouse effect.
Global Livestock Group, a U-S company, has developed a feed supplement that can reduce cow flatulence as well as belching. Canada's largest private power producer, TransAlta, will help provide the supplement.
TransAlta's agreement is part of a strategy intended to help it conform to requirements of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The international treaty calls on industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
TransAlta expects gases produced by its plants will be offset by credits for eliminating gases in Uganda, as well as by other projects.
Environmental groups question the validity of the strategy.