In addition to helping cool the climate, the Van Eck Forest Project helps protect wildlife habitat, safeguard clean water supplies and restore biodiversity.
Turning cow waste into energy is one objective of Wisconsin’s Emerald Dairy. The Dairy uses an anaerobic digester that treats cow waste to reduce methane emissions and generate energy and heat. The process reduces risk of water pollution and minimizes area odors.
Landfills are the largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions in the U.S. Landfill methane is produced when organic materials are decomposed by bacteria in the absence of oxygen. The Newton-McDonald Landfill Project offsets these emissions by flaring the accumulated methane and reducing its negative impact on our planet.
The Usimart thermo-electric plant in Brazil uses only wood waste to generate electricity for the town of Colniza and reduces methane emissions due to controlled combustion of waste. It avoids the methane emissions generated during decomposition and puts waste to a good use.
The main application of wind power is to generate electricity. Large scale wind farms are connected to electrical grids. Individual turbines provide electricity to isolated locations very efficiently while avoiding carbon emissions typically related to the generation of energy through the burning of fossil fuels.
Forests help stabilize the climate and are abundant sources of other ecological goods and services – such as cleansed air, fertile soil and filtered water.
