New research suggests that breeding dairy cows to fart less -- and, therefore, release less methane -- could cut down on greenhouse gases. No need to make a stink: Controlling bovine flatulence could ...

Vermont-based ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's launched a pilot to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at dairy farms by getting cows to stop burping and farting. Getty Images The Vermont-based ice cream ...

Washington Democrats are pursuing a cow flatulence tax with a preposterous bill that would hurt local farmers. They say it’s to help address climate change concerns. But these are deeply unserious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists are trying to develop a vaccine that will reduce the amount of methane-producing microbes in cows’ stomachs The fight ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) sought to explain a recent document from her office that linked “farting cows” to climate change, saying that serious climate policy needs to address agriculture ...

Ice cream company Ben & Jerry's is working on editing its cows' diets in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from flatulence. Last month, the company announced a new project to slash ...

A bill would protect Iowa farmers from criminal and civil liability for greenhouse gas emissions caused by farming operations, such as "cow farts." ...

A Jersey cow feeds in a field on the Francis Thicke organic dairy farm in Fairfield, Iowa, May 8, 2018. Let’s clear the air about cow farts. In the climate-change debate, some policy makers seem to be ...

A British genetics firm plans to create less-gassy cows — meaning fewer climate-heating emissions. Genus Plc’s breeding program is intended to create “envirocows” with less-gaseous digestive systems, ...