RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A Colorado company is breaking ground on a Duplin County plant that will provide Duke Energy Corp. with power from pig poop. Carbon Cycle Energy starts construction Thursday on ...

The world's largest pork company said it's going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. Smithfield Foods said it is expanding to farms across North Carolina, Utah and Missouri a ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Seven hundred million pigs produce a lot of poo. China's love of pork presents a mountain of a problem for the environment, 1.4 million tonnes of pig poo a year to be precise, but ...

Alternatives to the current fuel used to power planes have been explored for decades, with the goal of reducing carbon emissions and creating cleaner air. Immediately, the thought that comes to mind ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The world's largest pork company said it's going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. Smithfield Foods said it is expanding to farms across North Carolina, ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. — The world's largest pork company said it's going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. [RELATED: Smithfield Foods closing meat distribution center] Smithfield ...

Duke Energy is turning to home-grown pig poop to help it comply with state law. The Charlotte-based utility on Thursday said one of its power plants in central North Carolina has begun burning natural ...

The world's largest pork company said it's going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. Smithfield Foods said it is expanding to farms across North Carolina, Utah and Missouri a ...