Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, United States, is getting greener with a new program that uses cow manure to generate* power.

The 750-student Green Mountain College aims to cut its greenhouse* gas emissions* by joining the Cow Power program, which makes use of waste from local farms.

“This program helps the college do its part to fight global warming* by reducing* its carbon* emissions by about 3,500 tons per year. It equals removing 758 passenger* cars from use for a year,” the college said last Thursday.

The program makes full use of a common byproduct* of Vermont dairy cows*. Such a cow produces around 13 gallons* of manure daily.

Vermont boasts* the highest cow-to-people ratio* in the United States, with 300,000 cattle* and calves* and just over 600,000 people, according to official figures.

(SD-Agencies)

Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, United States, is getting greener with a new program that uses cow manure to generate* power.

The 750-student Green Mountain College aims to cut its greenhouse* gas emissions* by joining the Cow Power program, which makes use of waste from local farms.

“This program helps the college do its part to fight global warming* by reducing* its carbon* emissions by about 3,500 tons per year. It equals removing 758 passenger* cars from use for a year,” the college said last Thursday.

The program makes full use of a common byproduct* of Vermont dairy cows*. Such a cow produces around 13 gallons* of manure daily.

Vermont boasts* the highest cow-to-people ratio* in the United States, with 300,000 cattle* and calves* and just over 600,000 people, according to official figures.

(SD-Agencies)