In his 2015 budget proposal, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi has requested nearly $400,000 to test a patent-pending technology many believe is capable of capturing 100% of the greenhouse gas produced at the county's 220-acre solid waste facility on U.S. Highway 12 at County Road AB.
Isthmus contributor Nathan J. Comp reported on Dane County's work in harnessing and using the gases produced in its landfill in in the October 23 issue, and discussed his story with WORT producer Dylan Brogan on that day's edition of In Our Backyard.