Palo Alto, Calif. - Pushing to buy at least 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, Palo Alto has turned to a new supply: rotting garbage in Watsonville.

The city utilities department has inked a deal to buy “green” electricity created by the methane gas that seeps out of the buried, decomposing garbage in the Santa Cruz County landfill.

Complete article: Palo Alto, Calif., to Buy ‘Green’ Power Created by Gas of Decomposing Garbage (Environmental News Network)