Landfills in the United States are larger sources of methane than previously thought—according to a new study, more than half ...
A landfill is a place of perpetual motion, where mountains of garbage rise in days and crews race to contain the influx of ever more trash. Amid the commotion, an invisible gas often escapes ...
Landfill trash is the third-largest source of human-caused methane pollution in the US. To fight global heating, curb waste ...
WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) - Over half of U.S. landfills observed by aerial surveys are super-emitting sources of methane, according to a new study in the journal Science published on Thursday.
Garbage piling up in landfills isn’t just an eyesore, it’s also a climate nightmare, belching out large amounts of planet-warming methane gas. In the United States, the problem could be much ...
The U.S. EPA’s latest inventory of greenhouse gas emissions also tallied emissions from municipal solid waste combustion and anaerobic digestion.
Methane is a heat-trapping greenhouse gas (GHG) that is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Most methane comes from ...
According to a new study in the journal Science published on Thursday, over half of US landfills observed by aerial surveys are super-emitting sources of methane. The study is the largest ...
Aerial Surveys Show US Landfills Are Major Source of Methane Emissions By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over half of U.S. landfills observed by aerial surveys are super-emitting sources ...