Methane gas is leaking from landfills at higher rates and more consistently than other major emitting sectors, a new report from satellite monitoring company GHGSat found. In an analysis of 13 U.S ...

Oregon’s corporate-owned landfills are using a loophole in state law to avoid methane monitoring on an average of about half of their operating surfaces, a new study concludes. County-owned ...

Despite residents’ concerns, three Los Angeles County landfills — Calabasas, Sunshine Canyon and Lancaster — were authorized on Tuesday, Feb. 25, to accept tons of debris from the Palisades ...

SB 726 proposes stricter methane monitoring and reporting requirements for landfills. The bill was introduced in response to methane leaks at Coffin Butte Landfill. Opponents argue alternative ...

The board also agreed to temporarily remove dumping restrictions at the Calabasas Landfill, allowing it to also accept fire debris. That landfill is generally restricted to accepting waste only ...

All of that went to landfills designated to take hazardous waste. The cleanup is now in phase two, which involves removing all the remaining debris. And it is not going very far at all — in fact ...

Southern California residents are protesting the decision to take toxic ash and debris from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires to local landfills. Federal officials counter that the debris can be ...

Beyond Toxics found that corporate-owned landfills in Oregon are avoiding methane. monitoring on about half of their operating areas The study analyzed quarterly emission reports from eight out of ...

The remains of a second Indigenous woman murdered by a convicted serial killer have been found in a landfill in central Canada, authorities confirmed Monday, after another victim's remains were ...