GHGSat research shows landfills are undercounting methane emissions
The company’s research, which analyzed 2023 site data recorded by the satellite monitoring company, underscores the ...
Hearings set on Coffin Butte landfill expansion as EPA continues investigation
EPA measured methane exceeding regulatory limits 61 times during its June 2022 inspection of the landfill. Twenty-one of ...
Loudoun Co. moves to harness landfill methane, turn it into renewable natural gas
Loudoun County’s Board of Supervisors hopes to turn methane gas from the county’s landfill into renewable natural gas, perhaps within the next five years.
Oregon corporate landfills using loophole to avoid methane monitoring, study finds
The findings come as the Oregon Legislature is considering a bill to improve landfill methane monitoring and reporting.
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Report: Common-sense standards could cut California landfill methane emissions
A report by Industrious Labs finds that by adopting stronger landfill methane standards this year, the state could reduce ...
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Loudoun Supervisors Eye Plan to Tap Landfill Gas
Methane gas released from the county’s landfill could be turned into renewable energy in as soon as five years.
Renewable natural gas plant at Keystone Sanitary Landfill seeks expansion
A renewable natural gas plant at the Keystone Sanitary Landfill will go before Throop Borough Council on Thursday night as it looks to expand by 25%. The Assai Energy facility at 1150 Marshwood Road, ...
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Oshkosh school district proceeds with referendum plans after no methane found at Jacob Shapiro site
The Oshkosh Area School District is going forward with the Jacob Shapiro site as planned after finding no methane gas at the ...
Inter Press Service6d
How Landfills are Fueling the Climate Crisis: Smarter Ways to Handle Methane
Landfills, while generally not top of mind when we talk about climate change, are actually huge contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, particularly methane. This gas is much more effective at ...
Statesman Journal17d
Oregon corporate landfills using loophole to avoid methane monitoring, study finds
Landfills are among the nation’s largest sources of methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide and a major contributor to climate change, according to the U.S. Environmental ...