Landfills across America are releasing far more methane, a potent planet-warming gas, than we previously thought. A study published in the journal Science found that our nation's dumps are releasing ...

May 16 (Reuters) - Methane emissions at nearly two dozen U.S. landfills regularly exceeded federal limits and in some cases were higher than facility owners reported to the government, according to an ...

Operators of heaping trash piles will one day have to put a lid on their methane emissions, as Colorado begins the process of adopting stronger landfill rules. Earlier in December, the state health ...

This story is part of a series of check-ins on where things stand on big issues like housing, immigration and education at the midpoint of the State House calendar ...

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 worse ...

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.

Methane plumes observed at a Louisiana landfill during the study. More than 14 percent of U.S. methane emissions were reported to have come from landfills in 2021. Arizona State University Landfills ...

A landfill is a place of perpetual motion, where mountains of garbage can rise in days and crews race to contain the influx of ever more trash. Amid the commotion, an invisible gas often escapes ...

There's a growing movement to keep the millions of pounds of pumpkins that serve as Jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween out of landfills, where they generate climate warming methane. As jack-o'-lanterns ...