BENGALURU, India — Landfills are releasing far more planet-warming methane into the atmosphere from the decomposition of waste than previously thought, a study suggests. Scientists used ...

Landfills are releasing far more planet-warming methane into the atmosphere from the decomposition of waste than previously thought, a study suggests. Scientists used satellite data from four ...

Colorado’s landfills leak climate-warming methane into the air. What’s the state going to do about it? State air regulators will propose new rules in 2025 to reduce landfill methane emissions ...

Colorado’s Landfills Generate as Much Dirty Air as 1 Million Cars in ... Reducing methane emissions from landfills is one of the quickest and most efficient ways to slow global warming in the ...

The spacecraft, MethaneSAT, was just a year into its mission to provide a clearer picture of planet-warming emissions from ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that decomposing landfill waste releases over 17% of the country’s human-produced emissions of the powerful global warming agent.

The satellite was part of groundbreaking efforts to track methane pollution and make information public. Capping methane ...

Methane leaks from sites like rice paddies, landfills, dairy farms and coal mines could be plugged with the help of gas-guzzling bacteria, helping to curb near-term global warming.. Later this ...

Landfills are responsible for more than 14% of human-caused methane emissions, making it the third-largest source, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The greenhouse gas traps more ...

Global Warming Images/Alamy To the already very long list of problems caused by global warming , add toxic waste in old landfills exposed by coastal erosion and polluting beaches and seas.

Scientists and governments around the world have been searching for a solution to a problem that results in less than 1 per ...