Landfills in Colorado release millions of ... paper and yard trimmings decomposes into the soil, contributing to global warming and harming human health. Colorado, as part of its multipronged ...

BENGALURU, India — Landfills are releasing far more planet ... local governments carry out targeted efforts to limit global warming by pinpointing specific sites of major concern.

Proposed rules would force operators to measure methane emissions, fix leaks, and, in some cases, install gas collection ...

There are more than 2,600 landfills across the country ... Any climate action plan that wants to quickly turn the tide of global warming has to tackle methane, which traps orders of magnitude ...

Waste from old landfill sites is spilling onto beaches as rising seas erode coastlines - and some of it is toxic ...

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. Recent ...

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 year ...

Humans cause methane emissions by burning fossil fuels, engaging in large-scale agriculture and filling up landfills ... the most dire consequences of global warming.” The Associated Press ...

Landfills are a leading source of methane, which is second only to carbon dioxide in terms of its impact on global warming. According to the North Carolina Division of Air Quality, landfills are ...