msw landfills are largest share of large industrial methane emissions in 44 states
Find out if your state’s landfills make up the largest share of large industrial point sources for the super pollutant methane.
top 50 highest methane emitting landfills
Find out if your landfill is in the top 50 highest methane emitters in the country.
while nasa study finds epa estimates of landfill emissions are underestimated, scale of underestimates beats out oil and gas, livestock and coal, epa air regs don’t touch many landfills
NASA satellite observations reveal disturbing levels of methane from U.S. landfills, yet EPA regulations to limit emissions from methane don’t even apply to many landfills.
chicago tribune reports: U.S. EPA Inspectors Find many Exceedences of methane limit, issues with gas collection and cover quality at Multiple Landfills in Illinois
Check out the Chicago Tribune’s recent coverage of the urgent issue of flawed EPA regulations of landfills, and read on for even more detail on what U.S. EPA Inspectors found at Illinois landfills.
new playbook on deploying advanced monitoring tech at landfills - epa has opportunity to act to include tech
Advanced monitoring technology to vastly improve finding and fixing potent methane emissions at landfills is available and effective! Check out this new resource that walks you through how
New study from carbon mapper & co-authored by EPA shines a light on outsized landfill emissions
A potent planet-warming gas is seeping out of U.S. landfills at rates higher than previously thought, scientists say - U.S. EPA holds pen to fix flawed regulations.
new scientific study finds landfill methane emissions monitoring and reduction is one of most cost effective options to mitigate climate change, current emissions estimates up to 200% too low
A study published in the Scientific Journal Nature, finds landfill emissions are underestimated worldwide - yet another reason for the federal government to act to abate methane emissions.
how minimizing methane emissions helps reduce other harmful air toxics at landfills
Landfills all across the U.S. are causing massive amounts of global warming through methane emissions, while also impacting the health and happiness of nearby communities. Fortunately, plenty of solutions exist that can be implemented easily.
to address caa violations, epa requires kansas landfill to do drone monitoring and better leak detection on cover - it should do the same in its air regulations
Mitigating landfill methane emissions is a top priority for EPA enforcement, yet the EPA office of air and radiation has not yet acted to improve air emissions regulations for landfills.