Bengaluru, India — Landfills are releasing a significant amount of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere from the decomposition of waste, a study suggests. Scientists used satellite data ...

Landfills are releasing large amounts of planet-warming methane gas into the atmosphere, a study suggests. Satellite data find landfills are methane 'super emitters' - Los Angeles Times ...

Pressures such as population growth, urbanization, and land degradation are straining the global agrifood system, the network ...

“Super-emitters are potential low hanging fruit for action,” Duren said. “There's a relatively small number of them. And if you know where they are, ... refineries and landfills.

In 2024, two new satellites were launched to find methane super-emitters from space: the Environmental Defense Fund’s MethaneSAT took off in March 2024; and Carbon Mapper, launched later last ...

Colorado’s landfills released 1.45 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2020, the most current data available from the ...

Holding methane super-emitters to account would be a much more straightforward and effective policy — and a much less burdensome one for both industry and government — than the more arcane ...

Landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions behind oil and gas production and livestock farming in the United States. Colorado’s landfills released 1.45 million metric tons of ...

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

BENGALURU, India — Landfills are releasing large amounts of planet-warming methane gas into the atmosphere from the decomposition of waste and are a significant contributor to such … ...