Arizona State University Landfills in the United States are ... more than half of these facilities are methane “super-emitters,” releasing more than 100 kilograms of the potent greenhouse ...
Methane is a heat-trapping greenhouse gas (GHG) that is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Most methane comes from human activities - roughly 60 percent - such as agriculture, fossil fuels ...
Super emitters are sources that spew at least 100 kilograms (100 lbs) of methane per hour, according to the EPA. At large emitting landfills, 60% had methane leaks that persisted over months or ...
Super emitters are sources that spew at least 100 kilograms (100 lbs) of methane per hour, according to the EPA. At large emitting landfills, 60% had methane leaks that persisted over months or ...
Super emitters are sources that spew at least 100 kilograms (100 lbs) of methane per hour, according to the EPA. At large emitting landfills, 60% had methane leaks that persisted over months or ...
(credit: REUTERS/STRINGER) According to the EPA, super emitters are sources that spew at least 100 kilograms (100 lbs) of methane per hour. At large emitting landfills, 60% had methane leaks that ...
Let’s keep organics out of the trash, so landfills are not their final resting place. And let’s tighten emissions controls nationwide, so small leaks don’t become super-emitters The EPA is ...
We surveyed 20% of the open landfills in the U.S. with airplanes ... and carbon dioxide to determine the origins of individual super-emitters. Once we use spectroscopy to measure the amount ...