The park’s history is rooted in its past as the Fresh Kills Landfill, which operated from 1948 to 2001. What initially opened ...

As the global community confronts the undeniable effects of climate change, there is an increasing focus on methane--a potent greenhouse gas that ranks second only to carbon dioxide in its role in ...

Bobolinks are one of three grassland birds that have been confirmed in a 50-acre closed part of Fairfax County’s I-95/Lorton landfill. The other two species are eastern meadowlarks and ...

When combusted, methane is converted to carbon dioxide, which while still a greenhouse gas, has a much lower global warming potential than methane. Sending captured landfill gas up through a flare ...

Opponents to plans by Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s administration to site the city’s next solid-waste landfill on active pineapple fields above Central Oahu’s freshwater aquifer claimed a ...

In 2007, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) set up a landfill in Baliarpur of Savar. Since then, Baliarpur, Konda, and Beraith villages in Bangaon union have been facing relentless pollution.

The Maharashtra government’s decision to relocate thousands of residents from Dharavi to the Deonar landfill as part of the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) has raised environmental and public ...

Her interest in writing climate humor is also deeply personal. As a Black woman, she knows that global warming disproportionately hurts Black and other non-white communities. “This is just ...

Seneca Falls, N.Y. — The latest twist in the debate over New York’s largest landfill has its opponents cheering, but may not be the end of the story. The state’s highest court, the Court of ...

Bioreactors housing methane-eating bacteria could offer a portable, off-grid solution for soaking up methane leaks from sites ...

Police in Hamilton say they have extended a search in an Ontario landfill for a missing woman they believe was disposed of through the garbage system. Since Feb. 24, police have been looking ...