Excessive methane emissions at Los Reales Landfill were discovered more than a year ago, but city and county officials are ...

Global warming and climate change are environmental issues. Human activities cause these problems. Burning fossil fuels and ...

Bills meant to restrict landfill expansions or operations are awaiting governors’ approval in several states, while New ...

Composting transforms organic waste into nutrient-rich soil, significantly reducing methane emissions and protecting public health. Widespread adoption of composting can mitigate climate change, ...

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is taking aim at dozens of rules aimed at protecting the ...

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

The accelerated timeline is due to higher-than-expected temperatures over the past few years, diminishing air pollution that cooled the Earth, and rising greenhouse gas emissions.

To the already very long list of problems caused by global warming, add toxic waste in old landfills exposed by coastal erosion and polluting beaches and seas. “There is not lots of toxic waste ...

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 ...

The greenhouse gas traps more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, so climate scientists say reducing methane emissions could help mitigate global warming. The EPA requires landfills of a ...

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 multi-pronged ...

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 ...