The U.S. EPA only published partial information on the country’s greenhouse gas emissions this year. But newly available data ...

Colorado, as part of its multi-pronged approach to eliminate 90% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, is planning to address those landfill emissions next year with rules that could ...

The agency announced last week that it plans to review its 2016 standards for landfill emissions. The notice came as an item on a White House fact sheet for last Tuesday’s summit on heat ...

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 ...

The agency said it is looking for ways to "streamline, improve, and harmonize the current suite of emissions regulations" for municipal solid waste landfills. The agency has previously indicated ...

“Landfills across Colorado, including in Eagle County, are leading sources of methane pollution,” said Eagle County ...

Michigan landfills are a major source of methane emissions. Kent County is pushing composting and recovery to cut climate ...

Operators of heaping trash piles will one day have to put a lid on their methane emissions, as Colorado begins the process of adopting stronger landfill rules. Earlier in December, the state ...

Oregon environmental regulators have issued a formal warning to Coffin Butte Landfill for not complying with new requirements to reduce methane emissions from the state’s landfills. Coffin Butte ...

Colorado is updating how it regulates landfills as part of its broader plan to address the state's greenhouse gas emissions. The Colorado GHG Roadmap 2.0, released in February 2024, identified ...