Because the city of Hamilton owned what started as a private landfill in the 1940s, it’s on the hook for part of the remediation efforts, which could cost upwards of $400,000. Pending City Council ...

Landfill owner Republic Services won't comply with two of the actions DEQ has asked it to take to address serious methane ...

Landfills are a major problem for the climate: They’re the United States’ third-largest source of methane, a greenhouse gas that traps 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide in the short term. Last ...

Satellites are giving cities a clearer view of methane emissions from landfills, turning hard-to-spot leaks into actionable data.

A mountain of rotting food, discarded clothing and cardboard boxes pile up as trucks line up the hill to dump more waste. Birds swirl in flocks above, waiting for the cranes and dump trucks to clear ...

While greenhouse gas emissions from our cars, trucks, and coal and gas plants are front and center in the climate conversation, one source of fossil fuels is out of sight and out of mind for many: our ...

Yeti crabs, shrimp, sea worms and starfish. And that’s just to name a few. They live between 1,800 and 3,600 meters below the Pacific Ocean off the shores of Costa Rica. A team of scientists, led by ...

Esther Salazar, Carmen Molina, and Marco Velasquez work to classify donated food at Banco de Alimentos Quito. (Credit: The Global FoodBanking Network/Ana María Buitron) Ignacion Mendez, a volunteer, ...

A plan to impose a fee of $900 to $1,500 on every excess ton of methane emissions would be the first federal price on greenhouse gas pollution. By Lisa Friedman The Biden administration announced new ...

In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, Tax Notes contributing editor Nana Ama Sarfo discusses methane-related tax policy and how it might lead to future taxation of greenhouse gas emissions. Tax Notes ...