US EditionSome California landfills are on fire and leaking methane. Newly proposed rules could make them safer
The new rules would require faster methane leak repairs within three days and use of satellites and drones to monitor nearly 200 California landfills, aiming to reduce health and climate risks.
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California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule
California regulators voted on Thursday to update a 15-year-old rule controlling emissions of methane from municipal landfills, the second-largest source of the climate super pollutant in the state. The effort by California’s greenhouse gas regulators to strengthen oversight and align methods to control and monitor methane emissions from landfills with the latest technological advances is […]
Some California landfills are on fire and leaking methane: Newly proposed rules could make them safer
A vast canyon of buried garbage has been smoldering inside a landfill in the Santa Clarita Valley, inducing geysers of liquid waste onto the surface and noxious fumes into the air.
Some California landfills are on fire and leaking methane. Newly proposed rules could make them safer
California is considering adopting new rules to better identify and more quickly to respond to dangerous methane leaks and underground fires at landfills statewide.
California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule
As the Trump administration rolls back limits on greenhouse gases, environmental advocates and community leaders urge state officials to lead the fight against climate pollution by prioritizing public health. By Liza Gross California regulators voted on Thursday to update a 15-year-old rule controlling emissions of methane from municipal landfills, the second-largest source of the climate super pollutant in the state.
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