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 ...

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 ...

When Melinda Sims first started LoCI Controls, a company that provides landfills with real-time data on methane collection, she wasn’t trying to address climate change. It was 2012, and methane — a ...

Opinion: California’s landfill methane compliance playbook is about to change, with more regulations that would push ...

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 ...

A truck drops off trash on the South Kent County Landfill. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read ...

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

More than a decade ago, the Mesa County Landfill voluntarily began capturing and burning off the methane generated by the organic waste disposed of there. Now, county officials are watching with ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...