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4 Μαρ 2024 · MethaneSAT allows for the quantification of total emissions across entire landscapes, while detecting concentrated point sources, such as gas pipeline leaks, and dispersed areas sources, such as wetlands. That said, all of these satellites are crucial to our full understanding of methane emissions.
7 Σεπ 2022 · Top Strategies to Cut Dangerous Methane Emissions from Landfills. How smart regulation and tailored policy can cut emissions, lower health risks to nearby communities, and generate clean energy. September 7, 2022. By Ebun Ayandele, Matt Jungclaus, Kenzie Huffman. The need to reduce methane emissions is a growing political imperative.
26 Οκτ 2023 · Mapping methane: Satellites seek out gas-spewing waste sites. A first-of-its-kind waste map under development shows methane emissions at landfills around the world in new fight against...
28 Μαρ 2024 · CNN — Garbage piling up in landfills isn’t just an eyesore, it’s also a climate nightmare, belching out large amounts of planet-warming methane gas. In the United States, the problem could be...
13 Ιουλ 2021 · Landfills are among the nation's largest sources of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide. But accurately measuring methane is a major challenge to reducing it.
11 Αυγ 2022 · A study builds on research that shows landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, after oil and gas systems and agriculture.
Methane is a powerful climate pollutant with 80 times more warming power than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period. Ninety-two percent of municipal solid waste landfills across America self-report their emissions to the Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.
