EPA Readies Landfill Methane Air Rules While Use Of Gas For Energy Slows

EPA appears on track to meet its July 14 legally binding deadline for issuing updated emissions rules to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) methane from landfills, environmentalists say, while the agency says that use of landfill gas for energy -- which some states are seeking to promote to cut emissions -- has slowed due to economic factors. The agency is revising its existing landfill emission guidelines, last set in 2000, alongside updated standards for new and modified landfills, which were...