New Data Adds Pressure On EPA To Strengthen Landfill Methane Rules

Correction Appended Environmentalists are stepping up their calls for EPA to update its new source performance standards (NSPS) to reduce methane and related emissions from landfills, citing a new study showing solid waste landfills have become the largest industrial source of the potent greenhouse gas in 45 states in 2022. According to new analysis by Industrious Labs, a group that advocates for decarbonizing the industrial sector, municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills were the largest industrial source of methane in...