DEBATE INTENSIFIES OVER LANDFILL GHG EMISSION REDUCTION PLANS

Environmentalists are urging the waste board to reject U.S. EPA landfill emissions data as it begins discussions on future landfill greenhouse gas (GHG) emission-reduction policies, contending the studies underestimate emission levels. But waste industry sources argue that the EPA data should be used because new studies to better assess the impact of dumps will not be available until after 2010, which falls beyond the first deadline for GHG emission-reduction targets established by the governor. The debate over landfill methane emissions...