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Aerial observations of hundreds of large landfills across 18 states found they are leaking 40 percent more methane than is reported to the EPA

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It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while, academic researchers do real, actual, in-the-field research, as opposed to running computer simulations. Such an act of real research was just published in the journal Science last Thursday. A research group led by Carbon Mapper, with researchers from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Arizona State University,

U.S. landfills emit methane at levels at least 40 percent higher than previously reported to the Environmental Protection Agency, often in concentrated plumes

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Landfills are thought to be the third-largest source of methane emissions in the US.

"Addressing these high methane sources and mitigating persistent landfill emissions offers a strong potential for climate benefit," one of the authors of a

"Over half of U.S. landfills observed by aerial surveys are super-emitting sources of methane, according to a new study in the journal Science published on Thursday. The study is the largest assessment to date of methane from landfills, the third-largest source of U.S. methane emissions, and suggests an opportunity to tackle climate change by targeting a prevalent and potent

At large emitting landfills, 60 percent had methane leaks that persisted over months or years

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