As people rush to get rid of their jack-o’-lanterns in favor of Thanksgiving decorations, thousands of ornamental pumpkins will likely end up in landfills. Lacking oxygen and unable to break down and return to the soil, these discarded gourds decompose and fill the atmosphere with methane — a greenhouse gas that is more than 25 times as powerful as carbon dioxide in trapping heat. According to .
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As people rush to get rid of their jack-o’-lanterns in favor of Thanksgiving decorations, thousands of ornamental pumpkins will likely end up in landfills. Lacking oxygen and unable to break down and return to the soil, these discarded gourds decompose and fill the atmosphere with methane — a greenhouse gas that is more than 25 times as powerful as carbon dioxide in trapping heat. According to .
Blossom, the 8-month-old, 600 lb. Scottish Highland and Hereford crossbred heifer who ran through Niles on Thursday, April 27, is now living comfortably at the Hooved Animal Humane Society animal rescue in Woodstock. (Hooved Animal Humane Society photo) The cow that ran through the streets of Niles late last month, after a senior prank at