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A leading source of U.S. climate pollution could be curbed with more gas-collection systems and better emissions monitoring, environmental advocates say.
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Miami-Dade County Commissioner Rene Garcia tells WLRN that waste management is not always top of mind for a lot of people. But the Covanta energy plant fire in Doral has pushed for a rethink of South Florida's relationship with trash — how much waste people produce and where to put our garbage for the long haul.
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A study builds on research that shows landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, after oil and gas systems and agriculture.
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Julie Bargmann, the first recipient of the Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, redesigns waste dumps, landfills, Superfund sites — places she calls "the gnarliest."
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Landfills are among the nation's largest sources of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide. But accurately measuring methane is a major challenge to reducing it.