Large plumes of methane detected at a landfill in Georgia during U.S. airborne surveys. Carbon Mapper
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Methane is a heat-trapping greenhouse gas (GHG) that is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Most methane comes from human activities — roughly 60 percent — such as agriculture, fossil fuels and the decomposition of waste in landfills.
According to a new study led by nonprofit Carbon Mapper, more than half the landfills in the United States are “super-emitters” of…
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