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Landfills

Advocates rallied for the Green Amendment at New York State Capitol in Albany two weeks before the Rochester appeals court decision. Credit: Green Amendments For The Generations

A New York Appellate Court Rejects a Broad Application of the State’s Green Amendment

By Peter Mantius
The nuisance of long-haul garbage trucks have led towns and villages across the Finger Lakes to pass resolutions opposing a bid to expand the state’s largest landfill. Credit: Caroline Gutman/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In New York’s Finger Lakes Region, Long-Haul Garbage Trucks Trigger Town Resolutions Against Landfill Expansion

By Peter Mantius
At a 2023 rally across the highway from Seneca Meadows Inc., Seneca Lake Guardian co-founder Yvonne Taylor called for the facility to be shut down. Credit: Peter Mantius/WaterFront

In New York, Attorney General Letitia James’ Narrow View of the State’s Green Amendment

By Peter Mantius
Residents near the Moody unauthorized dump site continue to worry about health impacts caused by the underground fire. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Forever Chemicals From a Forever Fire

By Lee Hedgepeth
Seneca Meadows applied for a new state permit to add 47 acres of new landfill liner area and to increase its height by 69.5 feet. Credit: Peter Mantius

Environmentalists Sue to Block Expansion of New York State’s Largest Landfill

By Peter Mantius
A Waste Management dumpster is seen at the company's facility on Feb. 12 in Austin, Texas. In 2021, Waste Management sought to expand the Hawthorne Park Landfill in Houston. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

After Fighting a Landfill Expansion, Houston Residents Await EPA Consideration of Stricter Methane Regulations

By Keaton Peters
This December 2022 photo shows smoke and open flames at the landfill site near Moody, Alabama. In the time since, the fire has continued to burn underground. Credit: Courtesy of Moody Fire Department

Will the Moody Landfill Fire Ever Be Extinguished? The EPA Isn’t So Sure.

By Lee Hedgepeth
A cropped still from a video of the Madison County landfill fire posted to Facebook by the New Market Volunteer Fire Department on Aug. 23, 2023.

A Publicly-Owned Landfill in Alabama Caught Fire and Smoldered for 50 Days. Nearby Residents Were Left in the Dark

By Lee Hedgepeth
The Ashberry Landfill in Opp, Alabama. “There are mountains of uncovered tires at the facility,” a nearby resident complained in 2019, according to a record of the complaint. “The mosquito issue has been so bad that residents are having to stay indoors more.” Credit: Alabama Department of Environmental Management

An Alabama Landfill Has Repeatedly Violated State Environmental Laws. State Regulators Waited Almost 20 Years to Crack Down

By Lee Hedgepeth
Trash is flattened and spread out across a hilllside before being covered with dirt at the Prima Deshecha landfill in San Juan Capistrano on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Credit: Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Federal Regulations Fail to Contain Methane Emissions from Landfills

By Phil McKenna, Amy Green

A Black Woman Fought for Her Community, and Her Life, Amidst Polluting Landfills and Vast ‘Borrow Pits’ Mined for Sand and Clay

By Agya K. Aning
Remote sensing of methane from high altitude aircraft reveals plumes of the gas coming from the open face, on the left, and from a vent, on the right, at the River Birch landfill outside New Orleans in April 2021. Researchers from the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Carbon Mapper calculate the rate of methane venting at approximately 2,000 kilograms per hour, which would be 48 metric tons per day. Credit: University of Arizona, Arizona State University, NASA JPL and Carbon Mapper.

Is There Something Amiss With the Way the EPA Tracks Methane Emissions from Landfills?

By James Bruggers
Remote sensing of methane from high altitude aircraft reveals plumes of the gas coming from the open face, on the left, and from a vent, on the right, at the River Birch landfill outside New Orleans in April 2021. Researchers from the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Carbon Mapper calculate the rate of methane venting at approximately 2,000 kilograms per hour, which would be 48 metric tons per day. Credit: University of Arizona, Arizona State University, NASA JPL and Carbon Mapper.

EPA Struggles to Track Methane Emissions From Landfills. Here’s Why It Matters

By James Bruggers, Amy Green, Phil McKenna, and Robert Benincasa

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