Super-Pollutants Archives - Inside Climate News

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

Amid reports of “super emitters,” experts say getting the emissions numbers right is essential to curbing a potent climate pollutant.

By James Bruggers and Phil McKenna (Inside Climate News), Amy Green (WMFE) and Robert Benincasa (NPR)

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.

A Colorado Home Wins the Solar Decathlon, But Still Helps Cook the Planet

By Phil McKenna

New Climate Research From a Year-Long Arctic Expedition Raises an Ozone Alarm in the High North

By Bob Berwyn

Flared natural gas is burned off at Apache Corporations operations at the Deadwood natural gas plant in the Permian Basin on Feb. 5, 2015 in Garden City, Texas. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

With the World Focused on Reducing Methane Emissions, Even Texas Signals a Crackdown on ‘Flaring’

By Jonathan Moens

North Dakota, Using Taxpayer Funds, Bailed Out Oil and Gas Companies by Plugging Abandoned Wells

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The EPA Proposes a Ban on HFC-23, the Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Among Hydrofluorocarbons, by October 2022

By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers

The Senate Reinstates Methane Emissions Regulations Rolled Back by Trump, Marking a Clear Win for Climate Activists

By Phil McKenna

Ahead of the Climate Summit, Environmental Groups Urge Biden to Champion Methane Reductions as a Quick Warming Fix

By Phil McKenna

An Unusual Coalition of Environmental and Industry Groups Is Calling on the EPA to Quickly Phase Out Super-Polluting Refrigerants

By Phil McKenna

Want to Buy a Climate-Friendly Refrigerator? Leading Manufacturers Are Finally Providing the Information You Need

By Phil McKenna

Louisville’s Super-Polluting Chemical Plant Emits Not One, But Two Potent Greenhouse Gases

By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers

Biden Takes Aim at Reducing Emissions of Super-Polluting Methane Gas, With or Without the Republicans

By Marianne Lavelle

Has the Ascend Nylon Plant in Florida Cut Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions, as Promised? A Customer Wants to Know

By Phil McKenna

I Tried to Buy a Climate-Friendly Refrigerator. What I Got Was a Carbon Bomb.

By Phil McKenna

A Single Chemical Plant in Louisville Emits a Super-Pollutant That Does More Climate Damage Than Every Car in the City

By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers

A New Study Closes the Case on the Mysterious Rise of a Climate Super-Pollutant

By Phil McKenna

A German Initiative Seeks to Curb Global Emissions of a Climate Super-Pollutant

By Phil McKenna

Stimulus Bill Is Laden With Climate Provisions, Including a Phasedown of Chemical Super-Pollutants

By Phil McKenna

Chinese Factories Want to Make Climate-Friendly Air Conditioners. A US Company Is Blocking Them

By Phil McKenna, By Phil McKenna and Feng Hao

Keep Environmental Journalism Alive

ICN provides award-winning climate coverage free of charge and advertising. We rely on donations from readers like you to keep going.

You will be redirected to ICN's donation partner.