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Methane Pollution Is About To See A Serious Cut From This Stinky Source
2016-07-19 20:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Last Friday, the EPA announced new rules that will cut landfills` methane emissions by one third. The latest regulation is an update to rules last updated over 20 years ago. They are expected to reduce methane emissions by around 334,000 tons a year in 2025. That is equivalent to reducing 8.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Methane is a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential over 25 times that of carbon dioxide, according to the EPA. But over a 20 year period, it can...
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