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New Law Requires Calif. Landfills to Capture Methane
A new regulation adopted today will force more than a dozen California landfills to install equipment that captures methane gas created by decomposing solid waste.
The California Air Resources Board’s newly adopted measure will also impact other landfills by forcing them to change their operating practices to reduce the amount of methane released into the atmosphere.
All told, the regulation is expected to avoid 1.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, the most prevalent gas, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.