A quick Google Search will turn up many names integral to the history of the Biogas Industry. Val Helment, a Brussels doctor credited with being the first to record information on 15 gases he observed being released from decomposing...
Earlier this year, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met to for the first Congressional Hearing on Pipeline Safety Act Reauthorization for 2019. At last year's Hearing that was held before the same congressional committee, Skip Elliott, an administrator with...
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a broad group of man-made chemicals that are used to manufacture a wide range of everyday products such as non-stick cookware, food packaging, stain-resistant fabrics used to produce carpets, upholstery, garments, as well as...
Reducing methane emissions on livestock and dairy farms is an important step to fighting climate change according to a recently published report titled: Methane, Cows, and Climate Change: California Dairy’s Path to Climate Neutrality. Livestock farms, such as dairy operators...
The US Senate has passed a new bill that will require the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a consumer recycling education and outreach program. The aim of the newly introduced Act, known as the ‘‘Recycling Enhancements to Collection...
Early this year, the US Environmental Protection Agency implemented a rule introduced in 2016 by the Obama administration that lowers the threshold at which landfills are required to install methane collection systems. The implementation of the rule will require an...
Methane from landfills is one of the top three human sources of this potent greenhouse gas. Capturing methane produced by rotting waste on a landfill could help slow climate change. Yet this is not necessarily a simple task. It involves...
Methane-sensing satellites will be used to identify landfills that emit large amounts of methane in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions from these sources. Landfills have been acknowledged as one of the largest anthropogenic contributors of climate-warming methane to...
