California’s new methane-hunting satellite has already exposed 10 of the state’s largest recent leaks, turning abstract climate pledges into concrete, measurable cuts in a matter of months. At the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California air regulators voted unanimously to adopt stricter rules designed to reduce methane emissions and ...

The State of California is now using a satellite to spot greenhouse gas emissions from space, and one of the first problems it has pinpointed is in Yolo County. Trucks dump tons of trash each day at ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Underground fires and methane leaks at California landfills have prompted thousands of complaints from nearby ...

Trash is flattened and spread out across a hillside before being covered with dirt at the Prima Deshecha landfill in San Juan Capistrano, California, on March 10, 2022. California adopted new rules to ...

The Sacramento skyline stands in the distance as piles of organic waste are processed at the Yolo County Central Landfill in September 2022. On Nov. 4, 2025, the California Air Resources Board ...

In one of the most important state environmental decisions this year, California air regulators adopted new rules designed to reduce methane leaks and better respond to disastrous underground fires at ...

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