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Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a special outreach program for garbage landfills. The program encourages trash dumps to create methane and liquid natural gas. EPA manager Tom Frankiewicz says, “Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide. Methane is also the main component of natural gas, so by capturing and using [...]
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Climate Change And The Food We Eat

Environmental Protection Agency — Agriculture is highly sensitive to climate variability and weather extremes, such as droughts, floods and severe storms. The forces that shape our climate are also critical to farm productivity. Human activity has already changed atmospheric characteristics such as temperature, rainfall, levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and ground level ozone. The scientific [...]
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EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health and the Environment

Science overwhelmingly shows greenhouse gas concentrations at unprecedented levels due to human activity. WASHINGTON – After a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. EPA also finds that [...]
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