Before Seattle Public School spent $300 million to rebuild Rainier Beach High School on a peat bog, scientists hired by the ...

PARKER COUNTY, Texas Remember the images of Parker County residents whose water wells catch on fire? Now they say their problem has gone from bad to explosive. They also say they have the test results ...

The King County Cedar Hills Regional Landfill near Seattle, where three readings during an EPA inspection showed methane concentrations above federal limits. Landfills in Oregon and Washington ...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is investigating an old landfill site emitting methane onto nearby properties in Fayetteville, DEQ and Cumberland County officials said this ...

Methane, a greenhouse gas that’s more powerful than carbon dioxide over its first 20 years in the atmosphere, is released from landfills by decomposing organic material like food scraps, cardboard, ...

Cesar Chavez Park juts into the San Francisco Bay near the Berkeley Marina. (Paul Chinn / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) Brimming with wildlife and offering panoramic views of San Francisco ...

Because the city of Hamilton owned what started as a private landfill in the 1940s, it’s on the hook for part of the remediation efforts, which could cost upwards of $400,000. Pending City Council ...

Brimming with wildlife and offering panoramic views of San Francisco Bay, César Chávez Park welcomes visitors who might never suspect this stretch of shoreline was built atop a municipal landfill. But ...