EPA has quietly teed up what could become the first important climate rule of a potential Kamala Harris administration: a crackdown on landfill gas.
The agency announced last week that it plans to review its 2016 standards for landfill emissions. The notice came as an item on a White House fact sheet for last Tuesday’s summit on heat-trapping super pollutants, and EPA told POLITICO’s E&E News that it expects to issue a draft rule in 2025 for new and existing landfills.
Experts say the rule could be consequential both for the climate and the quality of life of those who live and work near municipal waste facilities.
“We feel really strongly that very substantial reductions are possible at very low cost,” said John Coequyt, U.S. government affairs director for the think tank RMI.
