'Super-Emitters' In California Release A Third Of The State's Methane

A landfill in Italy with a methane capture system. (Credit: newphotoservice/Shutterstock)A new analysis finds that 0.2 percent of all California methane emitters — individual pipes emitting or leaking the greenhouse gas — account for more than a third of the state’s methane production.
Nearly half of these methane sources, dubbed super-emitters, come from landfills. Dairies and the oil and gas industry account for a quarter of discharge sites each. Ideally, pinpointing these em