Last year, Brandi Howse’s annual mammogram returned a grim diagnosis: Stage 3 breast cancer. To save her life, she had her breasts removed, then her ovaries. She’s free of the disease now and ...

Landfills across America are releasing far more methane, a potent planet-warming gas, than we previously thought. A study published in the journal Science found that our nation's dumps are releasing ...

The United States now has hundreds of installations on closed landfills, though the remaining sites may be limited by ...

Dirty, smelly built-up land with tractors moving across acres of trash and vultures flying above: That’s the picture of a landfill. For decades, adding landfill space has been left out of the public ...