NYSERDA announced it signed MOUs with Tompkins and Orange counties to study the feasibility of developing renewable energy projects in underutilized landfills.

Western states produced a whirlwind of climate initiatives last year, advancing numerous bills and regulations to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

Activists and consumer advocates in New York want to see less industry influence on clean energy policy recommendations to the state.

Oregon’s EQC approved the most stringent landfill emissions standards in the U.S., part of an effort to reduce the release of heat-trapping methane.