methane
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Sustainability
If Athens’ Landfill Turns Methane Gas Into Energy, Why Compost?
Beneath mounds of waste at the Athens-Clarke County Landfill, dozens of wells drilled into the ground collect energy from the methane gas created by decomposing organic waste. The gas is filtered through pipes to a small plant on landfill property where it is converted into usable energy. Plant operator Corey…
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Food
How Changing Your Diet Could Fight Climate Change
Julia Hauser became vegetarian when she first started college. Now, she thinks climate change is going to push more people to become vegetarian, too. Hauser is an environmental engineering major and a sustainability ambassador at the University of Georgia. She believes many others will join her in becoming vegetarian…