Citizen group questions safety of renewable natural gas from Ada County Landfill

The private company behind efforts to capture and clean landfill emissions into natural gas at the Ada County Landfill says it is weeks away from delivering fuel to Intermountain Gas customers.

Boise State Public Radio first reported on the project in January, now a group of citizens is questioning the safety of that gas.

“For a long time, people thought mostly about PFAS leaving landfills in what’s known as the leachate, the liquid that percolates through a landfill. But it also turns out that quite a lot of it can leave in the gas,” said Richard Llewellyn, northwest Boise resident and part of Citizens Allied for Integrity and Accountability (CAIA)…

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