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Underground fires and methane leaks at California landfills have prompted thousands of complaints from nearby communities.

Landfills are also the state’s second-largest source of methane, a greenhouse gas that warms the atmosphere 80 times more than carbon dioxide.

The California Air Resources Board will vote this week on regulations requiring faster response to methane leaks; opponents warn complying could cost $12 million annually, expenses that could be passed down to residents.

A vast canyon of buried garbage has been smoldering inside a landfill in the Santa Clarita Valley, inducing geysers of liquid waste onto the surface and noxious fumes into the air.

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