News & Events

Name: Landfill Subcommittee Meeting

Sector: Landfills

Location: **Internet Meeting**, United States

Event Details: Approximately 35 participants, including Delegates from Partner Countries in Argentina Canada, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Germany, Peru, Poland, Serbia, and the United States, participated in the 15th Landfill Subcommittee internet-based meeting. The meeting focused on an update from the ASG, discussing examples of landfill sector action plans, upcoming plans for a tri-sector meeting in Singapore, and the current status of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in Latin America and Ethiopia.

Refer to the activity tracking database for copy of the presentations, minutes, and agenda for the meeting.

Audio Recording: If you were not able to participate, you may listen to the webinar (WMV, 1:33, 91.6 MB)

Name: Biogas Poland

Sector: Agriculture, Landfills

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Event Details: Biogas Poland 2012 will explore the opportunities and challenges of biogas production at landfills, wastewater treatment plants, and agriculture biogas plants within Poland. Topics being covered at the conference include incentives to stimulate the industry, finance and investment for biogas projects, and agricultural biogas case studies. Tom Frankiewicz, from the U.S. EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program, will be speaking at the conference on biogas opportunities and lessons learned through the Global Methane Initiative (GMI). GMI will also have a booth at the event.

More Information: http://www.greenpowerconferences.com/EF/?sSubSystem=Prospectus&sEventCode=BS1205PL&sSessionID=693d030ba2457df58d5d6ef64c904e94-11109645

Name: Coal Subcommittee Meeting

Sector: Coal Mines

Location: **Webinar**, United States

Event Details: The 15th Session of the Global Methane Initiative Coal Subcommittee will meet on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 at 07:00 AM EDT.

Register: Please register for the Coal Subcommittee meeting at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/114555410.

Logistical Fact Sheet: For additional details on the meeting logistics (including local meeting times), please review the Coal Subcommittee meeting logistical fact sheet (PDF, 2 pp, 109 KB).

Agenda: Please review the agenda (PDF, 1 pg, 68 KB).