Funding announced for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from landfills
Posted Aug 16, 2026 11:26:24 AM.
Last Updated Aug 17, 2026 11:41:55 AM.
Nova Scotia is partnering with St. Francis Xavier University to help the province reduce methane emissions from its largest landfills.
After measuring emissions from landfills across the province, the Antigonish university will identify strategies to capture methane before it enters the atmosphere.
Researchers will also examine innovative methane recovery systems that are already in place around Canada and the world to determine their value for Nova Scotia.
“Our universities are centres of innovation, and we need to work with our best and brightest to find creative solutions,” said Michelle Thompson, Minster of Health and Wellness and MLA for Antigonish, on behalf of Timothy Halman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change in a release. “Our government is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a vital part of the global effort to slow climate change.”
The project’s results will help municipalities figure out ways to reduce landfill emissions, generate renewable energy from captured methane and support a cleaner, more sustainable future for the province. Nova Scotia’s legislated greenhouse gas reduction targets are to be at least 53 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and to achieve net zero by 2050.
“Nova Scotia has long been a leader in waste management, and this project is an opportunity to build on that leadership,” said David Risk, Brian Mulroney Institute of Government Research Chair in Climate Science And Policy, St. Francis Xavier University. “Our goal is to provide municipalities with the knowledge and tools they need to make informed decisions that benefit the climate, nearby communities and the province’s clean-energy future.”
The university is receiving $242,060 for this project from the Province through the Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund, a grant program that helps Nova Scotians adapt to climate change and/or mitigate its impacts.
