New York Times: RECOVERY WORK an enclosed flare at the landfill burns off gas that has an insufficient methane content for effective energy production. Buried in airless pockets deep inside landfills, the organic matter in these great mounds of waste is consumed by bacteria that give off gas rich in methane, increasingly used to generate electricity and heat. In fact, power from landfill methane exceeds solar power in New York and New Jersey, and landfill methane in those states and in …