Dive summary:

• Forty new gas collection wells have been installed at a closed Republic Service landfill near St. Louis to help remove odor-causing gas.
• The landfill already has 160 gas wells but the landfill is experiencing elevated temperatures and an increase in odors.
• Republic Services has spent more than $10 million trying to solve the odor problem but it hasn’t been enough; now the state of Missouri is suing the landfill to ensure improvements.

From the article:

"We promised we would install the 40 additional wells by April 15thand we delivered on that promise in spite of the more than 12 inches of snow that fell on the landfill during the last week of March," said Tim Trost, area president for Republic Services, in a statement.

The company, in the statement, said "internal and external experts have been working non-stop for months to complete this important project." ...