An empathetic person is someone who can share another person's feelings. If you tell an empathetic person that your heart is broken, she might touch her own heart and gaze at you sadly through moist eyes. Empathetic is a recent term; it comes from empathy, which was coined by the German philosopher Rudolf Lotze in 1858. Lotze believed that when you look at a work of art, you project your own sensibilities onto it.
Landfills are the single largest human source of methane emissions in the world. Even with the best technology, most of the methane from landfills is released into the atmosphere. By composting, the generation of greenhouse gases, particularly methane, is avoided.
Coal mining accounts for about 10 percent of US releases of methane (CH4), a potent global warming gas. It is the fourth largest source of methane, following landfills, natural gas systems, and enteric fermentation. Coal mining releases methane in four ways: Underground Mining: In the United States, methane from underground mining operations is typically vented. In some other countries it is also flared.