KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest’s peak. The Nepal government-funded team of […]
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Jul. 1—JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown Fire Department responded to a fire in a garbage container on Sunday, June 30, and a report of a natural gas leak on Monday, July 1, according to Lt. Sheldon Mohr. Three units and 17 firefighters responded to 759 5th St. NE in Jamestown at about 5:40 p.m. Sunday. Mohr […]
JAMMU, India (AP) — The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fumes and suffocating […]
An improperly discarded lithium battery is being blamed for a fire that started on a garbage truck and was extinguished on an Edwardsville street Friday. Incidents like this are happening across the country and will only become more frequent if citizens don’t pay attention to where they throw their garbage or until fire fighting capabilities […]
Wind gusts of up to 47 mph are forecast for the Tri-Cities on Monday, following a rainy night. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for most of southeast Washington from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday. Rainfall between a tenth and a quarter of an inch was forecast for Sunday night, with […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — One of the greatest Mount Everest guides on Wednesday expressed concerns about the peak’s growing piles of garbage, as he was honored by his government to mark Everest Day. Sherpa guide Kami Rita, who has scaled Mount Everest a record 30 times, was honored by Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal […]
A month after a woman’s body was discovered inside a garbage can a man was arrested, according to the Columbia Police Department. On Wednesday, police said 32-year-old Antonio Mark Celey Jr., had been charged with murder and unauthorized removal of dead body. Celey was taken into custody Tuesday when an officer tracked him down near […]
A month after a woman’s body was discovered inside a garbage can a man was arrested, according to the Columbia Police Department. On Wednesday, police said 32-year-old Antonio Mark Celey Jr., had been charged with murder and unauthorized removal of dead body. Celey was taken into custody Tuesday when an officer tracked him down near […]
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A federal prosecutor on Wednesday angrily pushed back on allegations of vindictive prosecution and prosecutorial misconduct from one of former President Donald Trump‘s co-defendants in the classified documents case, calling some of the claims “garbage” and “a fantasy.” “That was difficult to sit through,” prosecutor David Harbach said of lawyer Stanley […]
Landfills are major greenhouse gas emitters. They’re the third-largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 14.4% of the total. Landfills produce carbon dioxide and methane gas. Methane is the more dangerous contributor to global warming. It’s 28 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. While methane gas is […]
Fort Worth leaders on Tuesday evening did away with diversity requirements in the city’s waste management contract, a step they hope will help improve Fort Worth’s subpar trash collection record. The amendment, approved by a 9-2 vote, scrapped a clause in the city’s $479 million agreement with garbage gathering giant Waste Management that required the […]