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Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Some California landfills are on fire and leaking methane. Newly proposed rules could make them safer

California landfills face underground fires and methane leaks that emit toxic fumes, surface waste eruptions, and prompt new regulatory and technological detection requirements.
Environment
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

'Rainham Volcano' council calls for new register

An east London landfill, Arnolds Field (Rainham Volcano), is contaminated, repeatedly burning, causing health harms; the council urges national contaminated-site registers (Zane's Law).
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