21 h. ago M25 closure LIVE: Truck fire rips across major motorway as black smoke fills sky

A huge lorry fire is causing long delays on the M25, as photographs show multiple firefighters at the scene attempting to bring the blaze under control as dark smoke rises above the motorway

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55 h. ago Explosion ‘like thunder’ at Pennsylvania US Steel plant leaves two dead

Second fatality reported after body of one worker pulled from wreckage of coking facility in Clairton after explosion sent black smoke into the skyAn explosion at a US Steel plant in Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, has killed two people and injured at least 10 on Monday, officials said.The body of one worker was pulled from the wreckage hours after an explosion that sent black smoke spiraling into the sky in the Mon Valley, a region of the state synonymous with steel for more than a century. Allegheny county emergency services said a fire at the plant started around 10.51am. Authorities later said a second person had died. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Biochar from human waste could solve global fertiliser shortages, study finds

Excrement contains nutrients needed for crop growth and a new source of them could cut farming’s huge CO2 outputCharcoal made from human waste could help solve fertiliser shortages as well as reduce pollution and energy use, a study has found.Biochar is a form of charcoal made from organic matter treated at high heat, which is often used on farming soil as a fertiliser. The process also removes carbon from the atmosphere, making it a useful carbon sink. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Black smoke seen swirling across Liverpool in huge waste fire

A huge emergency response was called to the scene in Liverpool

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5 d. ago Processing Scots waste abroad is tipping point, we should recycle here

Record View says recycling is carried out in the name of the environment but the climate footprint of exporting waste must be huge.

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6 d. ago LIVE: Huge fire in Greater Manchester town as black smoke fills the air

One eyewitness told the M.E.N. that people in the area were 'panicking' and hoping that the fire does not spread further

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7 d. ago The influencer who has amassed huge following by creating ENORMOUS meals for the hungry in response to social media celebrities bragging of their wasteful lifestyle

A Lebanese influencer has gone viral for sharing videos of herself cooking enormous meals and then feeding them to the hungry in response to wasteful social media stars.

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9 d. ago French farmers come up with disgusting new way to get rid of squatters

Footage of the plan in action saw one man jumping onto a moving car in order to stop huge slews of waste being dumped onto the site which had been taken up by illegal settlers

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1 week ago Ukrainian attack sparks blaze at Russian oil depot as countries trade strikes

Video shows black smoke pouring from facility in Sochi, while Russian attack on Mykolaiv wounds seven peopleAn overnight Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi has ignited a raging fire, as the two countries traded strikes at the end of one of the deadliest weeks in Ukraine in recent months.More than 120 firefighters were trying to put out the blaze, said the regional governor, Veniamin Kondratyev, as emergency officials reported a fuel tank with a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres (70,000 cubic feet) was burning. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Coronation Street fans fume 'huge waste' as two couples go head

Fans of the ITV soap issued a complaint about one of the current storylines

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