Farmers in the Jiaxing area of Zhejiang province, upstream from Shanghai, have denied dumping the pigs in rivers.

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Even the most potentially disturbing suggestion, which involves fertilising the oceans with iron in order to promote the growth of planktonic algae (in the hope that they would sink to the seabed, taking their carbon with them), can be covered by the London Convention on marine pollution, which regulates dumping at sea, and has already addressed itself to research in the area.

ECONOMIST: Geoengineering

The prosecution said after the attack, Mr Campbell was able to negotiate paths in an area known as Clarky's Wood, despite the darkness, before dumping the items including the leg.

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For an area possessed of great natural beauty, the Pacific Northwest is also a great dumping ground for really big toys the titanic structures that have helped bring power to this region.

NPR: Power Structures Shape Northwest Landscape