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The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump' s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their targeting of ...
Colleges and universities are concerned about enrollment numbers. More campuses are finding ways for military veterans and people who’ve been in the workforce to fast-track degrees.
With climate change thawing the Arctic, Canada is boosting security by spending on both military and northern communities to ...
Nepal has faced renewed global scrutiny over waste and overcrowding. While images of trash-strewn slopes often dominate headlines, expedition leaders argue it is a misleading picture.
In his latest video, Ben Ayers addresses common misconceptions about the world’s highest peak, and discusses the treatment of ...
Pilsworth South Landfill in Unsworth, Bury, has been causing problems since the beginning of 2024. Located just off Junction ...
Drones Clean "World's Highest Garbage Dump" At Mount Everest Drones have been deployed to haul garbage from Everest's Camp 1, which sits at 6,065 meters (19,898 feet) above sea level down to base ...
KATHMANDU – Human waste, empty oxygen cylinders, kitchen leftovers and discarded ladders. Sherpas working on Mount Everest carry all that and more – 20kg per person – navigating a four-hour ...
Drones are helping clean Mount Everest’s slopes, now so littered with waste that the peak is often called the “world’s highest garbage dump.” Drones have been deployed to haul garbage from ...
Sherpas working on Mount Everest carry 20 kilograms (44 pounds) per person, navigated a four hour hike through the treacherous crevasses of the mountain to bring back litter back to the base camp.
STORY: It's often called the “world’s highest garbage dump.”:: Mount Everest, NepalSome estimate 50 metric tonnes of trash remain on the Mt Everest due to decades of climbing and lax ...
Garbage collected on Mount Everest is piled before it is sorted for recycling at a facility operated by Agni Ventures, an agency that manages recyclable waste, June 24 in Kathmandu, Nepal.