London politics
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1 week agoOwner blocks 'Rainham volcano' fix, council says
The landowner of a fire-prone illegal landfill site in east London has denied the council's request for a temporary fire containment solution.
For more than 20 years, Mussel Rock, a steep stretch of oceanfront land in northern San Mateo County with breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and the Farallon Islands, was a garbage dump. Two communities, Pacifica and Daly City, threw away thousands of tons of trash there starting in 1957, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, I Love Lucy and Elvis ruled TV and radio, and environmental laws were few and far between. The landfill closed in 1978.