Leader: Farmers count costs of harsh winter - Comment - Views & Blogs - Huddersfield Examiner

FREEZING temperatures and high winds have made it a difficult winter for many.

But spare a thought for the area’s farmers who are counting the cost of the harsh weather and hoping that spring comes soon.

Early snow and plummeting temperatures have caused those who work the Pennine hills a whole barrage of problems.

60 arrested in fridge recycle scam that released 500 million kilos of greenhouse gases

The environment police of the Civil Guard (Seprona) has arrested 60 people for alleged involvement in illegal management of hazardous wastes, involved in the illegal destruction of over half a million refrigerators, which has netted them illegal profits of over 10 million euros over the last four years whilst at the same time releasing over 500 million kilos of carbon dioxide into the environment.

Operation 'Fragment' is directed by the Office of Environment and Planning. Those arrested are charged with committing various crimes against natural resources and environment, fraud and misappropriation, as reported by the Civil Guard in a statement.

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