Dive summary:

• Moretown Landfill in Vermont has been blasting for earth and stone to cover the landfill all summer and residents are complaining that the shocks from the blasts are destroying their homes and polluting well water.
• The landfill is looking to expand, guaranteeing blasting for the next 12 to 18 years, if expansion is not allowed the landfill will close in two years.
• The expansion the landfill is asking for would require moving 900,000 cubic yards of rock and earth; in the more than 30 blasting sessions so far, the landfill has been able to remove 140,000 cubic yards.

From the article:

David Belanger was kneeling at the entrance to his garage cleaning a vacuum filter last month when he heard a boom and the ground shook. He lost his balance and fell over at the same time that he heard a thud from the back of his garage. Checking the source of the thud, he found that a 4-by-5-foot chunk of the concrete floor had collapsed about 6 inches. The chunk of floor held a post that no longer supported the ceiling. ...