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Submitted on behalf of user "crutchy" #179, who writes:
"I don't seem to be able to use the 'Submit Story' feature at the moment... I just thought I'd flag a little saga currently unfolding near where I live. An open cut coal mine that supplies coal to a nearby 1600MW power station in Victoria, Australia, has been on fire for over a week. This could threaten electricity generation in the area and might have been deliberately set.
What might be more interesting is the lack of news media attention to it."
[Ed. Note] we're working on fixing article submission, thanks for getting this to us via alternate means.
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(Score: 2, Informative) by Nerdfest on Monday February 17 2014, @07:59PM
That said, this is news to me, as are large scale environmental issues in general. They affect all of us and cross well over into the science arena these days because global warming.
(Score: 1) by kwerle on Tuesday February 18 2014, @03:43AM
Fair enough. Gimme an amazing filter. Or at least an adequate one.