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posted by mattie_p on Monday February 17 2014, @05:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-in-my-backyard dept.

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: 5, Informative) by mattie_p on Monday February 17 2014, @07:26PM

    by mattie_p (13) on Monday February 17 2014, @07:26PM (#967) Journal

    Please feel free to submit great articles that you want to see. We want this to be community driven, and you are part of the community. Right now I simply don't have time to go find awesome articles. I and the other editors need you to do that for us, to make this a place where nerds of all kinds want to come to in order to get some facts on what is relevant in their lives, and see what others think on those topics.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Nerdfest on Monday February 17 2014, @07:59PM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Monday February 17 2014, @07:59PM (#1009)

    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

      by kwerle (746) on Tuesday February 18 2014, @03:43AM (#1366) Homepage

      Fair enough. Gimme an amazing filter. Or at least an adequate one.