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  Hospitals, morgues overflow and coffin supply running very short - by frog

  
  
  
  Moscow has worst heatwave since records began Muscovites are dying from extreme heat and smoke faster than their bodies can be stored, cremated or buried Morgues are overflowing and one crematorium in the Russian capital is working around the clock in three shifts “The cheapest coffin costs 6,700 roubles ($225) but there are only a [...] read more
  August 11, 2010 9:36 am - 13 Comments
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  Clear Fell Damage – We can do better! - by Catherine Delahunty

  
  
  
  This weekend I visited an area of the Coromandel where recent storms highlighted an ongoing problem with pine forestry in the wrong place. The Green Party strongly supports diverse and sustainable forestry, but this is not it! The steep hillsides of the Whangapoua and Waiau catchments are bleeding sediment into the Whangapoua and Coromandel harbours [...] read more
  August 9, 2010 2:59 pm - 5 Comments
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  Aussie supermarket duopoly comes under the spotlight - by frog

  
  
  
  New Zealand is not the only country facing rising food costs. Over in Australia the government has directed its Competition and Consumer Commission to launch an inquiry into food prices. Interestingly there the inquiry is focusing on the perceived lack of competition between Australia’s two major grocery suppliers, Woolworths and Coles, who between them control [...] read more
  January 23, 2008 9:19 am - 3 Comments