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guardian.co.uk - 10/24/2009
Underground fires threaten Spanish wetland
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• Less than 1% of Tablas de Daimiel remains as lagoons • Fires burning underground as illegal wells dry out peat The EU has begun an investigation into a unique Spanish wetland park that is being devastated by underground fires. Local officials have admitted that mismanaged water resources at ...

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GreenMonk: the blog — US coal stands in way of Copenhagen | Jeffrey Sachs | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk “It’s not India and China that threaten the success of a new climate change treaty, but senators of coal-producing US states” tags: us, coal, climate change bill, us senate, coal states, greenmonktv Spanish wetland facing destruction as farming starves it of water | Environment | guardian.co.uk “The EU has begun an investigation into a unique Spanish ...

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