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Source: The Age
Singleton : Australia | 17 days ago  
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  • A miner works at an underground coal mine in Changzhi
    A miner works at an underground coal mine in Changzhi
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  • Labourers transport coal for storage at a coal mine in Changzhi
    Labourers transport coal for storage at a coal mine in Changzhi
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  • Miners work at an underground coal mine in Changzhi
    Miners work at an underground coal mine in Changzhi
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  • Children play at a coal dump in a slum area of Karachi
    Children play at a coal dump in a slum area of Karachi
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    Kenneth Feinberg talks to reporters about the response to the ...
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A miner works at an underground coal mine in Changzhi
The single biggest contributor to global warming is also one of Australia's biggest money earners...Tony Maher, the hint of a smirk in his voice, ''is vegetable matter...And that waste is carbon dioxide.'' Maher's 20,000 members rely for their jobs on digging up coal.
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