Unusual snow in New Zealand

Mt Taranaki has its thickest coating of snow in more than 25 years, says alpine guide Ian McAlpine.

"There is heaps of snow up there. Bluffs that are usually visible are well under snow," Mr McAlpine said.
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The Manganui skifield has exceeded last year's dismal three-day season, by clocking in 22 days on the bottom tow and more than 30 on the top.

The skifield's area manager Todd Cations-Velvin says they have had a fantastic season.

A bonanza in Wales

VAST swathes of the South Wales coalfields could be at the centre of a multi-billion-pound gas industry, according to a global energy firm hoping to extract a valuable energy source.

Australian-based company Eden Energy has announced that the coalfield beneath Bridgend, Pencoed, the Llynfi Valley and parts of Port Talbot is saturated with valuable methane.
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At today’s inflated gas prices, the value of the methane field in South Wales could run into hundreds of billions of pounds.

(Via Greenie Watch)