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As if things couldn’t get much worse, the banking crisis is also exacerbating global warming.

At the Yukon Quest 300, reporters display their intense lack of personal belief in Gore's scam

The media coverage is crazy this year with about three full-on film crews following the race. One German crew came in with Hugh (as they are following him and a couple other mushers) and had their HUGE lights and sound equipment all over the place. They are apparently following the race on snowmachines, in helicopters and planes - it's madness!

Radio New Zealand News : No deal to buy silence, says Conservation Department

The Department of Conservation has rejected claims that Meridian Energy bought its silence over the company's plans to build a wind farm on a scenic hill range in Otago.

Documents made public show Meridian Energy agreed to pay the department $175,000 in return for not opposing the Project Hayes wind farm near Ranfurly in Cebtral Otago.