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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Fires in Australia and Snow in Damascus

Daunting wildfires continue in the Australian state of New South Wales, but the consuming inferno that officials had feared does not fully materialize. Still, officials warn that the danger is not over and that hot conditions have moved further north. On Tuesday, Australia recorded its highest average temperature yet: 104.59 degrees Fahrenheit. [CNN]

The worst winter storm in two decades hits the eastern Mediterranean, bringing destruction and death to Syria and its neighbors even as the region deals with a refugee crisis related to the Syrian civil war. [Reuters]

Noble Energy is pursuing plans to drill for oil and natural gas across a 40,000-acre swath of public and private land near Wells, Nev., about 400 miles north of Las Vegas. The project would mark the first use of hydraulic fracturing in Nevada. [The Las Vegas Review-Journal]

A look at ?frackademia,? or how energy companies are sponsoring research on fracking at some of the nation?s leading universities, including several in Pennsylvania, a font of natural gas drilling. [The Guardian]

Source: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/on-our-radar-fires-in-australia-and-snow-in-damascus/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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