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Oil Tax Forces Greeks to Fight Winter With Fire
2013-02-04 19:36:41| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Even in the leafy northern stretches of this city, home to luxury apartment buildings, mansions with swimming pools and tennis clubs, the smell of wood smoke lingers everywhere at night. In her fourth-floor apartment here, Valy Pantelemidou, 37, a speech therapist, is, like many other Greeks, trying to save money on heating oil by using her fireplace to stay warm. Unemployment is at a record high of 26.8 percent in Greece, and many people have had their salaries and pensions cut, but those are...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical