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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 10.31.09</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/10/31/eco-roundup-10-31-09/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Climate Change, Human Rights Top Sustainability Priorities for Business Leaders at BSR Conference
From EthicalMarkets.com:
Climate change and human rights are the most significant priorities for business’ sustainability efforts in the year ahead, according to the “BSR/GlobeScan State of Sumarcstainable Business Poll 2009” of 274 business leaders from 15 countries who attended the BSR Conference 2009 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/10/09/obama-awarded-2009-nobel-peace-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s announcement from Oslo:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama&#8217;s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 7.26.09</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/07/26/eco-roundup-072609/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Behold, the Power of the Onion!
Onion processor, Steven Gill, of Oxnard, California, has been thinking about what to do with onion waste for the past ten years. His operation produces sliced, diced, slivered and pureed onions &#8212; and about 300,000 pounds of waste per day from the tops. tails and skins that aren&#8217;t used.
Enter Gill&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Green Up Your Vacations</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/07/02/step-forward-green-up-your-vacations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pollution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.&#8221; &#8212; Miriam Beard
There are various shades of green travel. To find yours, start by taking your growing environmental consciousness along on your trip. Apply the same effort to preserve and protect the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash for Clunkers: Boon for the Environment or the Auto Industry?</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/06/22/cash-for-clunkers-boon-for-the-environment-or-the-auto-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updated 3/23: See below.

These days, thereâ€™s green, and then thereâ€™s green. In a time of both economic and environmental challenges, one would hope that the two might go hand-in-hand, but as weâ€™ve seen in the past when push comes to shove, pocketbook green often carries the day.
So it seems with the Cash-for-Clunkers bill now circulating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 6.20.09</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/06/20/eco-roundup-62009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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Harnessing the Power of the Jet Stream
Researchers have compiled the first global survey of wind energy at high altitudes, where currents blow more steadily and 10 times faster than near-surface winds. If the energy of the jet stream energy could be harnessed using tethered, generator-kites, it could provide a major source of electricity for cities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to Introduce Higher Fuel Efficiency, Lower Emission Standards for US Autos</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/05/19/obama-to-introduce-higher-fuel-efficiency-lower-emission-standards-for-us-autos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 13:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama is expected to introduce new, national standards for reducing automobile emissions and improving fuel efficiency today, thanks to a milestone agreement that has broad support among environmentalists, the auto industry and consumers.
Under the new rules, passenger car efficiency will reportedly increase from the current 27.5 miles per gallon (mpg) to 42 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 4.28.09</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/04/26/eco-roundup-4/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/04/26/eco-roundup-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Endangered Species]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
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An Unusually Quiet Sun Baffles Astronomers
Our sun is the quietest it&#8217;s been in a long time, producing few solar flares and no sunspots. Instead of becoming more active as it&#8217;s 11-year cycle would have predicted, last year&#8217;s solar wind pressure and radio emissions were at a 50-year low, and sunspots at a 100-year low, leaving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#039;s a Home Garden Worth?</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/03/24/whats-a-home-garden-worth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With burgeoning interest in local food and the revival of Victory Gardens, from your house to the White House, I found this article, from Kitchen Gardeners International, supportive of our individual efforts to reconnect with the food chain.
Consumers are taking action in record numbers, inspired by both health and the recession.  According to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging &quot;Green Economy&quot; Likely to Create Millions of Jobs Worldwide</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/03/17/emerging-green-economy-likely-to-create-millions-of-jobs-worldwide/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/03/17/emerging-green-economy-likely-to-create-millions-of-jobs-worldwide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric McLamb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The creation of millions of jobs are a likely result of the impact of the emerging globalÂ &#8221;green economy&#8221; as the work forceÂ deals with the impacts ofÂ climate change says the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
In its recent report titled Green Jobs: Towards Decent work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World, UNEP says changing patterns of employment and [...]]]></description>
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