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	<title>Ecology Today &#187; Water</title>
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		<title>Congress Approves $475 Million for Great Lakes Cleanup</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/11/02/congress-approves-475-million-for-great-lakes-cleanup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Congress approved $475 million to restore the Great Lakes by combating invasive species, cleaning up highly polluted sites and expanding wetlands, reports the Detroit News.
The bill also includes $131 million to finance wastewater and drinking water projects in Michigan, $11.2 million for 14 projects in the state, and $1 million for mass marking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; No Impact Week: October 18-24</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/10/15/step-forward-no-impact-week-october-18-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you’ve heard of the ‘No Impact Man,&#8217; Colin Beavan, who, in 2006, with his wife and daughter, went off the grid in New York City to minimize their negative impact on the environment.
This incredible experiment, which inspired a blog, a book and a movie, has now inspired a challenge to which more than 2000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Business as Usual&#8221; Deepens World Water Crisis</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/10/09/business-as-usual-deepens-world-water-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric McLamb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Demand for water has never been as great as it is today, and it will only increase due to population growth and mobility, rising living standards, changes in food consumption, and increased energy production, especially biofuels. Access to basic water-related services (safe drinking water, sanitation and food production) remains inadequate in much of the developing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Time for Hesitation is Over&#8221; on Climate Change Impact: UNEP</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/10/05/%e2%80%9cthe-time-for-hesitation-is-over%e2%80%9d-on-climate-change-impact-unep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric McLamb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pace and scale of climate change may now be outstripping even the most sobering previous predictions, according to a recent report from The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC).
Newly emerging science is directly pointing to some events thought likely to occur in the longer-term are already happening or set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Ice Cap Shrinks to Third Lowest Size Since 1979, Decline to Continue in Future Years</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/09/18/arctic-ice-cap-shrinks-to-third-lowest-size-since-1979-decline-to-continue-in-future-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric McLamb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the third-lowest extent since the start of satellite measurements in 1979. While this yearâ€™s minimum extent is above the record and near-record minimums of the last two years, it further reinforces the strong negative trend in summertime ice extent observed over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ozone, Nitrogen Change the Way Rising CO2 Affects Earth&#039;s Water Cycle</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/07/13/ozone-nitrogen-change-the-way-rising-co2-affects-earths-water-cycle/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/07/13/ozone-nitrogen-change-the-way-rising-co2-affects-earths-water-cycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[











As plants â€˜breatheâ€™ and â€˜perspireâ€™ they help cool the atmosphere. Plants consume carbon dioxideâ€”a significant greenhouse gasâ€”in the process of photosynthesis. The reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has an indirect cooling effect. Plants also cool the atmosphere because they release water vapor when they get hot, a process similar to sweating. The diagram [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 7.11.09</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/07/11/eco-roundup-71109/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/07/11/eco-roundup-71109/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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Singapore Becomes a Model for Water Technology and Reuse
Adopting chemical-free, membrane technology to purify recycled water has relieved the island-state from concerns that scarcity of fresh water would threaten its long-term well-being.
Moreover, Singapore is working to become a research hub for recycled water technologies that could provide water-starved populations elsewhere with environmentally-friendly sources of fresh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That&#039;s Not Industrial Waste, It&#039;s &quot;Fill Material&quot;</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/06/29/reclassifying-industrial-waste-as-fill-materia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the US Supreme Court reversed the decision of a federal appeals court and gave Alaska&#8217;s Kensington gold mine the go ahead to dump up to 4.5 million tons of mining wasteÂ  into nearby Lower Slate Lake. The waste, known as tailings, is a slurry of crushed rock and water laced with copper, aluminum, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 5.3.09</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/05/03/eco-roundup-5/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/05/03/eco-roundup-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 13:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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Clean Water Out of Thin Air
The EcoloBlue Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG) does just that, producing up to 7 gallons per day.
Military Embraces Green Energy
Solar panels, wind turbines, plug-in vehicles, energy-efficient tents and more are being tested at Ft. Irvin, California in an effort to reduce the military&#8217;s voracious appetite for energy &#8212; as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Night at the Movies &#124; Atmospheric Carbon &amp; Ocean Acidification</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/04/24/friday-night-at-the-movies-atmospheric-carbon-ocean-acidification/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/04/24/friday-night-at-the-movies-atmospheric-carbon-ocean-acidification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the major players in Earth&#8217;s carbon cycle are its oceans. Acting as a natural carbon sink, our oceans absorb nearly one-third of atmospheric carbon dioxide, creating the chemical equilibrium that fosters marine life as we&#8217;ve known it.
What happens when atmospheric carbon increases? The oceans try to absorb it. upsetting the equilibrium and increasing ocean [...]]]></description>
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