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		<title>Heat is Power Association Launches</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/07/heat-is-power-association-launches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Environmental News Network</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama called upon an America built to last, "an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values." Today, the Heat is Power Assoc...]]></description>
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		<title>Deadline Fast Approaching for Schools to Enter 
the Green Ribbon School Competition</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/07/deadline-fast-approaching-for-schools-to-enter-the-green-ribbon-school-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U.S. EPA Air News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA (February 7, 2012) -- EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin is encouraging all schools in the mid-Atlantic region to get recognized for their environmental achievements by entering the Green Ribbon School Competition. The deadline for...]]></description>
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		<title>Tel Aviv Water Wells Polluted from Contamination</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Basofin, Green Prophet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study discovered that many Tel Aviv wells are polluted beyond suitability as drinking water sources.  Data collected by the Health Ministry and Water Authority showed that 96 of a total 166 wells in the Tel Aviv area were closed due to contami...]]></description>
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		<title>Price of gorilla permit increases to $750/day</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/07/price-of-gorilla-permit-increases-to-750day-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/07/price-of-gorilla-permit-increases-to-750day-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhett Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rwanda has raised the price of a permit to see mountain gorillas to $750 per day starting June 1, 2012, up from $500. While the price is steep, the program each year raises millions of dollars in revenue for gorilla conservation, including $8 million i...]]></description>
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		<title>Jellyfish explosion may be natural cycle</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/07/jellyfish-explosion-may-be-natural-cycle-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/07/jellyfish-explosion-may-be-natural-cycle-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Hance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Evidence that jellyfish are taking over the oceans is currently lacking, according to a new study published in Bioscience. Complied by a number of marine experts, the study found that while jellyfish have been on the rise in some regions it is likely d...]]></description>
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		<title>A Shining Star of Bipartisan Cleantech Support</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/06/a-shining-star-of-bipartisan-cleantech-support/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/06/a-shining-star-of-bipartisan-cleantech-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gold</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amid all the negative publicity that Solyndra's failure has brought to the Administration's cleantech efforts, one cleantech program has received broad bipartisan support: DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-e). In 2012, ARPA-e wil...]]></description>
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		<title>Once, men abused slaves. Now we abuse fossil fuels</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/06/once-men-abused-slaves-now-we-abuse-fossil-fuels-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Gryce, Population Matters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pointing out the similarities (and differences) between slavery and the use of fossil fuels can help us engage with climate change in a new way, says Jean-François Mouhot, visiting researcher at Georgetown University, USA. In 2005, while teaching hist...]]></description>
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		<title>Deadly Malaria on the Decline</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/06/deadly-malaria-on-the-decline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/06/deadly-malaria-on-the-decline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David A Gabel, ENN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new research study has found that malaria is killing twice as many people that previously believed.  However, as efforts to combat the deadly steam have picked up, the total number of deaths is declining.  In 2010, 1.2 million people died of malaria,...]]></description>
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		<title>London falls behind on targets to become electric car capital of Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/06/london-falls-behind-on-targets-to-become-electric-car-capital-of-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/06/london-falls-behind-on-targets-to-become-electric-car-capital-of-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ClickGreen staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[London faces an uphill battle if it is to deliver on the target of 100,000 electric vehicles on the streets of the capital, a new report from the London Assembly warns today. Charging Ahead?, by the Assembly's Environment Committee, says progress has b...]]></description>
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		<title>Are Nuisance Jellyfish Really Taking Over the World&#8217;s Oceans?</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/06/are-nuisance-jellyfish-really-taking-over-the-worlds-oceans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2012/02/06/are-nuisance-jellyfish-really-taking-over-the-worlds-oceans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor, Science Daily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, media reports of jellyfish blooms and some scientific publications have fueled the idea that jellyfish and other gelatinous floating creatures are becoming more common and may dominate the seas in coming decades. The growing impacts of...]]></description>
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