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		<title>European Union Poised to Increase Recycling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union is currently debating waste management targets that could significantly increase recycling rates throughout Europe.
Legislators on the European Parliament&#8217;s Environment Committee overwhelmingly supported reforms earlier this year that would halt the steady rise in the region&#8217;s garbage. By 2012, waste production would have to stabilize at 2009 levels, the committee recommended.
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		<title>&#8220;Kick the CO2 Habit&#8221; - UNEP Says It May Be Easier Than You Think</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adopting a climate-friendly lifestyle needn&#8217;t require drastic changes or major sacrifices.
            People in the developed world, as well as some rapidly developing countries and cities - from Manchester and Manhattan to Moscow and Mumbai - can start right away to &#8220;Kick the C02 Habit&#8221;, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In conversation, Albright lays out global challenges facing the next president</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a conversation with Scott Sagan last week, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discussed a wide range of international conflicts facing the next president, as well as her experience as a high-powered woman in politics.
As Sagan, a professor of political science, and Albright rhetorically toured the globe, pausing at hot spots to probe serious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota develops improved hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it has developed an advanced fuel-cell vehicle that can run for 830 km (516 miles) on a single tank of hydrogen and in temperatures as low as 30 degrees Celsius below freezing (-22 F).
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		<title>DOE Taps Manufacturers to Advance Wind Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dept. of Energy joined forces with six major wind turbine makers this week in a bid to grow wind energy production high enough to account for a fifth of total generation by 2030.
The DOE and GE, Vestas, Siemens Power Generation, Clipper Turbine Works, Suzlon Energy and Gamesa Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Environment Day calls for end to CO2 addiction</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2008/06/05/worldenvironmentdaycallsforendtoco2addiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick an all-consuming addiction to carbon dioxide and said everyone must take steps to fight climate change.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said global warming was becoming the defining issue of the era and will hurt rich and poor alike.
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		<title>Flying High on Algae - KLM Tests Algae-Based Kerosene for Airplane Fuel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dovetailing nicely into my post last week about the work GreenFuel is doing with algae and their emissions-to-fuel process, air carrier KLM reported last week their intention to begin testing airplanes that run on an algae-based fuel.
In a pilot program with AlgaeLink, a Netherlands-based global manufacturer of algae growing equipment and &#8220;earth-to-engine&#8221; technology, KLM expects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico City smog hurting people&#8217;s sense of smell</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chronic pollution in Mexico City, which stains the sky yellow and can trigger government warnings to stay indoors, could be killing off residents&#8217; sense of smell, scientists say.
Tests showed people in Mexico City &#8212; a sprawling metropolis crammed with around 20 million people and 4 million cars &#8212; struggled to sniff out everyday odors like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China builds plant to turn coal into barrels of oil</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2008/06/04/chinabuildsplanttoturncoalintobarrelsofoil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ERDOS, China (Reuters) - With oil prices at historic highs, China is moving full steam ahead with a controversial process to turn its vast coal reserves into barrels of oil.
Known as coal-to-liquid (CTL), the process is reviled by environmentalists who say it causes excessive greenhouse gases.
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		<title>U.K. Committee Supports Personal Carbon Trading</title>
		<link>http://www.planetaryruin.com/2008/06/04/ukcommitteesupportspersonalcarbontrading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A House of Commons committee suggested last week that the U.K. Parliament create a personal carbon-trading scheme for all citizens of the United Kingdom. It was the strongest statement yet by any government in favor of an individual cap-and-trade system for buying and selling greenhouse gas emissions.
Personal carbon trading would provide a set &#8220;carbon emissions [...]]]></description>
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