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 <title><![CDATA[Co-operative, M&S and Waitrose accused of greenwash over close links to 'unethical' companies]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Seemingly ethical companies like The Co-operative, M&S and Waitroise have been accused of double-standards over their partnerships with oil giants like BP, Shell and Chevron]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Bill Gates backs climate scientists lobbying for large-scale geoengineering]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Wealthy individuals, including Bill Gates, have funded a series of reports into the future use of technologies to geoengineer the climate]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Is there a future for carbon footprint labelling in the UK?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The media frenzy that erupted as Tesco admitted having second-thoughts on carbon footprint labels may have inflicted lasting damage on a once promising sector]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Who are the Mashco-Piro tribe and can they still hope to stay 'uncontacted'?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Politicians deny the existence of isolated tribes like the Mashco-Piro as oil, gas and logging exploration increasingly encroaches on their forest territory]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Academics accused of 'exaggeration' in new battle over factory farm antibiotic use ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Debate over role of farm animals in spreading of superbugs intensifies as scientific study downplaying fears is accused of serious flaws]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Peru's vanishing fish stocks 'devastated' by corruption and growing fishmeal demand]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Soaring global demand for fishmeal primarily for animal feed or fish farms, including salmon, is wrecking havoc on the once abundant fish stocks of the southern Pacific]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Pepper: how our favourite spice is tainted by a deadly legacy]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:30 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[From India to Indonesia pepper farmers are increasingly vulnerable to harvest failures, food price crashes and price fixing, an investigation by Frederik Johannisson & Peter Bengtsen of Danwatch has revealed]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Climate change sceptic Bjorn Lomborg: 'I'm the victim']]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:20 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The think tank set up by Bjorn Lomborg will close in July unless new sources of income can be found after the Danish government cut its funding]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Amazon 'uncontacted' tribes at risk from new highway plan]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Tension is mounting in one of the remotest regions in the Peruvian Amazon over plans to build a highway through the country's biggest national park]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tainted gold: thousands join protest against Peru's largest ever mining project]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A US-backed billion-dollar gold mine has attracted thousands of protestors in recent weeks. Many have the poor economic legacy of existing mines fresh in their minds, reports Gervase Pouldon in Cajamarca, Peru]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Middle England and eco-activists unite in opposition to shale gas and fracking]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:34 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In a perfect storm, Middle England is joining forces with climate activists to say no to fracking and the UK's much-talked about shale gas boom]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Programmed to be fat: everyday chemicals linked to obesity and diabetes]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:57 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Chemicals found in plastics, cosmetics and industry may be altering cells in our bodies, making us more likely to get fat and develop diabetes]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The mother who exposed the links between obesity and common chemicals ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:57 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A growing interest in the links between exposure to chemicals and obesity is a testament in part to the pioneering work of Dr Paula Baillie-Hamilton]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Which chemicals are making us fat?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In her book 'The 21st Century is Making you Fat' former Ecologist Editor Pat Thomas details the full range of industrial and everyday chemicals known to encourage us to get fat]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[David v Goliath: Chevron plots to avoid cleaning up oil pollution in Amazon rainforest]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Ecuador government urged not to give in to pressure from the US oil giant Chevron to drop record $18 billion fine for its part in the 'Chernobyl of the Amazon']]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Revealed: the child victims of pesticide poisoning in India]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:54 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Endosulfan is the pesticide of choice for farmers in rural India trying to control insects threatening cashew nut and other crops - but the chemical can have devastating health impacts]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[David Attenborough: Frozen Planet was not alarmist about climate change]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:47 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Attenborough hits back at claims made by former chancellor Nigel Lawson that BBC natural history series lacked objectivity]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Who's to blame for supermarket rejection of 'ugly' fruit and vegetables?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Fields of wasted crops lie testament to our fussy shopping habits and the refusal of supermarkets to stock edible but less-than-perfect-looking food]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The world's 'alternative' Nobel Prize: an award fit for the 21st century]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[How a rejection by the Nobel Committee spurred Jakob von Uexkull to create the Right Livelihood Award celebrating the solutions helping to ensure a healthy planet and people ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Advertising makes us 'more individualistic' and less concerned about the planet, says report]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:40 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Our desire to spend time with our families and help our local communities and the environment is being eroded by the overwhelming nature of modern advertising]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Biofuels not food the biggest driver of 'land grabbing' deals, says report]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA['Land grab' report highlights growing interest from speculators in ‘flex’ crops like soya, palm oil and sugarcane that can be used for biofuels or food]]></description>
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