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 <title><![CDATA[ Fishing the Gulf of Maine: Tradition at a Crossroads]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:41 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Lobster fishing remains big business off the coast of Maine but even with new regulations and new gadgets can it ever be sustainable? Michael Sanders investigates the real costs of the crustacean on your plate]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Leaked Papers Show UK Government Will Backtrack on Tar Sands Extraction Being Classified As Highly Polluting]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:07 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Allowing tar sands oil into Europe would be a victory for ‘profit-before-planet’ politics warns Lorna Howarth]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[UK supermarkets renege on anti-GM stance ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 08:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[As three more supermarkets drop their bans, the industry is accused of caving in to cartels and GM food giants]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Canadian oil company threatens the survival of Peru’s ‘Jaguar people’]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 19:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Peruvian Government is yet again failing to protect the rights of its Indigenous citizens, and if history is anything to go by it is no wonder that the Matses tribe fear for themselves and other nearby tribal peoples. Sarah Gilbertz reports.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Science proves what we all know: Nature is Good for your Health!]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 11:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Richard Dolesh reports on a recently published study, the findings of which support what most of us know intuitively - that nature is good for us.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The giants of the green world that profit from the planet's destruction]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 08:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A movement has erupted demanding divestment from fossil fuel polluters – and in their sights are the giants of the green world]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[UK government failing to protect population from potentially radioactive food]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 08:38 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Tim Deere-Jones dissects the UK Government's system for monitoring doses of marine derived radioactivity in food and concludes that the current programme is deeply flawed.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Environmental education is not a choice – it is an explicit priority]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:16 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Emily Buchanan argues that there are certain lessons in life so significant that if we  fail to teach them in the classroom we will leave future generations in perilous ignorance.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Bird Strike: deaths caused by collisions with buildings severely dent populations]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 08:58 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Ben Whitford reveals why numerous birds fall dead and injured from the skies over urban areas each year, and asks what can be done to prevent this ongoing avian tragedy.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Bee protection: US in spotlight as EU bans pesticides]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:38 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[European commission vote highlights threat to the world's food supply from the decline of bees and other pollinators]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Gaia Foundation Exposes The True Cost of Hi-Tech ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Teresa Anderson of the Gaia Foundation peels back the gloss of modern gadgets to reveal the devastating environmental and social costs of their manufacture.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The UK sees a huge rise in families turning to Food Banks]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Trussel Trust reported the number of UK families using food banks has tripled in the last year and increased a staggering FIVE FOLD since the coalition came to power. Paul Creeney asks the big question ...<br/><br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[“We will save the reef”: Great Barrier Reef at Risk from Fossil Fuel Extraction. ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Last week the Ecologist published a piece on the shocking decision to approve an enormous coal port on the Great Barrier Reef. Here Maxine Newlands reports on how environmental groups in Australia are responding to this threat.....]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[UK Government fails to take wildlife crime seriously]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:58 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Simon Pope, Director of Campaigns and Communications for the World Society for the Protection of Animals, questions why the UK government is so far behind other global powers when it comes to tackling the illegal wildlife trade.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Operation Disclosure forces DfT London lockdown ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:10 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Last Monday (8 April) campaigners against the Bexhill-Hastings link road (BHLR) held a nine-hour vigil outside the Department for Transport, attempting to search for redacted documents on the road. Paul Creeney reports......]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Let's stop hiding behind recycling and be honest about consumption]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[We have offshored the problem of escalating consumption, and our perceptions of it, by considering only territorial emissions, says George Monbiot<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Frontline Online: Is the new US/China/Japan climate pact just hot air?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline....]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Rubber stamping the destruction of the Great Barrier Reef]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:43 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Jonathan Meddings tells the Ecologist why he is outraged that Australia's Environment Minister has given his backing to  a project that could spell disaster for the Great Barrier Reef and its marine inhabitants......]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Can Mad Men’s Don Draper save the planet?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:20 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[You won’t catch Mad Men's Don Draper hugging trees — but experts say the ad man’s modern heirs on Madison Avenue could have a crucial role to play in bringing environmentalism firmly into mainstream consumerism. Ben Whitford reports.<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Britain's love affair with bottled water - a national scandal?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Leading academic brands industry a "scam" as campaigners condemn our growing thirst for bottled water<br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Garden cities for the 21st Century?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:19 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Kate Houghton explains why Smart Growth, rather than a revival in garden cities, could have an important role to play in tackling current environmental as well as social challenges .........]]></description>
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