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The Ecologist]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/1285207/controversial_el_quimbo_dam_risks_becoming_colombias_belo_monte.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Controversial El Quimbo dam risks becoming 'Colombia’s Belo Monte' ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A growing movement of fishing communities, miners and farmers are stepping up their campaign against the dam - one of dozens of hydroelectric projects looming across Colombia - despite violent repression of some protests   ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/1276414/oil_deal_threatens_ugandan_biodiversity.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Oil deal 'threatens Ugandan biodiversity']]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The discovery of oil in Uganda was a blessing to the impoverished East African country. But before the oil has even started pumping, disputes over tax, accusations of corruption and fears for the environment plague the sector. Alice Klein reports from Hoima]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/1258482/wind_turbines_the_future_of_renewable_energy_or_a_blight_on_uk_countryside.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Wind turbines: the future of renewable energy or a blight on UK countryside?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The wind farms debate rages on as the need for renewable energy grows. But is the UK in danger of putting aesthetics before the need to cut carbon emissions and adopt greener technologies?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/1212115/retrofits_is_it_possible_to_make_greening_your_home_sexy.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Retrofits: is it possible to make 'greening your home' sexy?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Green refurbishments save money and reduce CO2 emissions, helping combat climate change. The challenge is getting people to do them]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/1107153/spanish_mountains_under_threat_from_open_cast_coal_mining.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Spanish mountains under threat from open cast coal mining  ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Almudena Serpis reports on the activists taking action against the expansion of coal mining in the beautiful and ecologically important Lacaiana valley]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/1072947/xayaburi_dam_divides_laos_and_stirs_tension_over_mekong_hydropower.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Xayaburi dam divides Laos and stirs tension over Mekong hydropower      ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:46 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Supporters of a controversial dam in one of Asia's poorest countries say it will bring huge economic benefits. Critics say it could threaten fisheries and rice cultivation, threatening the livelihoods of millions. Brendan Brady reports from Laos  <br/> ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/984591/the_big_divide_is_ideology_holding_back_greens_from_embracing_nuclear_power.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[The big divide: is ideology holding back greens from embracing nuclear power?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Once united in opposition, the environmental movement is now divided on nuclear power. Matilda Lee reports on why some greens say that anti-nuclear is just sentimentalism ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/857810/estonia_enters_the_race_in_scramble_to_secure_rare_earths.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Estonia enters the race in scramble to secure rare earths ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[With China's rare earth industry blighted by claims of toxic pollution, Estonian company Silmet is stepping up production to meet demand for rare earths essential in the manufacture of electrical gadgets and green technologies   ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/847966/uk_gas_fracking_boom_may_be_dirtier_than_coal.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[UK gas fracking boom 'may be dirtier than coal']]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[As well as local outrage over 'fracking' drilling there is new evidence its greenhouse gas footprint may be higher than that of coal. Tom Levitt reports from the centre of this potential gas boom near Blackpool]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/793027/scramble_to_design_supersized_turbines_to_maximise_wind_power_potential.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Scramble to design supersized turbines to maximise wind power potential]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Offshore wind power is crucial if the UK is to meet its renewable energy targets - but a lack of suitably powerful and reliable technology could hamper efforts, reports David Strahan<br/>]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/687535/us_natural_gas_drilling_boom_linked_to_pollution_and_social_strife.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[US natural gas drilling boom linked to pollution and social strife     ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The gas stored in the Marcellus Shale formation is the subject of desperate drilling to secure US domestic energy supplies. But the process involved - hydraulic fracturing - is the focus of a bitter dispute over environmental damage and community rights     ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/580047/dark_nights_the_global_effort_to_tackle_light_pollution.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Dark nights: the global effort to tackle light pollution]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The energy, financial and health costs of lighting up our homes and streets could be saved through better lighting and an end to wasteful illuminations]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/567561/solar_power_the_hidden_threat_to_water_supplies.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Solar power – the hidden threat to water supplies]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Concentrating solar power plants seem in many ways like a silver bullet for the world's energy problems - but have we looked closely enough at their environmental impacts?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/496873/think_nuclear_is_clean_energy_ask_the_nigeriens.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Think nuclear is clean energy? Ask the Nigeriens]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[As the new nuclear renaissance grows, so too does uranium extraction. In Niger, which boasts some of the world's richest deposits, NGOs say that the poor are being exploited for the West's 'clean energy']]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/473049/can_our_electricity_grid_cope_with_all_the_new_wind_power.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Can our electricity grid cope with all the new wind power?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Wind energy finally seems to be moving somewhere in the UK, but without some new techniques, our grid is simply not going to cope with this flood of new green power]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/441435/what_if_we_all_traded_energy_between_ourselves.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[What if we all traded energy between ourselves?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:28 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The time may soon be coming when every government will need to think about rationing fossil fuel usage. What's the quickest and most equitable way to do it?]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Jatropha biofuels: UK investors sell controversial crop as 'green']]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/414589/jatropha_biofuels_the_true_cost_to_tanzania.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Jatropha biofuels: the true cost to Tanzania]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Billed as wonder crop, the establishment of jatropha plantations on the ground in Tanzania has been far from successful, or, in some cases, ethical]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/381967/will_carbon_capture_and_storage_work.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Will carbon capture and storage work?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Carbon capture sounds like a fantastical idea: dig up fossil fuels, burn them, then return the captured CO2 underground. But the hurdles that stand in its way are formidable]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/energy/304963/tar_sands_tearing_the_flesh_from_the_earth.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Tar sands: tearing the flesh from the Earth]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[As the price of oil increases again, Canada's tar sands once more look like a giant cash cow to the industry. Now, the only thing standing between the 400 ton bulldozers and rampant environmental destruction may be a small group of First Nations people...]]></description>
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