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		<title>Fearing roadblock to drilling, Alaska fights to take polar bears off threatened species list</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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Alaska fights to reverse polar bear listing

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn&#8217;t intend to let the federal government&#8217;s expanded protection for bears get in the way of the state&#8217;s continued prosperity.
Like his predecessor, Sarah Palin, the governor is suing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jellyfish spread in world&#8217;s oceans, devastating fisheries, stinging millions; warming blamed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Casey</dc:creator>
		
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Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world

KOKONOGI, Japan — A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating mass crowding out the catch of mackerel and sea bass. The fishermen leaned into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s plan to raise water level of Three Gorges dam stalled amid drought, landslide concerns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tini Tran</dc:creator>
		
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China&#8217;s plan for Three Gorges&#8217; water level stalled

BEIJING — Plans to raise the water level behind China&#8217;s massive Three Gorges dam to full capacity this month — which would mark the symbolic culmination of the decades-old project — have stalled amid a worsening drought and reports of increased landslide risks.
China has for years promoted the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii&#8217;s beaches are shrinking; scientists say the trend will accelerate with global warming</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Audrey Mcavoy</dc:creator>
		
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Hawaii&#8217;s famed white sandy beaches are shrinking
KAILUA, Hawaii — Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand castles.
&#8220;It really used to be a beautiful beach,&#8221; said the 35-year-old mother of two. &#8220;And now when you look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brief storm shows potential for mud flows from huge Southern California wildfire burn area</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antczak</dc:creator>
		
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Mud slide scare hits LA suburb near burn area

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — Work crews shoveled mud Friday from the back yards of several homes after a brief cloudburst unleashed flows of debris down steep mountains left barren by the largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history.
The incident occurred in a small section of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Records show record high temps now twice as likely as record lows</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Temperature records: More highs than lows
WASHINGTON — Record high temperatures are occurring more than twice as often as record lows.

According to a new study, between Jan. 1, 2000 and Sept. 30, this year the continental United States set 291,237 record highs and 142,420 record lows at various locations.
&#8220;Climate change is making itself felt in terms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines&#8217; Mayon volcano spews ash, could erupt in weeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Philippines&#8217; Mayon volcano spews ash, could erupt

MANILA, Philippines — The cone-shaped Mayon volcano in the central Philippines, which killed scores in an eruption 16 years ago, shot up an ash plume Wednesday — prompting hundreds of nearby residents to evacuate in case it blows again.
Chief state volcanologist Renato Solidum said the alert level remains the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dawson Geophysical reports fiscal 4Q loss, but says overall demand no longer falling</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dawson-geophysical-reports-fiscal-4q-loss-but-says-overall-demand-no-longer-falling-224823/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Dawson Geophysical posts fiscal 4Q loss
MIDLAND, Texas — Dawson Geophysical Co., which provides seismic data to oil and gas companies, on Tuesday reported a loss for its fiscal fourth quarter, hurt by lower prices and downtime due to foul weather.

For the three months ended Sept. 30, the company recorded a loss of $2.1 million, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch town opposes carbon storage project; technology could help reduce greenhouse gases</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aoife White</dc:creator>
		
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Carbon storage? Not under my house!
BARENDRECHT, Netherlands — The people of this small Dutch town are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming.

They just wish it wasn&#8217;t right beneath their houses. &#8220;Who wants to live in Barendrecht if one of these CO2 things is built?&#8221; said retiree Marianne [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiators scale back expectations of reaching full climate treaty by December deadline</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Negotiators scale back UN climate pact ambitions

BARCELONA, Spain — With the U.S. Congress still struggling to agree on sharp cuts in greenhouse gases or how to fund them, European officials said Thursday they were now striving for a political agreement instead of a new treaty to allow the U.S. and other rich nations to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan that puts Arctic off-limits to commercial fishing goes into effect Dec. 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Pemberton</dc:creator>
		
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Arctic off-limits to commercial fishing Dec. 3

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A plan that puts a large area of the Arctic off-limits to commercial fishing goes into effect Dec. 3, federal officials said.
The plan was approved by Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke in August.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday that the plan establishes an orderly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP senators plan boycott of committee votes on climate change, want more economic studies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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GOP senators talk of boycotting climate bill

WASHINGTON — A threatened Republican boycott of a Senate committee&#8217;s consideration of climate legislation is exposing the sharp partisan divide over a Democratic proposal to combat global warming.
Republicans for the most part plan to stay away from a meeting of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drought alters life for Kenya&#8217;s nomads, leading them to settle permanently and wait for aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Devastating drought alters life for Kenya nomads

DELA, Kenya — When 64-year-old Jimale Irobe was a young man, he guided his herds of cows and camels through knee-high grass.
These days the scrubby blades barely reach his ankles even in the rainy season, and there is never enough grass to go around. The cattle cannot feed, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military experts say failure to address climate change brings national security risks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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Turmoil from climate change poses security risks
WASHINGTON — An island in the Indian Ocean, vital to the U.S. military, disappears as the sea level rises. Rivers critical to India and Pakistan shrink, increasing military tensions in South Asia. Drought, famine and disease forces population shifts and political turmoil in the Middle East.
U.S. defense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators tussle over cost of climate bill; Obama calls it a path to a &#8216;new energy future&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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Senators: action on climate, clean energy urgent
WASHINGTON — Senators tussled over the cost of climate legislation Tuesday with the leading author of the bill maintaining that while energy prices will increase, inaction on global warming would cause even worse economic and security problems.
&#8220;Are there some costs? Yes sir, there are some costs,&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kerry: Climate legislation will create jobs despite higher energy prices; action essential</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kerry-climate-legislation-will-create-jobs-despite-higher-energy-prices-action-essential-208474/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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Kerry: US leadership at stake in climate debate

WASHINGTON — Senators tussled over the cost of climate legislation Tuesday with the leading author of the bill maintaining that while energy prices will increase, inaction on global warming would cause even worse economic and security problems.
&#8220;Are there some costs? Yes sir, there are some costs,&#8221; said Sen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP IMPACT: Global cooling? Statisticians reject claims that climate trend is shifting</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-impact-global-cooling-statisticians-reject-claims-that-climate-trend-is-shifting-207434/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Borenstein</dc:creator>
		
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AP IMPACT: Statisticians reject global cooling
WASHINGTON — Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book.
Only one problem: It&#8217;s not true, according to an analysis of the numbers done by several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ION Geophysical shares soar on word of ION-BGP joint venture for land seismic work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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ION Geophysical soars on ION-BGP joint venture

NEW YORK — Shares of ION Geophysical Corp., which generates diagrams of crude oil and natural gas deposits for exploration companies, soared Monday when it announced a global joint venture that will dramatically cut its debt.
ION and BGP Inc., the world&#8217;s largest land seismic contractor, will jointly provide seismic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists: Global warming may hinder timber output in low-level Northwest forests</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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Study: Warmed NW forests may yield less timber

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A new study suggests warming temperatures predicted over the next century could boost tree growth on Northwest forests, but less so at lower elevations where most of the timber is and temperatures are already warm.
Researchers from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latvian experts say large crater was hoax, created by people, not meteorite</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Latvian experts say meteorite crater was hoax

RIGA, Latvia — Scientists investigating a large crater initially believed to have been caused by a meteorite said a closer analysis Monday revealed it was a hoax.
Experts in the Baltic country rushed to the site after reports that a metorite-like object had crashed late Sunday in the Mazsalaca region [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Object resembling meteorite falls in Latvia, leaving large crater; no radiation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Meteorite-like object falls in Latvia
RIGA, Latvia — A meteorite-like object crashed into a meadow in northern Latvia, creating a crater 27 feet (9 meters) wide and 9 feet (3 meters) deep, a geologist who visited the site said Monday.

Uldis Nulle, a scientist at the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center, said there was smoke coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worldwide gatherings mark &#8216;350&#8242; number on climate change ahead of Copenhagen conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Global events mark magic number on climate change

NEW YORK — Activists held events around the world Saturday to mark the number they say the world needs to reach to prevent disastrous climate change: 350.
The number represents 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere that some scientists say is the safe upper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strong earthquake causes panic among residents in Indonesia&#8217;s Papua province</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[\JAKARTA, Indonesia — A strong earthquake shook eastern Indonesia&#8217;s remote Papua province Friday, sending panicked resident fleeing outdoors and reportedly toppling a building.

There were no immediate reports of injuries in the eastern province.
Friday&#8217;s quake came as Indonesia is still recovering from another, more powerful earthquake on western Sumatra that killed more than 1,000 people last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belief in global warming is cooling, poll says, as Congress weighs limits on emissions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/belief-in-global-warming-is-cooling-poll-says-as-congress-weighs-limits-on-emissions-204017/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming.

Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll says. And the share of people who believe pollution caused by humans is causing temperatures to rise has also taken a dip, even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Congress weighs limits on global warming gases, survey finds more Americans doubt science</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who believe there is solid evidence the Earth is warming because of pollution is at its lowest point in three years, according to a survey released Thursday.

The poll of 1,500 adults by the Pew Research Center for the People &#038; the Press found that only 57 percent believe there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah lawmakers get differing views on climate change, root causes of warming at hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers heard competing views on climate change Wednesday: one emphasizing the vast scientific consensus about warming trends and humanity&#8217;s influence and another raising doubts about the root causes.

University of Utah scientist James Steenburgh told the state&#8217;s Public Utilities and Technology Interim Committee that temperatures are rising and people are very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China builds earthquake monitoring station at foot of Mount Everest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Chinese scientists have begun operating an earthquake monitoring station at the foot of Mount Everest in a bid to learn more about the world&#8217;s highest peak, an official said Monday.

The station, which began operating over the weekend, is located at about 14,000 feet (4,255 meters) in Tibet&#8217;s Tingri County, said Shang Rongbo, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rising seas put millions of people, trillions of dollars of assets, at risk in coastal cities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elaine Kurtenbach</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI — This city of 20 million rose from the sea and grew into a modern showcase, with skyscrapers piercing the clouds, atop tidal flats fed by the mighty Yangtze River.

Now Shanghai&#8217;s future depends on finding ways to prevent the same waters from reclaiming it.
Global warming and melting glaciers and polar ice sheets are raising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flying NASA lab peers under a melting Antarctica to study collapsing ice sheets, implications</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mauricio Cuevas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOVE ANTARCTICA — Hoping to better understand how a melting Antarctica could swamp the planet, a NASA plane outfitted with lasers and ground-penetrating radar made its first flight over the icy continent on Friday.

The DC-8 left Punta Arenas, Chile, on a mission to fly as low as 1,000 feet (300 meters) over Antarctica. Like the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 years after Calif. quake: Bay Bridge unfinished; schools, buildings unsafe, need retrofits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Dearen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — When an earthquake collapsed two 50-foot sections of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge during the 1989 World Series, the nightmares of hundreds of thousands of commuters who cross the Depression-era span each day were brought to life.

On this 20-year anniversary of the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that killed 63 people, injured almost 3,800 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drop, cover and hold: California puts on earthquake drill with 6.7 million participants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antczak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — School children dove under tables in Los Angeles and sirens sounded in San Francisco on Thursday as California practiced how to survive a major earthquake.

&#8220;Drop, cover and hold on,&#8221; dozens of fourth-graders chanted just before the announcement of a simulated earthquake sent them scurrying under tables at the California Science Center at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Geological Survey reports earthquake measured at 6.0 near Samoa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — An earthquake with magnitude 6.0 has struck in the Pacific near Samoa, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

The government seismologists said the quake was at a depth of 6.2 miles and occurred just after 2 p.m. EDT.
Its epicenter was 165 miles northwest of Hihifo, Tonga, and 1,630 miles north northeast of Auckland, New Zealand.
Gerard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Geological Survey reports strong earthquake Wednesday near Samoa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake has struck in the Pacific near Samoa.

The government seismologists said the quake had a magnitude of 6.0 and was at a depth of 6.2 miles. It occurred at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday.
Its epicenter was 165 miles northwest of Hihifo, Tonga, and 1,630 miles north northeast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storm hits California; residents warned of possible debris flow near wildfire-ravaged areas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Solvej Schou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Homeowners filled sandbags and crews erected concrete barriers to guard southern California property against possible landslides Tuesday as a major Pacific storm threatened to inundate foothills recently denuded by wildfire.

A key concern was that heavy rains could cause mud and debris to slip down hillsides made bare from the summer fire, state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts warn glaciers in Indian Kashmir melting at alarming rate due to climate change</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-warn-glaciers-in-indian-kashmir-melting-at-alarming-rate-due-to-climate-change-194576/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aijaz Hussain</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SRINAGAR, India — Indian Kashmir&#8217;s glaciers are melting fast because of rising temperatures, threatening the water supply of millions of people in the Himalayan region, a new study by Indian scientists says.

The study by Kashmir University&#8217;s geology and geophysics department blamed the effect on climate change, and said it endangered the livelihoods of two-thirds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA lunar mission combines romance of moon with lust for cosmic violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Borenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — For as long as man has looked up, the moon has inspired romance, poetry and songs. Man also likes blowing things up. Now we get to do both — in the name of science.

The aim of Friday&#8217;s deliberate crash of two unmanned NASA spacecraft into the moon is to see if they can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal study says winter rains bring high risk of huge debris flows in Calif. wildfire area</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Antczak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PASADENA, Calif. — Rainstorms could send huge flows of water laden with mud, rocks and other debris toward cities below steep slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains stripped bare by a wildfire near Los Angeles this summer, federal scientists said Tuesday.

The U.S. Geological Survey used two very probable types of storm scenarios to map where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Type of quake, depth of ocean, location of Samoa all add up to devastating high-speed tsunami</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Borenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Because of a lethal combination of geology and geography, the people of American Samoa didn&#8217;t stand much of a chance. Almost every condition that triggers bad tsunamis was in place this time, generating waves that raced toward the island territory at speeds approaching 530 mph, or as fast as a 747 jumbo jet. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists eye novel way to monitor strength of earthquake faults</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/scientists-eye-novel-way-to-monitor-strength-of-earthquake-faults-182838/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia Chang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Scientists are releasing results of a study aimed at gauging the strength of earthquake faults, which could help them pinpoint weak ones at risk of breaking and unleashing temblors.

Earthquakes are caused by a sudden slip on a fault. This occurs because of stress buildup that causes the fault to fail or a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study says China earthquake a once in 4,000 years event that ruptured multiple faults</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Sanderson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China&#8217;s devastating earthquake last year that left some 90,000 people dead or missing was caused by a geological event that occurs about once every 4,000 years, a study led by Chinese researchers said Sunday.

Researchers said the 7.9-magnitude quake was caused by the breaking of solid rock separating major fault segments, allowing the quake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Climate change means more hungry children, greater investment in farming needed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-climate-change-means-more-hungry-children-greater-investment-in-farming-needed-180993/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Bryson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG — Scientists fear climate change will mean 25 million more hungry children over the next four decades, with subsistence farmers in Africa and Asia particularly hard hit by global warming, according to a report issued Wednesday.

The authoritative International Food Policy Research Institute said even without climate change, 113 million children under 5 years old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rift opens between major utilities and US Chamber of Commerce over climate change</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rift-opens-between-major-utilities-and-us-chamber-of-commerce-over-climate-change-179127/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Montoya Bryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A rift widened between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and some utilities as another major power provider quit over the business group&#8217;s hard stance on pending climate regulation.

The Public Service Company of New Mexico, the state&#8217;s largest utility, quit the chamber Friday just days after California&#8217;s largest utility, Pacific Gas and Electric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If greenhouse gases are cut as planned, Earth still gets 6 degrees hotter, update suggests</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Borenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Earth&#8217;s temperature is likely to jump nearly 6 degrees between now and the end of the century even if every country cuts greenhouse gas emissions as proposed, according to a United Nations update.

Scientists looked at emission plans from 192 nations and calculated what would happen to global warming. The projections take into account [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If every country cuts greenhouse gases as currently planned, Earth still gets 6 degrees hotter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A United Nations update says Earth&#8217;s temperature is likely to jump nearly 6 more degrees by 2100 even if every country cuts greenhouse gas emissions as planned.

Scientists looked at emission plans from 192 nations and calculated what would happen to global warming. The projections even take into account 80 percent pollution cuts from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Last major quake along Utah&#8217;s Wasatch Front was more recent than previously thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — Geologists say a major quake could strike at any time in Utah, with new research showing the last large temblor along the Wasatch Front was more recent than previously thought.

The Utah Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey said in a study released Thursday that an earthquake about 500 years ago tore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warming ocean melts Greenland glaciers, alters marine ecosystems</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Ritter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SERMILIK FJORD, Greenland — With whale fins splashing in the distance, Ruth Curry hauls up her catch from the blustery deck of an icebreaker.

An orange tube fixed to a metal frame breaks the surface as the motorized winch stops groaning. Inside: data on the water temperature deep down in this glacial fjord off southeast Greenland.
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		<title>Magnitude-5.1 earthquake in northern Mexico felt from San Diego to Arizona; no injuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CALEXICO, Calif. — A moderate earthquake in northern Mexico was felt from San Diego to southwestern Arizona, but no injuries or damage were reported.

Seismologist Dale Grant of the U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-5.1 quake struck just before 4 p.m. Saturday. It was centered about 25 miles southeast of Calexico, Calif., and 23 miles southeast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magnitude 4.9 earthquake in northern Mexico felt by some in California border city</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/magnitude-49-earthquake-in-northern-mexico-felt-by-some-in-california-border-city-173363/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CALEXICO, Calif. — A moderate earthquake in northern Mexico was felt in at least one inland border town in California, but no injuries were reported.

Seismologist Dale Grant of the U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-4.9 quake struck just before 4 p.m. Saturday. It was centered about 25 miles southeast of Calexico, Calif., and 23 miles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA tells court it will redo Bush-era smog standard because it doesn&#8217;t follow pollution law</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/epa-tells-court-it-will-redo-bush-era-smog-standard-because-it-doesnt-follow-pollution-law-170698/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration signaled Wednesday that it would scrap a controversial Bush-era rule that set stricter limits for smog but fell short of scientific recommendations.

In a notice filed Wednesday in a federal appeals court, the Justice Department says there are concerns that the revision made by the Bush administration does not adhere to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA tells court it will redo Bush smog standard that didn&#8217;t follow scientists&#8217; advice</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/epa-tells-court-it-will-redo-bush-smog-standard-that-didnt-follow-scientists-advice-170366/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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In a notice filed Wednesday in a federal appeals court, the Justice Department says there are concerns that the revision made by the Bush administration does not adhere to [...]]]></description>
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