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		<title>East Coast states totaling damage from nor&#8217;easter, already estimated at tens of millions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wayne Parry</dc:creator>
		
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East Coast states totaling damage from nor&#8217;easter

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — It was a desperate, ultimately futile battle — machine against nature — and Ocean City kept it up long after the outcome had been decided.
As wave after wave pummeled the beachfront during last week&#8217;s powerful nor&#8217;easter, more and more of the sand disappeared until the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal government says it will spend $11.7M on land in national monuments in Western US</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Feds to spend $11.7M on land in national monuments

DENVER — Federal officials plan to spend $11.7 million for about 5,000 acres of private land in national monuments, forests and recreation areas in three Western states.
The largest purchase announced Monday was for 4,573 acres in the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in southwestern Colorado. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday displays include tree made of feathers, Rock Center, Obamas&#8217; first National Tree event</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Harpaz</dc:creator>
		
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Tree-lightings, from Rock Center to The Grove

NEW YORK — This season&#8217;s Christmas tree displays include trees made from feathers at a historic home in Indianapolis, a thank-you tree in Boston sent from Nova Scotia, and the Obamas&#8217; first National Christmas Tree ceremony in Washington.
The National Christmas Tree is scheduled to be lit on Dec. 3. [...]]]></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>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chinas-plan-to-raise-water-level-of-three-gorges-dam-stalled-amid-drought-landslide-concerns-230026/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hawaiis-beaches-are-shrinking-scientists-say-the-trend-will-accelerate-with-global-warming-229575/</link>
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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>Authorities say Death Valley bones may be those of 4 German tourists who vanished in 1996</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Death Valley bones may be missing German tourists

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Skeletal remains found in Death Valley may belong to one or more of the four German tourists who vanished in searing summer heat 13 years ago, authorities said Friday.
Two hikers discovered the bones Thursday in a remote area of the famous Mojave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: Report finds deadly LA County wildfire spread due to steep terrain, dense brush</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/apnewsbreak-report-finds-deadly-la-county-wildfire-spread-due-to-steep-terrain-dense-brush-228642/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael R. Blood</dc:creator>
		
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Report: Terrain, brush to blame in huge wildfire

LOS ANGELES — The largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history raged out of control because it jumped into inaccessible terrain, not because the U.S. Forest Service scaled back firefighters and aircraft attacking the flames, a federal review found Friday.
The U.S. Forest Service study of decision-making during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmentalists sue to stop huge resort project on sprawling California ranch</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/environmentalists-sue-to-stop-huge-resort-project-on-sprawling-california-ranch-228299/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Adelman</dc:creator>
		
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Environmentalists sue over huge Calif. development

LOS ANGELES — A coalition of environmentalists filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop the development of a 5,000-acre resort community on the sprawling Tejon Ranch property some 60 miles north of Los Angeles.
The lawsuit filed in Kern County Superior Court argues that county officials ignored its potential impact on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYC mayor: New Coney Island amusements to open this summer after land purchased from developer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Franklin</dc:creator>
		
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New Coney Island to open after land deal
NEW YORK — The historic and mostly dormant Coney Island amusement park district in New York City will be revived by next summer with some new attractions, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and developer Joseph Sitt said Thursday.

The city purchased 6.9 acres at the heart of Coney Island from Sitt&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Speedway agrees to sell 676-acre parcel of Staten Island land for $80 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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International Speedway sells Staten Island land

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — International Speedway Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to sell its 676-acre parcel of property in Staten Island, N.Y., to KB Marine Holdings for $80 million.
The agreement calls for the transaction to close by Feb. 25, 2010, although KB Marine can get a $5 million credit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil reports largest Amazon deforestation drop in the two decades since monitoring began</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs

BRASILIA, Brazil — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 percent from August 2008 to July 2009 — the biggest annual decline in two decades, the government said Thursday.
Analysis of satellite imagery by the National Institute for Space Research shows an estimated 7,008 square kilometers (2,705 square [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audit of Okla. Land Office finds accounting weaknesses in division where embezzlement occurred</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Audit: Accounting weaknesses in Okla. Land Office

OKLAHOMA CITY — An audit of the School Land Office has found accounting weaknesses in a division of the agency where a former employee is accused of embezzling nearly $1.16 million.
A multi-county grand jury has indicted Roger Q. Melson on 174 counts of embezzlement. Prosecutors say Melson, former director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold dips as dollar recovers some lost ground; Energy prices tumble on signs of weak demand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lepro</dc:creator>
		
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Gold prices dip as dollar strengthens
NEW YORK — Gold prices broke an eight-day streak of gains Thursday, retreating from record levels as the dollar recovered some lost ground against other currencies.

Oil prices fell sharply after a government report reinforced that energy demand is still weak.
Gold for December delivery gave up $8 to settle at $1,106.60 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National team to help Forest Service manage bark beetle epidemic in Colo., Wyo.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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National team to help manage bark beetle problem

DENVER — A national team will help the U.S. Forest Service manage the attack against the beetle infestation that has swept through about 2.5 million acres of forests in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming.
Rocky Mountain Regional Forester Rick Cables says the team will help coordinate efforts to address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choice Hotels International&#8217;s properties to be listed on Expedia sites worldwide</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/choice-hotels-internationals-properties-to-be-listed-on-expedia-sites-worldwide-227282/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Choice Hotels to list properties on Expedia sites

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Choice Hotels International Inc. said Thursday it signed an agreement with online travel company Expedia Inc. to list its lodging properties on Expedia and Hotels.com Web sites.
Financial terms were not disclosed. Within a week Choice hotels will start to be available on Expedia.com and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dow Chemical unit, DuPont sign deal to make herbicide-resistant soybeans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Dow, DuPont sign soybean development deal
NEW YORK — Dow Chemical Co.&#8217;s Dow AgroSciences unit is teaming with DuPont to develop herbicide-tolerant soybeans.

Under the agreement, Dow AgroSciences is non-exclusively licensing its herbicide-tolerant trait technology for soybeans to DuPont&#8217;s Pioneer Hi-Bred unit. In addition, Pioneer is licensing non-exclusively its proprietary Optimum GAT trait for soybeans to Dow.
Financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chockfull of ancient rock art, Utah&#8217;s Nine Mile Canyon nominated for historic register status</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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Utah rock art canyon up for historic designation

SALT LAKE CITY — Parts of a remote central Utah canyon decorated with ancient Indian art are being nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.
The Bureau of Land Management this week nominated 63 sites along Nine Mile Canyon, which some call the world&#8217;s longest art gallery. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off New England, warming ocean drives fish away from shore _ and market bins</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clarke Canfield</dc:creator>
		
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Warming drives off Cape Cod&#8217;s namesake, other fish

PORTLAND, Maine — Fishermen have known for years that they&#8217;ve had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.
A new federal study documenting the warming waters of the North Atlantic confirms that they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developer sells Coney Island acres to NYC, opening doors to revival of Brooklyn waterfront</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Developer sells Coney Island acres to NYC
NEW YORK — New York City has cut a deal to buy almost 7 acres of Coney Island.

The deal was announced Wednesday and opens the door for Mayor Michael Bloomberg&#8217;s plan to revive a part of the Brooklyn waterfront that held the famous Astroland rides.
Bloomberg wants to turn the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citing full recovery, government says it will take brown pelicans off endangered species list</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/citing-full-recovery-government-says-it-will-take-brown-pelicans-off-endangered-species-list-226005/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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Gov&#8217;t says brown pelicans are endangered no longer

WASHINGTON — Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction.
Interior Department officials on Wednesday announced that they were taking the bird off the endangered species list, after a nearly four-decade struggle to keep the brown pelican population [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House members ask Interior secretary to protect Utah red rocks lands until Congress can act</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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Lawmakers urge Salazar to protect Utah wild lands

WASHINGTON — Eighty-nine House members sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asking him to protect 9.4 million acres of red rocks lands in Utah while Congress works on legislation.
The letter sent Tuesday also asks Salazar to rescind an agreement reached between the Bush administration and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9th Circuit rules against plan to build large landfill near Joshua Tree National Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Appeals panel: No landfill near SoCal nat&#8217;l park

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld a 2005 court decision that effectively halted the development of what would have been one of the nation&#8217;s largest landfills near Joshua Tree National Park.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel let stand a ruling [...]]]></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>Judge orders Va. man convicted of neglecting rental properties to live in one of his homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Judge orders Va. man to live in his neglected home

RICHMOND, Va. — A Richmond man will have to live more than a month in one of his neglected rental houses as punishment for failing to maintain his properties. Oliver Lawrence was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail, followed by 40 days in home incarceration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma&#8217;s Langston University receives $800,000 fed grant for economic development, outreach</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oklahomas-langston-university-receives-800000-fed-grant-for-economic-development-outreach-224653/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Okla.&#8217;s Langston Univ. receives $800,000 fed grant

OKLAHOMA CITY — Langston University will receive an $800,000 federal grant that school officials say will be used for economic development in Langston and Oklahoma City.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant to the university&#8217;s HUD/HBCU Economic Development and Outreach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. offers 32,000 additional acres of forest land for leasing to gas-drilling companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Pa. to lease 32,000 acres for gas drilling

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania will open nearly 32,000 acres of additional state forest land to leasing by gas drilling companies, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said.
The six tracts are located in the Elk, Moshannon, Sproul, Susquehannock and Tioga state forests in Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton, Potter [...]]]></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>Fed officials warn of long road ahead to turn around jobs market, commercial real estate</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fed-officials-warn-of-long-road-ahead-to-turn-around-jobs-market-commercial-real-estate-224506/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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Fed officials warn weak recovery won&#8217;t spur jobs

WASHINGTON — Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won&#8217;t be strong enough to spur robust hiring, Federal Reserve officials warned Tuesday.
The cautionary note struck by the presidents of regional Fed banks were the first public remarks by Fed officials since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. governor signs $11B water bond measure championing new dams, kicks off voter campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Calif. governor pushes $11B water bond plan, dams

FRIANT, Calif — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a far-reaching water bond intended to rebuild California&#8217;s crumbling water system and fund new dams to save up the precious resource for dry years.
Yet at a time when several Western states are preparing to tear down dams rather than build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental, Indian groups ask federal court to stop Yellowstone bison slaughters</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/environmental-indian-groups-ask-federal-court-to-stop-yellowstone-bison-slaughters-223550/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Brown</dc:creator>
		
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Federal judge asked to end Yellowstone bison kills

BLLINGS, Mont. — A coalition of environmental and American Indian groups sued two federal agencies Monday to stop the mass slaughter of bison that migrate outside Yellowstone National Park in search of food.
During the last decade, federal agencies working with the state of Montana captured and shipped to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Floods, mudslides kill 124 in El Salvador; town partly buried and 60 missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diego Mendez</dc:creator>
		
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El Salvador floods, mudslides kill 124, 60 missing

VERAPAZ, El Salvador — Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried a small town Sunday, swallowing up homes as flooding and landslides across El Salvador killed at least 124 people, authorities said.
Hundreds of soldiers, police and residents dug through rock and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El Salvador raises death toll from floods, mudslides to 124, 60 missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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El Salvador raises death toll from flooding to 124

VERAPAZ, El Salvador — Civil defense officials in El Salvador have raised the death toll from rain-triggered floods and mudslides to 124, with another 60 people missing.
Government Minister Humberto Centeno, who heads the Civil Protection agency, says the rising toll and President Mauricio Funes&#8217; declaration of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Floods, mudslides kill 91 in El Salvador; town partly buried and 60 missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diego Mendez</dc:creator>
		
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Floods, mudslides kill 91 El Salvador, 60 missing

VERAPAZ, El Salvador — Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried a small town Sunday, swallowing up homes as flooding and landslides across El Salvador killed at least 91 people, authorities said.
Hundreds of soldiers, police and residents dug through rock and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interior minister in El Salvador reports 91 dead in flooding following 3 days of rain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Government: 91 dead in El Salvador flooding

VERAPAZ, El Salvador — Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried the town of Verapaz Sunday, swallowing up homes as flooding and landslides across El Salvador killed at least 91 people, authorities said.
Hundreds of soldiers, police and residents dug through rock and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capitol Christmas tree to begin journey from Arizona to Washington, D.C.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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Capitol Christmas tree to be cut from AZ forest

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An 85-foot blue spruce soon will embark on a long journey from the mountains of northeastern Arizona to Washington, D.C., to stand as the Capitol Christmas tree.
The 7,000-pound tree that is taller than a seven-story building will be harvested Saturday. From Alpine, it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia DEP uncovers potential problems at 20 coal ash dams, says 3 in poor condition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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Potential problems at 20 W.Va. coal ash dams

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection may change its policy for inspecting coal ash impoundments after a survey uncovered more problems — and dams — than expected.
A report detailing the survey shows engineers found three of the state&#8217;s 20 coal ash impoundments are in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salt cavern lurks near busy intersection, NM community prepares for collapse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Montoya Bryan</dc:creator>
		
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NM city prepares for salt cavern collapse
CARLSBAD, N.M. — The bright yellow signs on U.S. 285 are the first indication that things aren&#8217;t right in Carlsbad.

&#8220;US 285 south subject to sinkhole 1,000 feet ahead,&#8221; motorists are warned.
But there is little other evidence that in southeastern New Mexico&#8217;s oil country, a giant cavern sits beneath the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scrubber to clean emissions, add to waste stream at TVA Kingston coal plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Mansfield</dc:creator>
		
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TVA prepares to start smokestack scrubbers

KINGSTON, Tenn. — Smokestack scrubbers will eliminate most of the sulfur emissions from the coal-fired Kingston Fossil Plant, but they will also produce a new waste stream for a site still engaged in a $1 billion cleanup from a massive ash spill.
&#8220;It is a tradeoff. In order to clean the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. locals embrace Flight 93 families after 2001 terror attacks that united them in history</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-locals-embrace-flight-93-families-after-2001-terror-attacks-that-united-them-in-history-220092/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer C. Yates</dc:creator>
		
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Pa. locals, Flight 93 families united by history

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — Esther Heymann was overflowing with grief for her stepdaughter. Standing in a blustery snow, overlooking the empty field where Flight 93 had crashed a couple of years earlier, she couldn&#8217;t stop crying.
The only other person there was a local man, sitting in his warm car. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. locals embrace Flight 93 families after 2001 terror attacks united them in tragedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Pa. locals, Flight 93 families united by tragedy

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — Esther Heymann was overflowing with grief for her stepdaughter. Standing in a blustery snow, overlooking the empty field where Flight 93 had crashed a couple of years earlier, she couldn&#8217;t stop crying.
The only other person there was a local man, sitting in his warm car. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican environmentalists outraged over ruling on Cancun beach restoration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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Mexican environmentalists denounce beach ruling

MEXICO CITY — Environmentalists expressed outrage Thursday after a Mexican judge upheld a requirement that they post a $1.1 million bond to pursue a suit against a project to rebuild Cancun beaches with tons of sand extracted from the Caribbean.
Nonprofit groups said the ruling will make it hard or impossible for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Airborne nitrogen pollution producing junk food for fish in Rocky Mountain Park lakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith Kohler</dc:creator>
		
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Study: Nitrogen pollution worsens in Rockies lakes

DENVER — Airborne nitrogen pollution from vehicle exhaust and farm fertilizer is turning algae in the alpine lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park into junk food for fish, a study says.
A similar phenomenon is occurring in Sweden and Norway, according to the study of about 90 high-elevation lakes set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental groups plan to send more than 500,000 e-mails to protest W.Va. mining operation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Groups plan e-mail campaign to protest W.Va. mine
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several groups say they will expand their protest against an Massey Energy mine in southern West Virginia through e-mail.
The groups, which include The Sierra Club, Alliance for Appalachia and Greenpeace, say they will send more than 500,000 e-mails to individuals Thursday and Friday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army corps: Summer work on Seattle-area dam has lessened Green River flooding chance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Tibbits</dc:creator>
		
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Corps: Dam work lessens Seattle-area flood chance

SEATTLE — Hurried repairs at a badly weakened flood-control reservoir have greatly reduced but far from eliminated the risk of flooding this winter in the Green River Valley near Seattle, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday.
The region has been preparing for flooding ever since a torrential storm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wyoming BLM defers auction of oil, gas leases near Adobe Town, seeks Washington guidance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mead Gruver</dc:creator>
		
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Wyo. BLM defers leasing in Adobe Town area

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday that it was deferring the auction of controversial oil and gas leases in the high desert Adobe Town area in southwest Wyoming.
The bureau&#8217;s Wyoming office said that it is seeking guidance from the office in Washington, D.C., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington state asking grain ships to stop throwing pesticide canisters overboard</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Wash. state asking grain ships to hold canisters

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The state Ecology and Agriculture Departments have a request for grain ships off the Washington coast: Hey, stop throwing those pesticide canisters overboard.
In the past two years about 65 empty canisters have been found on ocean beaches. Some still contain residual amounts of aluminum phosphide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Retail Properties arranges $400 million credit facility to replace maturing debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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National Retail Properties gets new $400M loan

ORLANDO, Fla. — Retail real estate investment trust National Retail Properties Inc. said Wednesday it has a new $400 million credit facility, which will replace one set to mature May 2010.
The new loan matures November 2012, with an option to extend it for a year and a half. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorneys for feds, environmental groups, argue for roadless rule in 10th Circuit briefs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/attorneys-for-feds-environmental-groups-argue-for-roadless-rule-in-10th-circuit-briefs-218022/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Feds, environmental groups argue for roadless rule

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Attorneys for the federal government and environmentalists argue that a federal appeals court should uphold a ban on new roads in national forests known as the &#8220;roadless rule.&#8221;
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and environmental groups laid out their arguments in documents filed Monday in the 10th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bracing for the worst, residents, businesses in valley outside Seattle prepare for a flood</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bracing-for-the-worst-residents-businesses-in-valley-outside-seattle-prepare-for-a-flood-218002/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Tibbits</dc:creator>
		
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Valley in Washington state prepares for flood

AUBURN, Wash. — The dangerous Green River lost its sting in the early 1960s when a dam ended floods that frequently swamped its Seattle-area valley.
But the years have weakened the dam, and now residents and businesses are involved in a feverish campaign to fortify the heavily developed Green River [...]]]></description>
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