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		<title>Poll: People embrace protecting the environment, but don&#8217;t always walk the walk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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Poll: Sometimes it isn&#8217;t easy being green
WASHINGTON — Sometimes it&#8217;s easier to think green than be green. A survey released Tuesday suggests people have largely embraced recycling bottles and cans, and are inclined to turn down thermostats to save energy. But it also indicated that some paths toward a greener Earth aren&#8217;t as easily taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession among problems pinching Utah&#8217;s ability to oversee hazardous waste operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Funds dwindling to oversee Utah&#8217;s hazardous waste

SALT LAKE CITY — Businesses that handle some of Utah&#8217;s most dangerous materials are being inspected less often because of dwindling funds to pay for the work.
State monitoring of hazardous and radioactive waste has for years been funded by fees collected from commercial waste companies. That fund — which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Management 3rd-quarter profit sinks despite higher prices for recycled commodities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Waste Management 3rd-quarter profit sinks
Waste Management Inc., the nation&#8217;s largest trash hauler, said Thursday that third-quarter profit sank, despite rising prices for recycled commodities and cost-cutting.

The recession has hit the Houston company as businesses cut costs by disposing of trash less frequently and prices for paper and other commodities fell, battering its recycling business. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Management hit by falling trash volumes, electricity prices as it posts 3Q profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Waste Management 3Q seen hit by falling volumes

HOUSTON — Waste Management Inc., the nation&#8217;s No. 1 waste hauler, reports earnings for the third quarter before the market opens Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion for the period.
OVERVIEW: Waste Management has been hit by the recession as businesses cut costs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Management segment unit acquires medical waste business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Waste Management segment acquires medical business

SALT LAKE CITY — A subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., the nation&#8217;s No. 1 trash hauler, said Tuesday it has acquired a medical waste business.
The subsidiary, WM Healthcare Solutions, has acquired Mountain High Medical Disposal Services Inc., a medical waste collection, transportation and processing company.
Terms were not disclosed.
The purchase will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill to ban the importation of foreign nuclear waste into Utah takes small step forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Vergakis</dc:creator>
		
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Bill to ban foreign nuke waste makes small advance

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill designed to keep foreign countries from disposing their nuclear waste in the United States is taking a small but significant step toward getting a U.S. House committee vote for the first time.
On Thursday, the Radioactive Import Deterrence Act will undergo a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota group collects trash while packing heat on 2-mile stretch of highway</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Minn. group picks up road trash while packing heat

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — Motorists in Mendota Heights might have seen a group of residents picking up trash while packing heat this weekend. About a dozen people spent nearly three hours picking up litter Sunday along a 2-mile stretch of highway. All legally carried guns on their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash for Clunkers trade-ins piling up; auto recyclers want more time to dispose of vehicles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Trade-ins from the Cash for Clunkers program are piling up and auto recyclers are seeking more time to meet the deadline for disposing of all those vehicles.

At some places, Ford Explorers, Chevy Blazers, Chrysler Town &#038; Country minivans and other popular clunkers are parked bumper to bumper on several acres, many marked &#8220;C4C&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Auto recyclers seeking extension of deadline to recycle and crush clunkers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Cash for Clunkers may be history for car shoppers, but the program&#8217;s largesse lives on in recycling yards around the country.

A torrent of traded-in clunkers have arrived at auto recyclers in the past two months and are still waiting to be drained of fluids, stripped of valuable parts and eventually flattened for scrap.
At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Gov. Doyle signs bill to reduce computers, other electronics dumped into landfills</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed into law a bill designed to cut down on the amount of computers and other electronics dumped in landfills.

The bill he signed Friday requires manufacturers to arrange for recycling and disposal of consumer electronics including video displays, computers and printers.
Disposal of electronic equipment is a problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities: None of the 161 sex offenders interviewed is a suspect in death of Fla. girl, 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Brumback</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ORANGE PARK, Fla. — Investigators have finished interviewing all the registered sex offenders who live near where a slain Florida girl first vanished but don&#8217;t believe there is a suspect in that group, authorities said Friday.

Forensic experts continued to comb through a vacant house on the route that 7-year-old Somer Thompson walked home from elementary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother of slain Fla. girl found in landfill tells unknown killer, &#8220;We&#8217;re coming for you.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Brumback</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ORANGE PARK, Fla. — The mother of a 7-year-old Florida girl whose body was found in a landfill made a promise on national TV Friday to the unknown killer: &#8220;We&#8217;ll get you.&#8221;

Diena Thompson, mother of Somer Thompson, appeared red-eyed on all three network television morning shows the day after investigators identified the body they found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old warships shedding toxic paint into water near San Francisco Bay to be cleaned, recycled</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Wohlsen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BENICIA, Calif. — A fleet of old, rotting warships shedding toxic paint into the water near San Francisco Bay will be cleaned up and recycled under a new plan announced by federal officials Thursday.

Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari said the government has already awarded contracts to dispose of two World War II-era cargo ships [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds announce plan to clean old warships shedding toxic paint into San Francisco Bay waters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BENICIA, Calif. — A fleet of old, rotting warships shedding toxic paint into San Francisco Bay area waters will be cleaned up and recycled under a new plan announced by federal officials Thursday.

Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari said the government has already awarded contracts to dispose of two World War II-era cargo ships from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamaica hires Miami company to convert waste into energy, save $60 million on fuel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica has hired a Florida company to build two plants that will convert garbage into energy and help save the government $60 million a year in fuel imports.

Energy Minister James Robertson says the plants could generate about 18 percent of the country&#8217;s electricity and eliminate the need to import more than 700,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional witnesses: Only action by Congress can bar foreign nuclear waste shipments to US</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Federal regulators told Congress on Friday that they have no power to stop Italy or any other country from dumping tons of radioactive waste in the United States.

It&#8217;s up to Congress to stop other countries from shipping their radioactive waste to the United States, government officials who oversee the nuclear power industry told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politics takes center stage as lawmakers debate California valley&#8217;s water woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Freking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — It was the kind of legislation that rarely generates much debate in Congress: a bill to expand a local water recycling program.

However, the House spent more than three hours Thursday trying to decide whether to allow the creation of six recycling projects in the San Francisco area.
In the end, the bill passed easily, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans cry foul over bringing more water to San Francisco Bay area while farmers get less</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Freking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House approved a seemingly benign water recycling program Thursday for the San Francisco Bay area, but only after Republicans fought to broaden drought relief to California&#8217;s farm belt.

The bill authorizing the programs passed 241-173, with the brunt of opposition coming from Republicans who took issue with helping the Bay area, home of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thai man confesses to decapitating 5-year-old boy, murdering mother after lover&#8217;s quarrel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — A part-time Bangkok taxi driver confessed to the gruesome murder of a 5-year-old boy, saying he shot, decapitated and dismembered him after a lover&#8217;s quarrel with his mother, whom he also murdered, police said Wednesday.

The child&#8217;s body parts were discovered Monday in four plastic bags at an abandoned housing development, stunning Thailand and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope through soap: former refugee recycles used hotel soap to help Uganda&#8217;s poor fight disease</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hope-through-soap-former-refugee-recycles-used-hotel-soap-to-help-ugandas-poor-fight-disease-193528/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dionne Walker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — Nearly two decades after he arrived in this country, Ugandan Derreck Kayongo is still bowled over by one subtle display of American wealth: the endless array of soaps available in stores.

In his African homeland, the cost of soap is out of reach for many, often with tragic consequences. In 2004, the World Health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s increasing prosperity and urbanism create tons of garbage, causing tons of trouble</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chi-chi Zhang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ZHANGLIDONG, China — Visitors can smell this village long before they see it.

More than 100 dump trucks piled high with garbage line the narrow road leading to Zhanglidong, waiting to empty their loads in a landfill as big as 20 football fields.
In less than five years, the Zhengzhou Comprehensive Waste Treatment Landfill has overwhelmed this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downside to economic boom: China wonders what to do with all its garbage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chi-chi Zhang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ZHANGLIDONG, China — Visitors can smell this village long before they see it.

More than 100 dump trucks piled high with garbage line the narrow road leading to Zhanglidong, waiting to empty their loads in a landfill as big as 20 football fields.
In less than five years, the Zhengzhou Comprehensive Waste Treatment Landfill has overwhelmed this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd hearing on bill proposing ban on importation of foreign nuclear waste set for next week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Vergakis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — An effort to ban the importation of foreign nuclear waste has been given new life with a hearing set for next week in Washington, D.C.

The hearing for the Radioactive Import Deterrence Act was scheduled for Oct. 16. The bill&#8217;s sponsors, U.S. Reps. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, and Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., drew it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing number of states push electronics manufacturers to take responsibility for e-waste</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Callahan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS — Frustrated by inaction in Congress, a growing number of states are trying to reduce the rising tide of junked TVs, computers and other electronics that have become one of the nation&#8217;s fastest-growing waste streams.

Nineteen states have passed laws requiring the recycling of old electronics, which contain both precious metals and toxic pollutants and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheyenne an example of how many communities struggle to find uses for collected glass</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mead Gruver</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A pile of glass bottles and jars at the Cheyenne landfill is an ever-growing monument to the challenges faced by many communities that collect glass for recycling.

Cheyenne hasn&#8217;t recycled the glass it collects for recycling for years. Instead, the city has been putting it in the landfill, using it to surround the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma lawmaker to propose 5-cent bottle-deposit program to provide cash, reduce litter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OKLAHOMA CITY — A state lawmaker hopes to implement a 5-cent beverage container deposit program in Oklahoma as a way to reduce litter and provide an infusion of much-needed cash for the budget.

State Rep. Ryan Kiesel and members of a House committee examined the issue this week at the state Capitol and says he will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transportation Secretary: Media &#8216;trash talk&#8217; impeding nation&#8217;s ability to solve big problems</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/transportation-secretary-media-trash-talk-impeding-nations-ability-to-solve-big-problems-176505/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says &#8220;trash talk&#8221; on conservative talk radio and cable television shows is impeding the nation&#8217;s ability to solve big problems.

LaHood made the comments Tuesday in reference to criticism that President Barack Obama received for appearing Sunday on five television news shows to promote his health care agenda.
Harsh discourse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah board won&#8217;t place moratorium on disposal of depleted uranium in state</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Vergakis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — Utah&#8217;s Radiation Control Board Tuesday refused to block the disposal of depleted uranium in the state, clearing the way for shipments next month of the low-level radioactive waste.

The board&#8217;s 8-3 decision Tuesday removes any obstacles to EnergySolutions Inc.&#8217;s plans to dispose of depleted uranium waste from the Savannah River, a former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental group gives cruise ships bad report card on pollution efforts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Pemberton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An environmental group released its report card Wednesday on how well cruise ship companies operating in American waters are doing to reduce pollution, and not one received an overall grade of &#8220;A.&#8221;

Friends of the Earth graded 10 major cruise ship lines, including some of the biggest names in the business, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discarded toxic factory chemicals kill 3, injure 17 in east China</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/discarded-toxic-factory-chemicals-kill-3-injure-17-in-east-china-169726/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI — Three people have died and an additional 17 required medical treatment after they were exposed to bags of a toxic chemical illegally dumped by a factory in eastern China, the local government said Wednesday.

Four of the people sickened were children who played near the chemical, 2,4-dinitrophenol — a poison used in scientific research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyst downgrades Waste Management, citing efforts to become environmental services company</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — Waste Management Inc. will need more time to transform itself from a trash hauler to an environmental services company, an analyst said Monday as he downgraded shares of the Houston company.

Credit Suisse analyst Hamzah Mazari downgraded the nation&#8217;s largest trash hauler to &#8220;Neutral&#8221; from &#8220;Outperform.&#8221;
In a note to clients, he said Waste [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers track 3,000 pieces of Seattle trash to get people thinking about their own refuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phuong Le</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — Where does that coffee cup, disposable razor or unwanted television end up once it&#8217;s tossed to the curb?

Using an electronic tracking device about the size of a matchbook, MIT researchers are tagging about 3,000 pieces of Seattle trash to get people thinking about what they throw away and where it ends up.
&#8220;Seeing where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico City&#8217;s love affair with plastic bags will have its limit under new law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nacha Cattan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Teenagers use them to sneak beer into concerts. Morning commuters sip juice from them. Vendors save on containers by slopping everything from salads to bulk shampoo into them.

This smog-choked metropolis of 20 million has a red hot love affair with the plastic bag, and it&#8217;s about to take on a shade of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah Attorney general&#8217;s office not in talks over foreign nuclear waste deal, official says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Vergakis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[dSALT LAKE CITY — A spokesman for Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says the office is not in any negotiations with EnergySolutions Inc. to drop the state&#8217;s objections to importing foreign nuclear waste for disposal here.

EnergySolutions said in a statement earlier Friday it was in settlement discussions.
The state is appealing a federal judge&#8217;s ruling that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Company says it&#8217;s in settlement talks with Utah to allow foreign nuclear waste disposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Vergakis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — EnergySolutions Inc. said Friday it is in settlement talks with Utah aimed at getting the state to drop its objections to importing foreign nuclear waste for disposal in the state.

The company wants to import as much as 20,000 tons of low-level radioactive waste from Italy through the ports of Charleston, S.C., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN urges Israel to ease Gaza blockade, enable repairs of sewage, water systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — U.N. agencies and international aid groups urged Israel on Thursday to immediately ease its Gaza Strip blockade to allow in spare parts and building materials to repair the territory&#8217;s dilapidated sewage and water networks.

In a joint appeal, they also warned of environmental and health hazards, not only to Gaza, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Violent protests break out in coastal China over rank stench from sewage treatment plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Protests drawing up to 10,000 people flared in eastern China over a powerful stench from a sewage treatment plant with 10 people hurt in clashes, residents and a human rights monitor said Tuesday.

The demonstration occurred Monday when angry villagers from Fujian province&#8217;s Fengwei town confronted 2,000 riot police over a wastewater treatment plant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers: Texas-sized garbage patch in Pacific Ocean possibly killing marine life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO — Researchers say a Texas-sized garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean is possibly killing marine life and birds that are ingesting the trash.

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Thursday announced findings from an August expedition to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, about 1,000 miles west of California. The patch is a vortex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gary, Ind. paid $5,000 for Jackson&#8217;s father, 7 others to fly to Michael Jackson memorial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GARY, Ind. — The mayor of Gary, Ind., said Friday his cash-strapped city paid $5,000 to fly Michael Jackson&#8217;s father and seven other people out from Los Angeles to attend a July memorial for his son in the pop star&#8217;s hometown.

Mayor Rudy Clay insisted that Joe Jackson wasn&#8217;t paid any money to attend the July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington state, Energy Department announce deal on Hanford nuclear waste cleanup deadlines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Dininny</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHLAND, Wash. — Washington state and federal officials announced a court-enforceable schedule Tuesday for cleaning up the nation&#8217;s most contaminated nuclear site, ending more than two years of negotiations that followed dozens of missed deadlines.

Southeast Washington&#8217;s sprawling Hanford nuclear reservation, created as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb during World [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t-backed GM bails out of partnership to prevent mercury pollution from crushed clunkers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/govt-backed-gm-bails-out-of-partnership-to-prevent-mercury-pollution-from-crushed-clunkers-136237/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — As hundreds of thousands of clunkers head to the scrap yard, General Motors has dropped out of a partnership that collects toxic parts from recycled automobiles to prevent mercury pollution.

Participants in the environmental program told The Associated Press the timing of GM&#8217;s departure could undermine their work. The government&#8217;s &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; program will lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Foot&#8217; found among recyclable waste at western NY landfill was actually a bear paw</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/foot-found-among-recyclable-waste-at-western-ny-landfill-was-actually-a-bear-paw-134037/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SENECA, N.Y. — What authorities thought was a decomposing human foot found among recyclables at a western New York landfill really came from a bear. Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero said a worker found the object among trash Monday and notified authorities. Povero said it appeared to be a human foot but couldn&#8217;t be positively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In this job market, even slaughterhouses and sewage plants look good to long-term unemployed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-this-job-market-even-slaughterhouses-and-sewage-plants-look-good-to-long-term-unemployed-133914/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the dirtiest, smelliest, most dangerous jobs are suddenly looking a lot more appealing in this economy.

People who have been out of work for months are lining up for jobs at places they once considered unthinkable: slaughterhouses, sewage plants, prisons.
&#8220;I have to just shut my mouth because I can&#8217;t do anything about it,&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worker finds human foot among recyclable waste in sorting plant at western NY landfill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SENECA, N.Y. — Officials in western New York are trying to figure out how a bare human foot got mixed in with recyclable trash on a conveyor belt at a landfill.

Sheriff Phil Povero (PAH&#8217;-ver-oh) says a worker at the Ontario County landfill&#8217;s recycling plant spotted the severed right foot Monday night.
Povero says authorities believe the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate experts: &#8216;Cash for clunkers&#8217; won&#8217;t do much to reduce greenhouse gas pollution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Borenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — &#8220;Cash for clunkers&#8221; could have the same effect on global warming pollution as shutting down the entire country — every automobile, every factory, every power plant — for an hour per year. That could rise to three hours if the program is extended by Congress and remains as popular as it is now.

Climate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chemical leak at Mass. disposal company sends 100-plus to hospitals, leaves 2 critically hurt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility sent 119 people to hospitals Monday, including two who were listed in critical condition.

Firefighters responded to ABC Disposal Service Inc. in New Bedford just after 10 a.m. after a report that something brought to the facility was making people sick, fire Chief Paul Leger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chemical leak at Mass. disposal company leaves 2 critically injured, sends dozens to hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility sent 55 people to hospitals on Monday, including two who were listed in critical condition.

Firefighters responded to ABC Disposal Service Inc. in New Bedford just after 10 a.m. after a report that something brought to the facility was making people sick, fire Chief Paul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas leak at Mass. disposal company sends dozens people to the hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility sent more than four dozen people to hospitals on Monday, including three who were listed in critical condition.

Firefighters responded to ABC Disposal Service Inc. in New Bedford just after 10 a.m. for a report that something brought to the facility was making people sick, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Management posts sharp drop in 2nd-qtr profit on falling recycling and energy prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Singer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Waste Management, the nation&#8217;s largest trash hauler, said Thursday its second-quarter profit dropped sharply due largely to falling recycling and energy prices.

Net income totaled $247 million, or 50 cents per share, down 22 percent from $318 million, or 64 cents per share, last year.
Results included 2 cents per share for restructuring charges and the Houston-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Management posts sharp drop in 2nd-qtr profit on recycling prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Waste Management, the nation&#8217;s largest trash hauler, said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell sharply due largely to a continuing drop in recycling prices.

Net income was $247 million, or 50 cents per share, down 22 percent from $318 million, or 64 cents per share, last year.
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