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 <title>'Alarming decline' in England's biodiversity</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[England becoming a country of 'beauty spots rather than beauty', and must act fast to address declining biodiversity,  says the government’s environment watchdog]]></description>
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 <title>Europe should forget about emissions cuts, say policy experts</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Study says neither China, India or US likely to accept legally binding cuts and that new approach is needed on reducing greenhouse gas emissions]]></description>
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 <title>Councils' 'just throw it out' advice on toxic lightbulbs</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Ecologist investigation reveals three-quarters of London councils giving out wrong advice on the safe disposal of mercury-containing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs)]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/436374/eu_exporting_onethird_of_co2_emissions_to_poorer_countries.html</link>
 <title>EU exporting 'one-third' of CO2 emissions to poorer countries</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Study shows industrialised countries are 'outsourcing' carbon emissions to countries like China, one quarter of whose CO2 emissions are from exports]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/433940/ancient_tradition_of_water_purification_could_save_lives.html</link>
 <title>Ancient tradition of water purification could save lives</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Thousand-year-old Indian method of using tree seeds to purify water should be used more widely for tackling waterborne diseases ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/433141/fat_tax_needed_to_tackle_obesity.html</link>
 <title>'Fat tax' needed to tackle obesity </title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A tax on unhealthy foods would be more effective at tackling obesity than making healthy foods cheaper but could hit the poorest the hardest]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/432318/crop_scientists_discover_fungi_alternative_to_pesticides.html</link>
 <title>Crop scientists discover fungi alternative to pesticides</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Study identifies naturally occurring alternatives for controlling wireworm, a widespread potato pest in the UK]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/431805/most_uk_milk_already_from_industrialsized_dairy_farms.html</link>
 <title>Most UK milk already from industrial-sized dairy farms </title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA['Biggest not always best' says dairy industry as new super-dairy is proposed for Lincolnshire]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/430724/european_carbon_trading_labelled_model_for_the_world.html</link>
 <title>European carbon trading labelled 'model for the world'</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The world’s first carbon trading scheme should be used as a model for global cap-and-trade says leading American economist]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/422839/bp_and_shell_face_new_shareholder_revolt_over_tar_sands.html</link>
 <title>BP and Shell face new shareholder revolt over tar sands</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Investors want oil giants to answer questions on their involvement in the environmentally damaging extraction of oil from tar sands]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/422051/uk_sending_ships_to_deadly_scrapyards_in_bangladesh.html</link>
 <title>UK sending ships to deadly scrapyards in Bangladesh</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Workers are dying in conditions described as 'hell on earth' yet the west's shipping industry continues sending ships to the country for disposal]]></description>
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 <title>Brazilian GM crop surge reported</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:23 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Brazil becomes second biggest biotech grower after the US as industry predicts big increases in GM soybean, maize and cotton production in 2010]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/420967/un_warns_india_and_china_over_growing_problem_of_ewaste.html</link>
 <title>UN warns India and China over growing problem of e-waste</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[African and Asian countries need proper electronic waste recycling systems to prevent the surge in consumer demand creating toxic e-waste mountains]]></description>
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 <title>Vets turn to African herbs as animal drugs stop working</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The west's veterinary drug drive is not working, say animal disease scientists who have started researching the effectiveness of plant-based treatments used in Ethiopia]]></description>
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 <title>Gas pipeline through contaminated Baltic given go-ahead</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:38 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Environmental groups in Germany, Finland and Denmark claim gas pipeline will devastate the Baltic Sea's already fragile marine ecosystem]]></description>
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