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 <title>Suffocating seas: how climate change is reducing ocean oxygen levels</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The main impacts of climate change - changing weather patterns, melting glaciers, sea level rise - are well known. But its ability to reduce oxygen levels in the deep ocean is little reported...]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/science_and_technology/542679/will_the_reprap_machine_bring_a_new_manufacturing_and_the_end_of_consumerism.html</link>
 <title>Will the RepRap machine bring a new manufacturing and the end of consumerism?</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[3D printing machines such as the 'RepRap' already allow people to design and 'print out' products at home. Could this be the beginning of the end for traditional, capitalist manufacturing?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/politics_and_economics/536703/will_high_petrol_prices_help_the_environment.html</link>
 <title>Will high petrol prices help the environment?</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[High petrol prices mean less demand and less pollution, right? Not necessarily, finds Mark Jansen. Our relationship with our cars is far more complex...]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/waste_and_recycling/530826/can_a_landfill_site_ever_return_to_nature.html</link>
 <title>Can a landfill site ever return to nature?</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:10 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the biggest landfill sites in the US is in the process of becoming a nature reserve and a recreation ground. Is this just papering over the cracks, or can our rubbish heaps really turn into something beautiful?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/society/524267/putting_communities_back_in_charge_of_their_forests.html</link>
 <title>Putting communities back in charge of their forests</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[What can western countries learn from their less industrialised counterparts about returning woodlands and forests to productive, profitable, local control?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/society/507516/las_gaviotas_proving_sustainable_living_possible_where_it_shouldnt_be.html</link>
 <title>Las Gaviotas: proving sustainable living possible where it shouldn't be</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[How one Colombian community put wind turbines where they shouldn't have turned, water pumps where they shouldn't have worked, and planted a forest in soils thought long dead]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/natural_world/507213/can_algaeeating_fish_save_our_coral_reefs.html</link>
 <title>Can algae-eating fish save our coral reefs?</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:13 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Coral reefs are under threat from all quarters - rising temperatures, ocean acidity, fishing practices... But can clever management of certain fish species help the reefs to recover their former glory?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/waste_and_recycling/503649/the_living_machine_an_ecological_approach_to_poo.html</link>
 <title>The Living Machine: an ecological approach to poo</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[By mimicking the purifying behaviour of wetland ecosystems we can deal with our sewage using one quarter of the energy, and a fraction of the smell... ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/energy/496873/think_nuclear_is_clean_energy_ask_the_nigeriens.html</link>
 <title>Think nuclear is clean energy? Ask the Nigeriens</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[As the new nuclear renaissance grows, so too does uranium extraction. In Niger, which boasts some of the world's richest deposits, NGOs say that the poor are being exploited for the West's 'clean energy']]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/society/492224/what_will_the_coalition_government_do_about_planning_law.html</link>
 <title>What will the coalition Government do about planning law?</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:16 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Planning - a dull subject that has a direct impact on some of the most important areas of our lives. One proposal to speed up planning has just been scrapped by the new Government. What will replace it, asks Bibi Van Der Zee]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/waste_and_recycling/487204/the_new_green_face_of_incineration_technology.html</link>
 <title>The new green face of incineration technology</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 10:30 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Incineration is a dirty word amongst environmentalists, its reputation earned through the use of outdated technology. Could new techniques help bring green approval to energy-from-waste facilities?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/natural_world/482479/why_only_the_amazonians_can_save_the_rainforest.html</link>
 <title>Why only the Amazonians can save the rainforest</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 11:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA['Saving the rainforest' has been a battle-cry of the environmental movement since its inception. But just what does that mean, how does it work, and who exactly does the 'saving'?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/science_and_technology/477795/could_open_source_technologies_help_us_solve_climate_change.html</link>
 <title>Could open source technologies help us solve climate change?</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA['Open source' is a familiar concept to many web users, providing free, well-supported software across the internet. But could the same principles be used to rapidly disseminate low-carbon technologies around the world?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/energy/473049/can_our_electricity_grid_cope_with_all_the_new_wind_power.html</link>
 <title>Can our electricity grid cope with all the new wind power?</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Wind energy finally seems to be moving somewhere in the UK, but without some new techniques, our grid is simply not going to cope with this flood of new green power]]></description>
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 <title>What is the health impact of air pollution?</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[After the Clean Air Acts banished the smogs of the 50s and 60s, many thought that air pollution problems had disappeared. They were wrong]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/science_and_technology/462382/how_deep_sea_aircon_could_cut_the_heat_of_climate_change.html</link>
 <title>How deep sea aircon could cut the heat of climate change</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:46 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The deep ocean is cold; our cities are growing increasingly warm. What if we could tap those frigid depths to cool down energy-hungry metropolises?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/food_and_farming/457021/lab_grown_meat_a_lowfat_lowcarbon_crueltyfree_future.html</link>
 <title>Lab grown meat: a low-fat, low-carbon, cruelty-free future?</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The technology isn't fully developed yet, but when meat really can be grown in a lab it's going to turn all our arguments about carnivorous diets on their heads...]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/society/452382/dont_buy_it_hire_it_the_real_green_consumer.html</link>
 <title>Don't buy it - hire it: the real green consumer</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It's an unfashionable idea, but would a return to hiring products and services rather than buying them help us reduce our ecological footprint and turn businesses green?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/health/446290/how_long_until_health_foods_become_illegal.html</link>
 <title>How long until health foods become illegal?</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A huge number of UK citizens take food supplements or buy health food products, yet new legislation threatens to either remove these items from our shelves, restrict their dosages or ban them from making any health claims]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/energy/441435/what_if_we_all_traded_energy_between_ourselves.html</link>
 <title>What if we all traded energy between ourselves?</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:28 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The time may soon be coming when every government will need to think about rationing fossil fuel usage. What's the quickest and most equitable way to do it?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/waste_and_recycling/436501/just_throw_it_out_council_advice_on_toxic_lightbulbs.html</link>
 <title>'Just throw it out' - Council advice on toxic lightbulbs</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[An Ecologist investigation reveals that three quarters of London Boroughs are advising their residents to simply throw compact fluorescent lightbulbs in their general waste, despite the hazard posed by their mercury content]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/society/431864/the_human_cost_of_superclean_sugar_ethanol.html</link>
 <title>The human cost of 'super-clean' sugar ethanol</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:13 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Brazil is hailed as a biofuels success story - producing and using ethanol from high yielding crops within the country. But those indigenous families who have been displaced by sugar cane cultivation see things differently]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/waste_and_recycling/421522/how_we_poison_bangladesh_with_toxic_ship_carcasses.html</link>
 <title>How we poison Bangladesh with toxic ship carcasses</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Workers are dying in Bangladesh’s shipyards because the west's shipping industry - including UK companies - is not taking responsibility for the disposal of ageing vessels]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/energy/414645/jatropha_biofuels_uk_investors_sell_controversial_crop_as_green.html</link>
 <title>Jatropha biofuels: UK investors sell controversial crop as 'green'</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/energy/414589/jatropha_biofuels_the_true_cost_to_tanzania.html</link>
 <title>Jatropha biofuels: the true cost to Tanzania</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Billed as wonder crop, the establishment of jatropha plantations on the ground in Tanzania has been far from successful, or, in some cases, ethical]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/politics_and_economics/412583/copenhagen_failed_so_should_we_tax_carbon_at_the_border.html</link>
 <title>Copenhagen failed. So should we tax carbon at the border?</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The lack of agreement at Copenhagen has left some thinking that the only way to protect national economies is to tax imports from nations who don't pay a carbon price...]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/health/409154/what_is_the_pill_doing_to_our_bodies_and_planet.html</link>
 <title>What is the Pill doing to our bodies and planet?</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:46 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It was the drug that fuelled the sexual liberation of the 1960s, but what price are we paying for our love of the contraceptive Pill?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/politics_and_economics/404884/farmers_markets_coops_and_repair_shops_will_seed_the_new_economy.html</link>
 <title>Farmers' markets, coops and repair shops will seed the new economy</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:39 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It's called the 'Cinderella economy'. You know it as the local, sustainable businesses that don't make the GDP figures soar, but do provide jobs and glue communities together...]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/waste_and_recycling/400196/how_green_are_tetrapak_food_cartons.html</link>
 <title>How green are tetrapak food cartons?</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[They're becoming more and more common - wrapped around everything from milk to chickpeas. But just how environmentally friendly are composite cartons compared to the good, old-fashioned tin or jar?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/food_and_farming/396851/peak_phosphorus_our_most_important_nutrient_running_out.html</link>
 <title>Peak phosphorus: our most important nutrient running out</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It has no synthetic alternative and some scientists believe supplies may already be in a terminal decline. But there is still no international effort to tackle the massive agricultural problems that will come when the phosphorus runs out]]></description>
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