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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Energy Vampires: Pulling the Plug on Idle Electronics (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Idle electronics, the energy vampires in nearly every U.S. home, aren't going away —  but you can take steps to pull the plug, and save some money. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Pierre Delforge ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6ch8BivVUzBsZxe9EcaSJM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Will California Standards Plug Your Computer's Energy Drain? (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Taken together, monitors and personal computers draw electricity equivalent to the energy from three dozen power plants — but that energy sink may soon get plugged. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2015 19:55:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Pierre Delforge ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mgXMg3H2CDE8EdfRzuz4eP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Spending Thousands on Killing Wolves, But At What Cost ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In most situations, lethal control makes little sense — financial or otherwise. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2015 03:45:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:40:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Zack Strong ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QEPiqAXXCNPLBcRFEthZtE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wolves are highly social animals that live in packs, though lone wolves sometimes disperse, traveling hundreds of miles in search of a mate. Wolf packs live in territories that can range from 50 square miles to more than 1,000 square miles.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Exotic Deep-Sea Canyon Life at Risk (Gallery) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The deep ocean is home to some truly unusual creatures. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:51:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:18:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Live Science Staff ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Et7RWjmU9Rure8NyczeV6K-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, 2013 Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Your Refrigerator Will Help Power the Future (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/49042-how-your-refrigerator-will-help-power-the-future.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ That yellow label on your air conditioner is part of a successful, decades-long effort to  trim U.S. energy consumption. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:11:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:46:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Noll ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sNhcwJH4ihJ6ekHxDbDvAo-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ It's Time for Universities to Stand Up to Fossil Fuel (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/48973-why-universities-are-divesting-from-fossil-fuels.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fossil fuel shares are no longer the "safe bet" they once were. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:50:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:50:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter Lehner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yHaf5uw9tD8vBMZVWCBasU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Back to school photo via Shutterstock]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Honest Food Labels Can Help Save Monarchs (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/48573-herbicides-on-food-crops-helping-cause-monarch-collapse.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Monarch butterflies are disappearing, in large part due to milkweed loss tied to the rise in genetically modified crops, but voters in Oregon and Colorado have a chance to counter that trend on Nov. 4. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2014 05:07:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:18:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter Lehner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VYXyDk2zUhcXEa6MuE7hHa-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Tyler Flockhart ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Monarch butterflies may take as many as five generations to make it from Mexico to southern Canada and back again. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Monarch butterflies may take as many as five generations to make it from Mexico to southern Canada and back again. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China Won't Breathe Easy Until Port Pollution Solved (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/48494-china-considering-cleaning-up-shipping-and-port-pollution.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ China is taking initial steps to control emissions from ports and shipping — an important new flank in that nation's war on pollution. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:56:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:57:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Barbara Finamore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rSW5CTrbM3Gr7E2pBD3JYD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Elliott Hazen, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A dolphin is dwarfed by a massive container ship. Impacts of shipping on marine mammals include ship strikes, a particular concern for large whales.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[shipping and dolphin]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ U.S. Energy Use Plummets, Even as Population Grows (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/48475-american-energy-use-continues-to-fall.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Due to changes in energy policy, U.S. energy consumption peaked in 2007, and continues to drop. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2014 03:39:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:38 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ralph Cavanagh ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BnyCmpJyNyaFogjaMdGFx-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Unlit light bulb image via Shutterstock ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Only 25 percent of workers feel they are living up to their creative potential]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Only 25 percent of workers feel they are living up to their creative potential]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ As Sharing Grows, Carbon Footprints Shrink (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/48111-more-sharing-less-carbon-pollution.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Share that cab, save the plant. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2014 04:45:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:18:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter Lehner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/utHzo5bLBbNNuDLbv4j8hn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[New car buyer  image via Shutterstock   ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Are cars still a &#039;guy&#039;s thing?&#039;, new car purchase, prices]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Are cars still a &#039;guy&#039;s thing?&#039;, new car purchase, prices]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Will U.S.-India Summit Bring Historic Climate Action? (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/48046-white-house-india-summit-holds-huge-clean-energy-potential.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ India and the United States are poised to push historic climate changes, but will they? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2014 04:20:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:18:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Anjali Jaiswal ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/up28QZMLVovPW9nEabTy8Y-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Bhaskar Deol, NRDC]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Solar power plant commissioned through India&#039;s National Solar Mission at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Indian solar power]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Google Cuts Ties With Climate-Denier Group ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/47977-google-dumps-alec.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Google and Microsoft are staking a claim to the climate issue, will other corporations follow? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2014 23:18:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:58:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aliya Haq ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d4LXz4847GoKDs8nevKU2k-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Green' Jobs are Rising, But Will it Continue? (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/47794-is-green-jobs-boom-going-to-last.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Green jobs are booming, but the momentum could crash if the U.S. Congress doesn't shore up support. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:05:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:18:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter Lehner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D32eh8Y9gQayYL3DkNqfGo-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Tesla Motors]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Tesla Roadster sits on the side of the road next to wind turbines.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Tesla Motors]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Wind Power Has Soared, But is It About to Crash? (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/47610-wind-power-growth-soaring-but-not-stable.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The U.S. wind power industry is booming, but a new report suggests it could be about to collapse. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2014 23:39:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:58:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                    <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kit Kennedy ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jCYjujtUz9ihEHfj2ukCE-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Rocky Kistner/NRDC ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wind farms in central Iowa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[wind farm, wind power, green energy]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dramatic Dam Breach Makes Mining Risks Obvious (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/47598-dam-breach-devastates-canadian-lakes.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ When a mining-waste dam rated for 100 years fails in 17, the impact is far more than local. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2014 06:05:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:18:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joel Reynolds ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YnnNTUx547GiVKAsJWaHRE-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Robert Glenn Ketchum.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Pebble Mine would threaten tributaries to Alaska&#039;s Bristol Bay.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Proposed location of Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay threats]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How to Quench Data Centers' Thirst for Power (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/47552-data-centers-suck-enormous-aounts-of-electricity.html</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ America's data centers are consuming — and wasting — a surprising amount of energy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2014 20:19:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:44:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Pierre Delforge ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kz3Czs7MjfaPKv63553dAZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ Igor Zh.  | Shutterstock]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[materials science, superconductivity, electricity]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[materials science, superconductivity, electricity]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Huge Ponds Hold Tar Sands Sludge, and Great Risks (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/47535-tar-sands-ponds-toxic-and-unstable.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every day, 6.6 million gallons of tar-sands mining waste head to huge ponds in Canada — and yet no one has a good handle on how well those ponds are contained. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:27:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:18:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Danielle Droitsch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LLr2Bumpfsotjx5Kq7Gmq-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Rocky Kistner/NRDC]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Tar sands operations at Suncor in Alberta, Canada.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[tar sands, tailing ponds, Alberta]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Even in Deepwater Canyons, America's Corals At Risk (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/47379-american-corals-at-risk.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ American corals are facing new risks, even at great depths. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2014 06:50:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:47:28 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ali Chase ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vizRR5TKy2JMEKnNRyi8ZE-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Deepwater Canyons 2013-Pathways to the Abyss; NOAA-OER/BOEM/USGS]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A squat lobster makes its home among various deep-sea corals in Norfolk Canyon, offshore Virginia. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Lobster in coral offshore Virginia, dangers, endangered coral]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hawaii's Climate Wipeout (Video) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/47070-hawaii-climate-impact.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hawai'i faces the same risks from rising sea levels as other atolls and islands. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 06:13:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:59:18 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rocky Kistner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6dot5HYPWHNp9YTcKK9SZW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[hawaii, hawai&#039;i, rising sea level, climate change, global warming]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[hawaii, hawai&#039;i, rising sea level, climate change, global warming]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 7 Easy Ways to Save Water This Summer (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/46585-seven-ways-to-save-water.html</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ From toilet tests to pool covers, it's not hard to tweak your home to save water. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2014 05:49:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:17:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter Lehner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mFVAjG4U9LELrtjGfEgcQE-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[luchschen / Shutterstock.com]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[distilled-water]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[distilled-water]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Coal Town Turnaround (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/46539-coal-town-adopts-greener-energy.html</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Even in a town with a building built literally from coal, energy alternatives are emerging. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2014 07:44:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:06:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                    <category><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rocky Kistner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9qRKr76wndbJcCpsSnHXrc-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Williamson, W.V. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Williamson, W.V., solar panels]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest Game Consoles Suck Up Electricity, Even at Rest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45987-game-consoles-energy-drains.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ New game consoles don't have to mean higher energy bills — if  you know what settings to watch. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 06:15:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:45:45 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Pierre Delforge ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N5uT7Zx42zE9e5edF6oeyL-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NRDC]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Chart comparing the power draw of top-selling machines during high-definition video playback.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Power draw chart of hi-def machines]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Benchmarking Carbon Pollution From 100 Top Power Producers (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45972-carbon-footprint-top-100-us-power-producers.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Some of the top polluters in the U.S. are changing to cleaner energy — a trend that should accelerate with new U.S. standards. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 20:05:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:52:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dave Hawkins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YTYDh7T2Y8bodJVykbUvA8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[carbon dioxide, pollution, climate change]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[carbon dioxide, pollution, climate change]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Student Arrests Push Universities to Shed Fossil-Fuel Investments (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45945-pushing-universities-to-divest-fossil-fuels.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Desmond Tutu is joining with students and others to apply anti-apartheid tactics to climate-harming industries. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 06:07:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:38:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Friedman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TiKm2L8s5pt9SuGHctH9cK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image of the Earth taken by the Russian weather satellite Elektro-L No.1. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Earth, blue marble, satellite image]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Canadian Polar Bear Hunt Continues, Despite Extinction Threat (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45587-canadians-hunt-polar-bears-despite-risk.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Canada's trade in polar bear skins is driving international concern, and scrutiny. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 05:39:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:26:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Zak Smith ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GvmxRwteSXnoJttbZWaEC8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[© Paul Shoul: paulshoulphotography.com]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Polar bear skins in storage waiting to be auctioned.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Polar bear skins in storage, polar bear skin trade]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Equipment "Megaloads" on Roads Add Twist to Tar Sands Debate (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45558-enormous-truck-loads-bring-road-danger.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Even in isolated reaches of the Rocky Mountains, communities are feeling the impacts of large oil operations. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2014 06:46:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:17:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bobby McEnaney ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3QwPpq7BYJAdXUSWVv8qZg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Bobby McEnaney/NRDC]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Megaload tar sands equipment snakes along Route 12 in Idaho, headed for Canada.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Megaload enroute to Canada]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ OnEarth: The Great Green Desert ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45436-returning-to-farm-sustainably.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The family farm creates a deep attachment to the land — but it can also lead to a guilty conscience. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2014 04:04:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:17:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Julene Bair ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eBwe4VWcNfxSsvdSjaygxj-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Linda &amp; Dr. Dick Buscher]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[north american prairie, ecosystems]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[north american prairie, ecosystems]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Grocery Store and Dinner Plate Get Hit By Climate Change (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45420-grocery-prices-rising.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Grocery prices are rising with climate — a trend that shows no sign of letting up. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2014 18:39:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:05:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Frances Beinecke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xy2iiqQbVhD3pvVaBANJTi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ USDA Wildlife Services Should End Indiscriminate Killing (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45257-usda-indiscriminate-animal-culling.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Predator control from the U.S. Wildlife Services itself must be controlled. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:30:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:17:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Zack Strong ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yxpsy2mE3hdrQT8oUGorvT-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Gib Myers.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In 2012, Wildlife Services mistakenly killed several black bears with M-44s, neck snares and foothold traps. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[black bear, culling, USDA, predator controls]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Food Additives 'Generally Recognized As Safe" Could Be Anything But (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45127-food-additive-concerns.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Chemical additives in food are a poorly regulated health risk in the U.S. food supply, says NRDC executive director Peter Lehner. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 06:28:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:17:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter Lehner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FVrt7fPjsQYaL3HhrvAh36-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Zach Schroeder | Stock Xchng]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Eight Energy-Saving Tips to Make Every Day Earth Day ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/45004-eight-energy-saving-tips.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ For Earth Day, eight energy tips that are simple and save money. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:07:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Noah Horowitz ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RmgJMJSqodL8qcPKYxmZTM-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[mattwalker69 via flickr | http://bit.ly/1dK8srs]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[green energy, alternative energy sources, energy saving tips]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[green energy, alternative energy sources, energy saving tips]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Poop Problem: What To Do With 10 Million Tons of Dog Waste (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/44732-eliminating-pet-poop-pollution.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pet poop is a million-ton problem, but what's the solution? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2014 06:29:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Susan Freinkel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SV5w8LxgwLkjk6YG3xULKG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dogs prefer to poop while facing north-south, a recent study suggests.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[dogs-poop]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Whale Stranding Is Painful Evidence for Naval Sonar Risks (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/44598-new-whale-stranding-from-sonar.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Recent whale deaths are further support for declaring certain waters off-limits to naval sonar exercises. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:43:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Jasny ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wLF8XCdE5NWmYhTakN52SZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A beaked whale is removed from the beach after an earlier mass stranding off Greece in 1996.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A front-end-loader removes a beaked whale that was stranded on the beach after an earlier mass stranding off Greece in 1996.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Air Pollution Deaths Should Not Be a Partisan Issue (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/44449-air-pollution-is-not-partisan.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Air pollution now causes one in eight deaths, globally. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2014 07:48:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:37:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Davis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e7sbx8uD7Sv635iZEXhByV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Smog over the Indian city of New Delhi. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pollution over New Delhi]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Closing Clean Water Act Loophole Will Protect Drinking Water and Benefit Bathers and Breweries Alike (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/44356-closing-water-loophole.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A loophole in the Clean Water Act may soon, finally, close. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:51:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:17:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter Lehner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F4AP8KxKGh8s4zWWp5UqYD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Barbara Ullian]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Rough &amp; Ready Creek, a tributary to the Illinois and North Fork Smith rivers.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rough &amp; Ready Creek]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ California’s Recycling Target Could Create 110,000 New Jobs (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/44298-recycling-gives-california-jobs-boost.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Recycling is more than an environmental boost — it's a major source of jobs. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:07:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Darby Hoover ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PmzMCUxFhbWV2g8qXJg9Lb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[cr55 | sxc.hu]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cutting Power-Plant Carbon Could Save U.S. $60 Billion by 2020 (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/44254-clean-energy-saving-money-and-lives.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Clean energy improvements underway in states across the U.S. are showing that national limits on carbon pollution from power plants could save billions of dollars and thousands of lives. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2014 00:36:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Frances Beinecke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nsz7vXGzU3YtaNXHSa5Tu-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[According to the EPA, the production of electricity is the source of about one-third of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Electric power plant, greenhouse gases]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Oceans, and Job Hunters, Can Benefit from Recycling Boom (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/44098-recycling-boom-benefits.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ More than 110,000 jobs could be created in California, alone, with its ramping up of recycling. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 03:16:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:37:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leila Monroe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2VbnNks7udQLHMcBXJXBJC-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Beth Terry at myplasticfreelife.com.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An overflowing recycling bin. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[bottles, recycling]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ FEMA's New NYC Flood Maps Will Soon Be Out-of-Date (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43993-fema-nyc-flood-maps-outdated.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ FEMA's new NYC flood maps are already outdated. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 18:56:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:32:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rob Moore ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fBmC4SJFKuviR4bZw6rxNf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[New York Governor Andrew Cuomo]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Entrance to Battery Park flooded, NYC DOT truck seen submerged, blocking entrance after early closure on Oct. 29.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Superstorm Sandy New York City]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ As Milkweed Disappears, Monarchs are Fading Away (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43678-milkweed-and-monarchs-disappearing.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The monarch butterfly, once everywhere, is fading from view. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:45:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter Lehner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zPDJWmoBEGFFTFW4hG7TEi-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jaap de Roode]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A female monarch butterfly laying eggs on tropical milkweed.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A female monarch butterfly laying eggs on tropical milkweed.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cold Winters, High Bills, and a Need for Energy Efficiency (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43453-cold-weather-high-bills.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ With efficiency, energy costs can plummet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:35:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter Lehner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w4u5sPwd2eKNLXULiPjS8c-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Irene Ellenberger | Stock Xchng]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ WTF Weather? Wild Meteorology Words Go Mainstream (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ So what exactly is a frost quake? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2014 03:13:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:56:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Melissa Mahony ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iDovCXxQ2kMkSYuVQasJHQ-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[David Mielach]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nearly a foot of snow had fallen in Secaucus, NJ, by late morning on Feb. 13, 2014.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Secaucus, NJ snow]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Benefits of Digging in the Dirt (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In an age of too much testing, some schools are turning to mud puddles and play. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:00:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Wright Treadway ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2z4arS8vZse6933NPQYSxZ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Carrie Richards]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Children play on a playground at a school that contracts with the non-profit Playworks. The organization facilitates playground games and recess for low-income school districts.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Happy children playing]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Do You Tackle a Problem Close to Your Heart? (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43224-tackling-problems-close-to-the-heart.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Only treating the symptoms of a problem may mask the real issue at hand. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2014 07:26:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:07:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hetty Chin ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZdAyc9YGss96cWXjBEWukU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Heart image via Shutterstock]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is It the End for the Monarch's Cross-Continent Migration? (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43183-can-monarchs-survive-as-weeds-disappear.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Monarch numbers are rapidly falling, but what can be done to protect them? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 06:03:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:16:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sylvia Fallon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A3Vdr2i3TamaEKx5GAKxue-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Monarch Watch]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Migrant monarch butterflies in mid-air as they travel south.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Migrant monarch butterflies in mid-air as they travel south.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Can India Defeat its Debilitating Smog? (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43148-india-world-record-smog.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ How can India fight its choking smog? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:27:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:58:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Anjali Jaiswal ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qHoVtQ2FNMZXiehKEiaUuc-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Meredith Connolly, NRDC.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[View of India Gate through the smog on a past trip to Delhi, March 2012.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Smog at India Gate, pollution]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ EPA: New Mine Threatens Half World's Wild Sockeye Salmon (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43015-mine-risks-devastating-sockeye-salmon.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A proposed minerals mine and sockeye salmon fishing don't mix, says a new EPA report. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:28:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:16:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Christina Swanson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YnnNTUx547GiVKAsJWaHRE-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Robert Glenn Ketchum.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Pebble Mine would threaten tributaries to Alaska&#039;s Bristol Bay.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Proposed location of Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay threats]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Groups Sue Feds to Protect Blue Whales and Dolphins Off California (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/42865-suit-to-protect-marine-mammals.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new round of U.S. Navy sonar testing off California is poised to harm hundreds of thousands of blue whales, dolphins and other animals. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:16:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:38:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Jasny ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YzkhSDoaZYSFn3CjTm7cBX-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NOAA.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A blue whale.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[whales, blue whales, conservation, endangered species]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ When Winter Kills Power Plants, Clean Energy Can Help Pick Up the Slack (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/42844-clean-energy-alternatives.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ With severe winter storms, impact of alternative energy sources grows clearer. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2014 02:42:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:37:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter Lehner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/smy6GTNT6Nen6zD6ntM4UY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Vacation Tainted by China's Toxic Air (Op-Ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/42794-china-toxic-air.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The beauty of China can be hard to see through the thick smog. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:24:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:16:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Christine Xu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iBNNkSzyD6oWH2JnDndmMP-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Christine Xu.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Christine Xu wears a mask to protect herself from the dense smog in China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[smog, pollution, China]]></media:text>
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