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		<title>Deceptive California Proposition will Increase Pollution and Kill Jobs</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/06/deceptive-california-proposition-will-increase-pollution-and-kill-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Andrea Barnetche Four years ago, California passed the state’s landmark greenhouse gas reduction law &#8211;AB 32&#8211; mandating a 25 percent reduction in industrial greenhouse gases by 2020. This law made California a leader in clean air and energy policy, and a leader in clean tech businesses in the nation. The law, which has earned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Air Act and Endangered Species Act Under Fire</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/03/clean-air-act-and-endangered-species-act-under-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/03/clean-air-act-and-endangered-species-act-under-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carole</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; While working with communities is core to Pacific Environment, we also need to build from those efforts and strengthen our support of critical environmental laws such as the Clean Air Act and Endangered Species Act &#8212; both of which are currently under threat. The EPA, which enforces the Clean Air Act (CAA), is under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmed Salmon Exposed &#8211; The global reach of the Norwegian salmon farming industry</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/02/farmed-salmon-exposed-the-global-reach-of-the-norwegian-salmon-farming-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/02/farmed-salmon-exposed-the-global-reach-of-the-norwegian-salmon-farming-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our friends at the  Pure Salmon Campaign have launched a new video highlighting the Norwegian Government&#8217;s exploitation of salmon in British Columbia.  The launch coincides with campaign events around the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC, Canada – where we are be on the ground to highlight the environmental problems of Norwegian salmon farming operations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 3 Final Report: We Cannot Undermine the Importance of NGOs in China</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/01/final-report-we-cannot-undermine-the-importance-of-ngos-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/01/final-report-we-cannot-undermine-the-importance-of-ngos-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wen Bo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The third and final day of the conference was titled &#8220;Pondering Gaps and Needs of Stakeholders in Taihu Basin. How to Build New Clean Water Networks?&#8221; Jun Bi, the local organizer from Nanjing University was the first to speak. In his presentation, he noted that NGOs in China are very weak and that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Copenhagen:  Practical Steps to Reduce Warming</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2009/12/copenhagen-practical-steps-to-reduce-warming/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2009/12/copenhagen-practical-steps-to-reduce-warming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gordon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I worry that while governments are trying to move forward new language for a treaty – a text from the Danish government was just released that has been roundly criticized by delegates from developing countries – we are losing time to move forward real initiatives that will actually reduce warming. For example, governments can agree [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compromise Brings Progress for California Marine Protected Areas</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2009/11/compromise-brings-progress-for-california-marine-protected-areas/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2009/11/compromise-brings-progress-for-california-marine-protected-areas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Alex Felsinger Last week, a California Marine Life Protection Act Blue Ribbon panel approved several Southern California marine protected areas after 14 months of negotiation between scientists, environmentalists and fishermen. Conservationists were disappointed a few requested areas were omitted from the plan, but generally considered the decision a victory for many exhausted fish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank Fails to Support Renewable Energy</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2009/11/u-s-export-import-ex-im-banks-carbon-policy-severely-lags/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2009/11/u-s-export-import-ex-im-banks-carbon-policy-severely-lags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Doug Norlen Today, the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank announced its official carbon policy. Ex-Im Bank&#8217;s policy does nothing to curb the agency&#8217;s growing overall portfolio of greenhouse gas emissions.  In fact, applications to Ex-Im Bank for greenhouse gas-emitting projects are skyrocketing after the financial crisis, as project sponsors seek public subsidies to prop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing the Fenjiang Atmosphere</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2009/11/a-personal-reflection-on-the-water-crisis-facing-the-pearl-river/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2009/11/a-personal-reflection-on-the-water-crisis-facing-the-pearl-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xiu Min Li</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I was born and grew up along a tributary of the Pearl River, the Fenjiang in Foshan. In the early 90s, one of our favorite pastimes during the warm summer nights, was to get “yeshao” or “midnight snacks” at the dozens of outdoor eateries that sprang up along “Fenjiang”, the Fen River. These eateries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High-Ranking Government Official Arrested on Several Counts of Extortion</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2008/12/high-ranking-government-official-arrested-on-several-counts-of-extortion/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2008/12/high-ranking-government-official-arrested-on-several-counts-of-extortion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>audrey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; New reports of corruption at the highest levels of government never fail to surprise, especially when cases of profiteering are coming from within a democratic, constitution-based administration. Still, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has pointed to official corruption as one of the biggest challenges his country faces since being elected in March. President Medvedev makes [...]]]></description>
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