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	<title>Pacific Environment Blog &#187; Water</title>
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		<title>Chasing Down Polluters in China’s Manufacturing Belt     (Part 1 of 3)</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2011/10/chasing-down-polluters-in-china%e2%80%99s-manufacturing-belt-part-1-of-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freshwater]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past few months have been busy for the budding environmental organization Green Stone. First, they stopped a plan to cut down 1,000 trees for a new subway line in the city of Nanjing, in Jiangsu Province. Next, they exposed a case of persistent, carcinogenic water pollution in one of Apple’s printed circuit board supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pacific Environment’s Partner Green Anhui Featured in Oscar Nominated Film</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2011/02/pacific-environment%e2%80%99s-partner-green-anhui-featured-in-oscar-nominated-film/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2011/02/pacific-environment%e2%80%99s-partner-green-anhui-featured-in-oscar-nominated-film/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freshwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[documentary film]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One Oscar apparently isn’t enough for filmmakers Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon.   Once again, the dedicated environmental documentarians have been nominated in the category of Best Documentary Short, this time for The Warriors of Qiugang.  The poignant film chronicles a small group of Chinese villagers’ 5-year battle to bring an end to lethal water pollution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating World Wetlands Day, February 2, 2011</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2011/02/celebrating-world-wetlands-day-february-2-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2011/02/celebrating-world-wetlands-day-february-2-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shannon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freshwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wetlands are an incredible environmental resource, providing critical habitat for countless animals and plant species, and natural water filtration and storage.  Wetlands help regulate water tables during floods and storm surges, and also serve an important carbon storage function. It is alarming, then, that our wetlands are degrading faster than any other ecosystem type, primarily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting dirty paper!</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2011/01/fighting-dirty-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2011/01/fighting-dirty-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freshwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capacity building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=875</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Program Director at Wuhu Ecology Center In China, the paper industry is considered highly polluting and energy intensive. Its COD emissions are ranked first among all industries. Anhui, in Eastern China, has a high concentration of paper companies, and the Wuhu Ecology Center focuses on the pollution problems associated with them. In the process of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Eco-Coalition Takes a Bite out of Apple</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2011/01/china-eco-coalition-takes-a-bite-out-of-apple/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2011/01/china-eco-coalition-takes-a-bite-out-of-apple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pollutin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a post here from last summer, Xiu Min Li, Pacific Environment China Program Director, covered an investigation by Chinese environmental groups into heavy metal pollution caused by manufacturers who supply parts to Apple Corporation.  4,000 Chinese suffered from lead poisoning in 2009, prompting the Alliance to investigate and embark on a letter-writing campaign to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Visit to China &#8211; Culture Shock or Reality</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/11/my-visit-to-china-culture-shock-or-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/11/my-visit-to-china-culture-shock-or-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>min</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freshwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is your definition of clean water? After visiting, hearing and reading up on stories about water pollution in China and actually visiting some of the villages myself, I wondered why locals are so nonchalant about the situation. Is it reality, resilience or helplessness? I took the following photos on a recent trip to China [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“The Warriors of Qiugang” , A Chinese Environmental Documentary Film Competes for Oscar Nomination</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/10/%e2%80%9cthe-warriors-of-qiugang%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/10/%e2%80%9cthe-warriors-of-qiugang%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>min</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freshwater]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[environmental film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A documentary short film about an environmental campaign that our partner Green Anhui worked on has been selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as a finalist to compete for an Oscar in 2011.  The film, “The Warriors of Qiugang” is about a local village in China who stood up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look for self-help in time of disaster, not the party</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/09/look-for-self-help-in-time-of-disaster-not-the-party/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/09/look-for-self-help-in-time-of-disaster-not-the-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xiu Min Li</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freshwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Grandpa Hu (not his real name) said “my loyalty always lies with Chairman Mao.” His red pin emblazoned with the golden head of Mao proudly hung on his left chest. It sparkled in the sun, its statement pronounced by the backdrop of his dark blue vest. Grandpa Hu wore a pair of wide-rimmed Polaroid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Locals participate in clean-up efforts in Dalian, China</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/08/locals-participate-in-clean-up-efforts-in-dalian-china/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/08/locals-participate-in-clean-up-efforts-in-dalian-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wen Bo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalian oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fossil fuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=666</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The place where fishermen returned the collected crude oil has a nice name, Golden Bay Bridge. To 35 year old fisherman Cui Zhanyou, it has become a bridge of no return. On the evening of July 27th, when Cui was transporting barrels of oil to the collection center, his boat was overturned by rough waves. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Separate Oil and State</title>
		<link>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/08/separate-oil-and-state/</link>
		<comments>http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/2010/08/separate-oil-and-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wen Bo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oceans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pacificenvironment.org/blog/?p=644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; While Greenpeace activists await the results of their medical check-ups after being exposed to Dalian&#8217;s crude oil and as several fire fighters recover from their injuries, those responsible for the Dalian ecological nightmare act as if the oil stains had been removed from their own feathers. Chinese media outlet CBN A-Views reported that on [...]]]></description>
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