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All the way guys!"]]></description><link>http://ecopolitology.org/2010/09/01/discovery-building-hostage-taker-harassed-network-since-2008/</link> </item> <item><title>Reid Says Passage of Renewable Energy Standard Still Possible</title> <description><![CDATA[Call me old fashioned but just because there might be some changes in the balance of power in Congress after November 2  does not mean every member of Congress needs to sit on their hands for two months and not go to work. ]]></description><link>http://ecopolitology.org/2010/09/01/reid-says-passage-of-renewable-energy-standard-still-possible-right-cries-tyranny/</link> </item> <item><title>Avatar Rerelease: James Cameron Sends &#8216;Message from Pandora&#8217; to Stop Brazilian Hydroelectric Dam</title> <description><![CDATA[Timed with the re-release of the blockbuster film Avatar in theaters last week, director James Cameron has joined forces with Amazon Watch to get the word out about "A Message from Pandora" and the battle to stop the Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu, one of the great tributaries of the Amazon River. 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And how long will China continue to build at that break-neck pace?]]></description><link>http://ecopolitology.org/2010/08/26/chinas-massive-coal-fired-power-plant-boom-visualized/</link> </item> <item><title>Reggae Legends Steel Pulse Help Solar Electrification of Hospitals in Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti</title> <description><![CDATA[As the dust was settling and people were still digging through the rubble after the massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti on January 12, frontman for legendary reggae band Steel Pulse, David Hinds, was already sitting down to write a song about the catastrophe.]]></description><link>http://ecopolitology.org/2010/08/25/reggae-legends-steel-pulse-help-solar-electrification-of-hospitals-in-earthquake-ravaged-haiti/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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