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		<title>Help set the agenda for Great Lakes restoration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal action plan that guides Great Lakes restoration activities is being updated, and the U.S. EPA is requesting public input. Listen to the meetings — and comment if you like — May 21 through June 5 in Chicago, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Cleveland or via webinar. Representatives from the Alliance will attend all six meetings. Learn [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envnewsbits.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21688378&#038;post=31916&#038;subd=envnewsbits&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dairy Industry Launches Sustainability Reporting Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the full story in Environmental Leader. The Innovation Center for US Dairy has published a guide to help dairy companies and farms measure and report on sustainability. The Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for US Dairy identifies indicators for assessing dairy sustainability and communicating results. The indicators are based on scientific life cycle assessment studies [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envnewsbits.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21688378&#038;post=31913&#038;subd=envnewsbits&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ending the alphabet soup in the [insert word here] field</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of the terms for eco-friendly business practices &#8212; including &#8220;CSR,&#8221; &#8220;sustainability,&#8221; &#8220;corporate citizenship&#8221; and &#8220;triple bottom line&#8221; &#8212; are jargon and confusing, Steve Voien writes at GreenBiz.com. It&#8217;s time for a rebranding exercise to create a sharper and more specific label, he argues. This is part one of a two-part series exploring the evolution [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envnewsbits.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21688378&#038;post=31910&#038;subd=envnewsbits&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vote in the Union of Concerned Scientists&#8217; 2013 Cartoon Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2013 UCS Editorial Cartoon Contest is your chance to vote for the best cartoons as we take a look back through time at some of the great cartoons from the past seven competitions. We&#8217;ve chosen 12 all-star cartoons that stand out in their ability to poke fun at the not-so-humorous challenges to the complex [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envnewsbits.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21688378&#038;post=31908&#038;subd=envnewsbits&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists develop &#8216;green&#8217; pretreatment of miscanthus for biofuel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biofuels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the full story in Biomass Magazine. Two University of Illinois scientists have developed an environmentally friendly and more economical way of pretreating miscanthus in the biofuel production process. Filed under: Biofuels, Green chemistry<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envnewsbits.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21688378&#038;post=31905&#038;subd=envnewsbits&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GAO Report on climate change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Climate Change: Future Federal Adaptation Efforts Could Better Support Local Infrastructure Decision Makers. GAO-13-242, April 12. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-242 Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/653740.pdf What GAO Found According to the National Research Council (NRC) and others, infrastructure such as roads and bridges, wastewater systems, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) centers are vulnerable to changes in the climate. Changes [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envnewsbits.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21688378&#038;post=31878&#038;subd=envnewsbits&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Technology Video: Application of Biochar for high value agricultural fertiliser products</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biochar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch the video. This technology from the University of Edinburgh provides an approach for converting organic waste materials into high value &#8216;biochar&#8217; agricultural fertiliser products with enhanced environmentally friendly properties. Filed under: Agriculture, Biochar, Video<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envnewsbits.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21688378&#038;post=31860&#038;subd=envnewsbits&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TRI Pollution Prevention Data Tool Webinars</title>
		<link>http://envnewsbits.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/tri-pollution-prevention-data-tool-webinars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura B.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Measurement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join us for two webinars focusing on the Toxic Release Inventory&#8217;s new pollution prevention data tool. On Tuesday, June 4 at 2:30 pm CDT, the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable will present &#8220;Using the TRI P2 Data Tool&#8221;. Join Daniel Teitelbaum from U.S. EPA&#8217;s TRI Program to learn how to use the new [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envnewsbits.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21688378&#038;post=31902&#038;subd=envnewsbits&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Webinar: Comparing Non-Traditional Water Treatment in Cooling Towers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 28 at 12 P.M. CDT Register at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/133134529 Learn How New Cooling Tower Treatment Systems Can Save Water, Money and Support Climate Change Resilience Sponsored by: Council on Environmental Quality Office of the Federal Environmental Executive GreenGov Initiative focused on Federal collaboration across the United States Comparing Non-Traditional Water Treatment in Cooling Towers &#160; [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envnewsbits.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21688378&#038;post=31899&#038;subd=envnewsbits&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greening Libraries Wins Award in the 2013 Green Books Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura B.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Library Juice Press. Congratulations to my fellow co-authors and to our editors. The 2013 Green Book Festival awarded its top honor in the category of Best Business Book to Greening Libraries, edited by Monika Antonelli and Mark McCullough and published by Library Juice Press. Greening Libraries provides library professionals with a collection of articles [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=envnewsbits.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21688378&#038;post=31896&#038;subd=envnewsbits&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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