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		<title>Should The Galapagos Be Taken Off The Endangered Sites List?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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Tourists meet Tortoise. Credit Brian Merchant

Yesterday Brian wrote Galapagos Islands Moved Off Endangered Sites List, concluding: 

If anything,  the problems have only grown more complex and fundamental -- there's now a growing island population th...]]></description>
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		<title>Herpes Virus Strikes UK Oyster Beds, Could Wipe Out Local Stocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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Photo by adactio: "A Pacific oyster from Whitstable about to consumed on Brighton seafront."

Oysters worldwide have been faring badly. From pollution levels in filthy bays to now a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the populations of the popul...]]></description>
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		<title>Mekong River Dam Threatens Four of World&#8217;s Top 10 Biggest Fish Species</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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Photo by Suthep Kritsanavarin  

A hydropower dam project planned for the lower Mekong River is getting greater attention from conservationists as it nears the final stages of an approval process. The project would cut off the migration route for the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Galapagos Islands Moved Off Endangered Sites List</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/pmckCBnkBes/galapagos-islands-moved-off-endangered-sites-list.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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The Galapagos Islands are among the most stunning places on earth. The unparalleled biodiversity and spectacular wildlife makes it a travel destination the world over. But it's also in big trouble. When I traveled there two years ago, I saw firsthand...]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa: Will Poisoning Horns Halt Rhino Poaching?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: White rhinoceros (Digital Vision)

How far would you go to stop rhino poaching? Constantly outgunned by poachers' high-tech helicopters, machine guns, night-vision binoculars, bullet-proof vests and insane arsenal in the  illegal trade of "medic...]]></description>
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		<title>India One Step Closer to Reintroducing Wild Cheetahs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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The Asiatic cheetah once ruled that plains in India and the Middle East, but now its population is estimated to be 100 individuals or less.  Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

Pursued by trophy hunters and herdsman, the Asiatic cheetah was brought to br...]]></description>
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		<title>Why the BP Spill Hasn&#8217;t Invigorated Environmentalism</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/aqUFaUjLqWE/bp-spill-new-environmentalism.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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Photo via Boston

In 1969, an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California released a few million gallons of oil into marine ecosystems -- eight months later, it was among the primary catalysts for the biggest pro-environmental movement in the...]]></description>
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		<title>Cheetahs and African Wild Dogs Disappear Completely from Cameroon</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/treehuggersite/~3/5H6AUzPcpkQ/cheetahs-and-african-wild-dogs-disappear-completely-from-camaroon.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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Image credit: frederic.salein/Flickr

The biodiversity of Cameroon, in central and western Africa, has gotten smaller by two species. According to a new study from the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University in the Netherlands, both t...]]></description>
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		<title>Avatar Trees Found on Earth (Slideshow)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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Image credit: AP Photo/Matt Sayles

The visually stunning movie Avatar dominated the box office earlier this year and sparked conversations about everything from the environmental movement to climate change to conspiracies. But the real ]]></description>
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		<title>7 Green Summer Camps Sending Kids (and Future Environmentalists) into the Great Outdoors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TreeHugger</dc:creator>
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Photo via Camp Trinity on the Bar 717 Ranch

There's nothing like a week or two at sleep-away camp to get your kids off the couch, away from the Wi-Fi, and detached from their cell phones in favor of hiking, swimming, and exploring the great outdoors....]]></description>
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