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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:24:01 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sustainable American Cities!]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Sustainable_American_Cities</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Sustainable_American_Cities</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:24:01 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The resource is geared toward everyone that deals with sustainability initiatives, including policy makers, non-profit practitioners, and consultants.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Singapore: A Window On The Future Of Sustainable Cities]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Singapore_A_Window_On_The_Future_Of_Sustainable_Cities</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Singapore_A_Window_On_The_Future_Of_Sustainable_Cities</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:57:01 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Singapore_A_Window_On_The_Future_Of_Sustainable_Cities</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Recognizing the need to use resources wisely, the government of Singapore has laid out a plan for &quot;Sustainable Singapore,&quot; which covers waste management, land use, water use, energy efficiency, and green building. The goal is to boost both economic development and living conditions even as Singapore deals with the same resource challenges the rest of the world is facing.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Too Far? New Plan to Separate Basins, Stop Asian Carp, Costs Billions (Video)]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Too_Far_New_Plan_to_Separate_Basins_Stop_Asian_Carp_Costs_Billions_Video-1</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Too_Far_New_Plan_to_Separate_Basins_Stop_Asian_Carp_Costs_Billions_Video-1</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:05:01 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Too_Far_New_Plan_to_Separate_Basins_Stop_Asian_Carp_Costs_Billions_Video-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Asian carp are coming! We have to separate the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins to stop them! That last line isn't as easy to yell as the first, but it's a common refrain among environmental groups and politicians in the Great Lakes region. Now a binational commission is saying the same thing, minus the exclamation points.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Memo to Democrats: Get Behind Clean Energy. ASAP!]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Memo_to_Democrats_Get_Behind_Clean_Energy-_ASAP</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Memo_to_Democrats_Get_Behind_Clean_Energy-_ASAP</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:24:01 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Memo_to_Democrats_Get_Behind_Clean_Energy-_ASAP</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In case you haven't noticed, when it comes to energy, Congressional Republicans spend the vast majority of their time and effort propping up their benefactors in the fossil fuels industry.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[President Obama Mentions An Energy Company In His Big Speech And It Goes Bankrupt Instantly!]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=President_Obama_Mentions_An_Energy_Company_In_His_Big_Speech_And_It_Goes_Bankrupt_Instantly</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=President_Obama_Mentions_An_Energy_Company_In_His_Big_Speech_And_It_Goes_Bankrupt_Instantly</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:40:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=President_Obama_Mentions_An_Energy_Company_In_His_Big_Speech_And_It_Goes_Bankrupt_Instantly</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;In three years, our partnership with the private sector has already positioned America to be the world\'s leading manufacturer of high-tech batteries,&quot; Obama said in his speech.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA study solves case of Earths missing energy]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=NASA_study_solves_case_of_Earths_missing_energy</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=NASA_study_solves_case_of_Earths_missing_energy</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:40:01 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=NASA_study_solves_case_of_Earths_missing_energy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Two years ago, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., released a study claiming that inconsistencies between satellite observations of Earth's heat and measurements of ocean heating amounted to evidence of &quot;missing energy&quot; in the planet's system.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unprecedented, man-made trends in ocean's acidity]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Unprecedented_man-made_trends_in_oceans_acidity</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Unprecedented_man-made_trends_in_oceans_acidity</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:58:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Unprecedented_man-made_trends_in_oceans_acidity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The animation shows how aragonite saturation at the ocean's surface is projected to decrease towards the end of the 21st century as man-made carbon dioxide accumulation in the atmosphere continues to rise.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA sees a weakening Cyclone Funsos closed eye]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=NASA_sees_a_weakening_Cyclone_Funsos_closed_eye</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=NASA_sees_a_weakening_Cyclone_Funsos_closed_eye</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=NASA_sees_a_weakening_Cyclone_Funsos_closed_eye</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Powerful Cyclone Funso's eye has been clear in NASA satellite imagery over the last several days until NASA's Aqua satellite noticed it had &quot;closed&quot; and become filled with high clouds on January 27.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Damages May Quadruple by 2100]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Tropical_Storm_Damages_May_Quadruple_by_2100</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Tropical_Storm_Damages_May_Quadruple_by_2100</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:31:02 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Tropical_Storm_Damages_May_Quadruple_by_2100</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The combined impact of climate change and expanding human population means that tropical cyclones will cause more than four times the damage in 2100 than they do today, increasing from $26 billion to $109 billion.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Does Sustainability Increase Profits or Not?]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Does_Sustainability_Increase_Profits_or_Not</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Does_Sustainability_Increase_Profits_or_Not</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:18:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Does_Sustainability_Increase_Profits_or_Not</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A UN-backed survey conducted by Globescan and SustainAbility, of 642 senior executives, campaigners and academics found that the vast majority feel that pressure to deliver short-term financial results is impeding their sustainability efforts. Eight-eight percent of respondents called this pressure a &quot;significant barrier.&quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup | Watts Up With That?]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Weekly_Climate_and_Energy_News_Roundup__Watts_Up_With_That</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Weekly_Climate_and_Energy_News_Roundup__Watts_Up_With_That</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:57:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Weekly_Climate_and_Energy_News_Roundup__Watts_Up_With_That</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What's new with Climate and Energy!<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Water Environment Research Foundation Seeks Proposals For Energy]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Water_Environment_Research_Foundation_Seeks_Proposals_For_Energy</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Water_Environment_Research_Foundation_Seeks_Proposals_For_Energy</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:31:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Water_Environment_Research_Foundation_Seeks_Proposals_For_Energy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) seeks proposals to conduct studies to support the planning of future research to expand energy production by, and implement energy efficiency improvements at, wastewater facilities.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fight over water pollution rules continues in Tallahassee]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Fight_over_water_pollution_rules_continues_in_Tallahassee</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Fight_over_water_pollution_rules_continues_in_Tallahassee</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Water Quality</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Fight_over_water_pollution_rules_continues_in_Tallahassee</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The fight to allow Florida to write its own water pollution rules continues at both the state and federal level.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Warming up over 131 years]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Warming_up_over_131_years</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Warming_up_over_131_years</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:33:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Warming_up_over_131_years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A new animation from NASA shows how global temperatures have increased since 1880. This link  takes you to the 26 second video.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. is experiencing a warmer winter]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=U-S-_is_experiencing_a_warmer_winter</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=U-S-_is_experiencing_a_warmer_winter</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:09:02 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=U-S-_is_experiencing_a_warmer_winter</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The temperature in Minneapolis didn't fall to zero degrees this winter until Jan. 12. On Jan. 5., the daytime high in Rapid City, S.D. (a record-setting 71 degrees), was higher than in balmy Miami (69 degrees). And just a couple of days before New Year's, visitors to Park City, Utah, skied on man-made snow and dined al fresco - without their parkas.Throughout the continental United States, it's<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Climate Change Will Make You Love Big Government]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Why_Climate_Change_Will_Make_You_Love_Big_Government</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Why_Climate_Change_Will_Make_You_Love_Big_Government</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:33:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Why_Climate_Change_Will_Make_You_Love_Big_Government</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Look back on 2011 and you\'ll notice a destructive trail of extreme weather slashing through the year. In Texas, it was the driest year ever recorded.  An epic drought there killed half a billion trees, touched off wildfires that burned four million acres, and destroyed or damaged thousands of homes and buildings.  The costs to agriculture, particularly the cotton and cattle businesses, are estima<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan emissions rising after atomic crisis]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Japan_emissions_rising_after_atomic_crisis</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Japan_emissions_rising_after_atomic_crisis</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:24:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Japan_emissions_rising_after_atomic_crisis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Japanese manufacturer's greenhouse gas emissions are rising after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, hurting the country's carbon reduction goals, a report said Sunday. The trend will deal a blow to Japan's target of reducing emissions by six percent from 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012 under the Kyoto Protocol, the Nikkei business daily reported. Emissions by 399 leading manufacturers<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rainfall recharge to groundwater]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Rainfall_recharge_to_groundwater</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Rainfall_recharge_to_groundwater</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:05:02 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Rainfall_recharge_to_groundwater</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Groundwaters are very important water resources in many New Zealand regions - important because they are used for water supplies (urban and rural) and because they supply flow to many springs, streams, rivers and wetlands. The two major inflows to groundwater are from rainfall and from surface water<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What really happened prior to Snowball Earth?]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=What_really_happened_prior_to_Snowball_Earth</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=What_really_happened_prior_to_Snowball_Earth</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:05:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=What_really_happened_prior_to_Snowball_Earth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In a study published in the journal Geology, scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggest that the large changes in the carbon isotopic composition of carbonates which occurred prior to the major climatic event more than 500 million years ago, known as 'Snowball Earth,' are unrelated to worldwide glacial events.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cutting Climate Change is Simple: Just Stop Subsidising Fossil Fuels]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Cutting_Climate_Change_is_Simple_Just_Stop_Subsidising_Fossil_Fuels</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Cutting_Climate_Change_is_Simple_Just_Stop_Subsidising_Fossil_Fuels</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:00:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Cutting_Climate_Change_is_Simple_Just_Stop_Subsidising_Fossil_Fuels</guid>
<description><![CDATA[According to IEA research, 37 governments spent $409bn on artificially lowering the price of fossil fuels in 2010. Critics say the subsidies significantly boost oil and gas consumption and disadvantage renewable energy technologies, which received only $66bn of subsidies in the same year. Birol and the IEA said that a phase-out would avoid 750m tonnes of CO2 a year by 2015, potentially rising to <br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate change deniers: The science of intimidation]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Climate_change_deniers_The_science_of_intimidation</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Climate_change_deniers_The_science_of_intimidation</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:24:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Climate_change_deniers_The_science_of_intimidation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[According to an old legal adage, when the law is against you, argue the facts. When the facts are against you, argue the law. And when neither is on your side, pound the table. Today, conservative climate change deniers, faced with a growing and increasingly persuasive body of evidence supporting the theory of anthropogenic global warming have adopted a version of this approach. Except, lacking a<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2011 Was A Year of Weather Extremes, With More to Come]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=2011_Was_A_Year_of_Weather_Extremes_With_More_to_Come</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=2011_Was_A_Year_of_Weather_Extremes_With_More_to_Come</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:33:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=2011_Was_A_Year_of_Weather_Extremes_With_More_to_Come</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The global average temperature in 2011 was 14.52 degrees Celsius (58.14 degrees Fahrenheit). According to NASA scientists, this was the ninth warmest year in 132 years of recordkeeping, despite the cooling influence of the La Niña atmospheric and oceanic circulation pattern and relatively low solar irradiance. Since the 1970s, each subsequent decade has gotten hotter -- and 9 of the 10 hottest ye<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Coastal storms have long-reaching effects]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Coastal_storms_have_long-reaching_effects</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Coastal_storms_have_long-reaching_effects</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:48:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Coastal_storms_have_long-reaching_effects</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Coastal storms are known to cause serious damage along the shoreline, but they also cause significant disruption of the deep-sea ecosystem as well, according to a study of extreme coastal storms in the Western Mediterranean published in the Jan. 25 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thousands homeless after severe floods in Fiji]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Thousands_homeless_after_severe_floods_in_Fiji</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Thousands_homeless_after_severe_floods_in_Fiji</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Thousands_homeless_after_severe_floods_in_Fiji</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A state of emergency has been declared in the western regions of Fiji's largest island of Viti Levu after heavy floods killed at least six people.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Arab region to target reducing adverse effects of desalination effects]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Arab_region_to_target_reducing_adverse_effects_of_desalination_effects</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Arab_region_to_target_reducing_adverse_effects_of_desalination_effects</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:18:01 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Arab_region_to_target_reducing_adverse_effects_of_desalination_effects</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Arab region, which boasts of 60 per cent of global water desalination capacity, will soon announce targets to minimise the adverse effects of desalination on the environment in relation to greenhouse gas emissions and the discharge of brine and other contaminants.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India facing with serious air, water pollution!]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=India_facing_with_serious_air_water_pollution</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=India_facing_with_serious_air_water_pollution</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:31:02 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Water Quality</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=India_facing_with_serious_air_water_pollution</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The entire South Asian region fares badly, with Nepal and Pakistan taking up the remaining spots in the bottom four of the rankings, according to the study presented at the World Economic Forum currently taking place in Davos, Switzerland.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Illustrated Guide to Climate Change in 2011]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=An_Illustrated_Guide_to_Climate_Change_in_2011</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=An_Illustrated_Guide_to_Climate_Change_in_2011</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:24:01 PST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=An_Illustrated_Guide_to_Climate_Change_in_2011</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A few simple and clear pictures (and links) showing how the planet continued to warm and change around us in 2011.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Huge pool of Arctic water could cool Europe]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Huge_pool_of_Arctic_water_could_cool_Europe</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Huge_pool_of_Arctic_water_could_cool_Europe</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:48:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Huge_pool_of_Arctic_water_could_cool_Europe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A huge pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean is expanding and could lower the temperature of Europe by causing an ocean current to slow down, British scientists said Sunday.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Singapore raises sea defences against tide of climate change]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Singapore_raises_sea_defences_against_tide_of_climate_change</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:31:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Hydrology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A 15-km (10 mile) stretch of crisp white beach is one of the key battlegrounds in Singapore's campaign to defend its hard-won territory against rising sea levels linked to climate change. Stone breakwaters are being enlarged on the low-lying island state's man-made east coast and their heights raised. Barges carrying imported sand top up the beach, which is regularly breached by high tides. Singa<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Biggest Jump Ever in Global Warming Pollution in 2010, Chinese CO2 Emissions Now Exceed U.S.'s By 50%]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Biggest_Jump_Ever_in_Global_Warming_Pollution_in_2010_Chinese_CO2_Emissions_Now_Exceed_U-S-s_By_50</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:31:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Biggest_Jump_Ever_in_Global_Warming_Pollution_in_2010_Chinese_CO2_Emissions_Now_Exceed_U-S-s_By_50</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese emissions now exceed U.S. emissions by a whopping 50%.  They will be double U.S. emissions by 2020 if they keep on their rapacious, immoral path of weekly coal-plant building - and the U.S. keeps on its rapacious, immoral path of doing nothing.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fracking Would Emit Large Quantities of Greenhouse Gases]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Fracking_Would_Emit_Large_Quantities_of_Greenhouse_Gases</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:09:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Fracking_Would_Emit_Large_Quantities_of_Greenhouse_Gases</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Robert Howarth, an ecologist and evolutionary biologist, and Anthony Ingraffea, a civil and environmental engineer, reported that fracked wells leak 40 to 60 percent more methane than conventional natural gas wells. Therefore, &quot;Fugitive methane&quot; released during shale gas drilling could accelerate climate change.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Economic and Political Conditions Are Needed To Spur Major Federal Climate Action?]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=What_Economic_and_Political_Conditions_Are_Needed_To_Spur_Major_Federal_Climate_Action</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=What_Economic_and_Political_Conditions_Are_Needed_To_Spur_Major_Federal_Climate_Action</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:39:02 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=What_Economic_and_Political_Conditions_Are_Needed_To_Spur_Major_Federal_Climate_Action</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When the economy is down, US voters always give environment a low rank in importance. When the economy subsequently rebounds, environment might be ranked 3rd or 4th place, as a direct result of which, good science and bipartisan effort can be the bridge to Congressional action.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies Would Get Us Halfway to Preventing Dangerous Climate Change]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Ending_Fossil_Fuel_Subsidies_Would_Get_Us_Halfway_to_Preventing_Dangerous_Climate_Change</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Ending_Fossil_Fuel_Subsidies_Would_Get_Us_Halfway_to_Preventing_Dangerous_Climate_Change</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:12:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Ending_Fossil_Fuel_Subsidies_Would_Get_Us_Halfway_to_Preventing_Dangerous_Climate_Change</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The International Energy Agency has again weighed in on how to combat climate change through better energy policy.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Food-Based Biofuels Are Helping Drive Up Food Prices.]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Food-Based_Biofuels_Are_Helping_Drive_Up_Food_Prices-</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Food-Based_Biofuels_Are_Helping_Drive_Up_Food_Prices-</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:02 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Food-Based_Biofuels_Are_Helping_Drive_Up_Food_Prices-</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Many factors contribute to rising prices of food: Demand from rapidly-growing developing countries; droughts; energy prices; the value of the dollar; and, as a new report from Purdue University concludes, ethanol production.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[First report on UK climate impact]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=First_report_on_UK_climate_impact</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=First_report_on_UK_climate_impact</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:24:02 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=First_report_on_UK_climate_impact</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Climate change this century poses both risks and opportunities, according to the first comprehensive government assessment of its type.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21-27 January 2012 - WaterWired]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=TGIF_Weekly_Water_News_Summary_21-27_January_2012_-_WaterWired</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=TGIF_Weekly_Water_News_Summary_21-27_January_2012_-_WaterWired</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:09:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=TGIF_Weekly_Water_News_Summary_21-27_January_2012_-_WaterWired</guid>
<description><![CDATA[That day of the week again -Friday, time for last week's water news via my Twitter feeds.Now enjoy some well-deserved water displacement behavior. You're worth it!<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Renewable Energy Standards: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It.]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Renewable_Energy_Standards_If_It_Ainrsquot_Broke_Donrsquot_Fix_It-</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Renewable_Energy_Standards_If_It_Ainrsquot_Broke_Donrsquot_Fix_It-</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:57:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Renewable_Energy_Standards_If_It_Ainrsquot_Broke_Donrsquot_Fix_It-</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The renewable energy industry is projected to continue this strong growth as our energy-hungry world increasingly turns toward green power.  The International Energy Agency projects that over $811 billion will be spent on renewable energy by 2035 - more than will be spent worldwide on all coal and nuclear power plants combined. And in spite of the attacks on solar and clean energy in the media, t<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[State Board Issues Notice in Next Phase of Bay-Delta Plan Review | Association of California Water Agencies]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=State_Board_Issues_Notice_in_Next_Phase_of_Bay-Delta_Plan_Review__Association_of_California_Water_Agencies</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:31:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Planning and Management</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=State_Board_Issues_Notice_in_Next_Phase_of_Bay-Delta_Plan_Review__Association_of_California_Water_Agencies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The State Water Resources Control Board is seeking input and information to evaluate potential changes to Delta outflow and inflow requirements as part of its review of the 2006 Water Quality Control Plan for the Bay-Delta.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EPA Releases New Tool to Track Water Pollution | Association of California Water Agencies]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=EPA_Releases_New_Tool_to_Track_Water_Pollution__Association_of_California_Water_Agencies</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=EPA_Releases_New_Tool_to_Track_Water_Pollution__Association_of_California_Water_Agencies</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:58:02 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Water Quality</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=EPA_Releases_New_Tool_to_Track_Water_Pollution__Association_of_California_Water_Agencies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The new tool brings together millions of records and allows for easy searching and mapping of water pollution by local area, watershed, company, industry sector and pollutant.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama sets out all-of-the-above clean energy policy]]></title>
<link>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Obama_sets_out_all-of-the-above_clean_energy_policy</link>
<comments>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Obama_sets_out_all-of-the-above_clean_energy_policy</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:00:01 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Miscellaneous</category>
<guid>http://www.siswebs.org/water/story.php?title=Obama_sets_out_all-of-the-above_clean_energy_policy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Establishing energy reforms as one of the central themes of his address, Obama began the speech by arguing the US should seek &quot;a future where we're in control of our own energy, and our security and prosperity aren't so tied to unstable parts of the world&quot;.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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