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	<title>The People&#039;s Republic of Moronia &#187; Environment</title>
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		<title>Sandia chemists find new material to remove radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/sandia-chemists-find-new-material-to-remove-radioactive-gas-from-spent-nuclear-fuel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Sandia Labs News Release) Research by a team of Sandia chemists could impact worldwide efforts to produce clean, safe nuclear energy and reduce radioactive waste. Sandia chemist Tina Nenoff heads a team of researchers focused on removal of radioactive iodine from spent nuclear fuel.  (Photo by Randy Montoya) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2012/02/sandia-chemists-find-new-material-to-remove-radioactive-gas-from-spent-nuclear-fuel/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ionized plasmas used in neon lights can cheaply sterilize water in developing world</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Sanders (UC California, Berkeley) University of California, Berkeleyscientists have shown that ionized plasmas like those in neon lights and plasma TVs not only can sterilize water, but make it antimicrobial – able to kill bacteria – for as long as a week after treatment. A brief spark in air produces a low-temperature plasma of <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/11/using-ionized-plasmas-as-cheap-sterilizers-for-developing-world/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>BBC drops Frozen Planet&#8217;s climate change episode in US, other countries</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2011/11/bbc-drops-frozen-planets-climate-change-episode-in-us-other-countries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andy Bloxham (Telegraph UK) The BBC has dropped a climate change episode from its wildlife series Frozen Planet to help the show sell better abroad. Frozen Planet, on BBC One, is the latest big budget series from the BBC’s Natural History Unit in Bristol, which was made in association with Discovery Channel and The <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/11/bbc-drops-frozen-planets-climate-change-episode-in-us-other-countries/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A die-hard capitalist challenges anyone to show her a regulation that caused a layoff</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2011/10/a-die-hard-capitalist-challenges-anyone-to-show-her-a-regulation-that-caused-a-layoff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bevi Chagnon I’m a federal contractor who helps US government agencies produce, update, maintain, and publish those regulations you’re talking about. I’ve read tens of thousands of pages of regulations from just about every federal agency here in Washington DC, and I have never found even one regulatory point that I thought was unrealistic <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/10/a-die-hard-capitalist-challenges-anyone-to-show-her-a-regulation-that-caused-a-layoff/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Indigenous Alaskans struggle to cope with climate change</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2011/09/indigenous-alaskans-struggle-to-cope-with-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Observations of Climate Change from Indigenous Alaskans Personal interviews with Alaska Natives in the Yukon River Basin provide unique insights on climate change and its impacts, helping develop adaptation strategies for these local communities. The Village of St. Mary&#8217;s, Alaska The village of St. Mary&#8217;s, Alaska where USGS scientists conducted interviews with hunters and elders <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/09/indigenous-alaskans-struggle-to-cope-with-climate-change/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change may trigger violence, study claims</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2011/08/climate-change-may-trigger-violence-study-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rosanne Skirble (VOA) Researchers say that, by using the forecasts of El Nino effectively, officials might be able to predict possible outbreaks of violence and be more prepared to handle them. A new study in the journal Nature finds that war is associated with global climate. Researchers from Princeton University and the Earth Institute <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/08/climate-change-may-trigger-violence-study-claims/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Toxic lead to cover Iowa dove killing fields</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Walter Brasch  (Spectrum) Iowa, which gave us the carnival known as the Iowa Straw Poll and artery-clogging Deep Fried Butter, will unleash another health problem, beginning Sept. 1. The Iowa legislature last year approved a dove hunting season, the first in more than nine decades. However, the state&#8217;s Department of Natural Resources and the <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/08/toxic-lead-to-cover-iowa-killing-fields/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Old disease may be beginning of the end for banana</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2011/07/old-disease-may-be-beginning-of-the-end-for-bananas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dan Koeppel (Science) Our standard supermarket banana, a variety called Cavendish, may be at the brink of disaster. Chosen for its resistance to a fungal pathogen that wiped out its predecessor, the Gros Michel banana strain, the popular fruit has long battled a related fungus, which has all but devastated the banana industry in <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/07/old-disease-may-be-beginning-of-the-end-for-bananas/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Owner of W. Va. mine that exploded showed inspectors fake safety records</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2011/06/owner-of-w-va-mine-that-exploded-showed-inspectors-fake-safety-records/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Howard Berkes (NPR) Federal mine disaster investigators disclosed a few pieces of new information Tuesday night from their year-long look at the April 2010 deadly Upper Big Branch mine explosion. They said that: — Mine owner Massey Energy kept two sets of records that chronicled safety problems. One internal set of production reports detailed <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/06/owner-of-w-va-mine-that-exploded-showed-inspectors-fake-safety-records/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate sceptic Willie Soon received $1m from oil companies, papers show</title>
		<link>http://moronia.us/front/2011/06/climate-sceptic-willie-soon-received-1m-from-oil-companies-papers-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jules Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By John Vidal (Guardian UK) One of the world&#8217;s most prominent scientific figures to be sceptical about climate change has admitted to being paid more than $1m in the past decade by major US oil and coal companies. Dr Willie Soon, an astrophysicist at the Solar, Stellar and Planetary Sciences Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre <a href='http://moronia.us/front/2011/06/climate-sceptic-willie-soon-received-1m-from-oil-companies-papers-show/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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