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		<title>DNA from Horses Found in Supermarket Burgers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Briggs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food and Farming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burgers on sale in 5 different supermarkets across the UK and Ireland have been tested and found to contain horse meat. The biggest offender was a burger tested from Tesco which had 29% horse meat content. Although the products that were affected by the horse meat contamination have been removed voluntarily from the shelves by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaigners Make A Bee Line For Whitehall</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concerns about bee populations being in decline have been in place for a while now, with research being conducted into why the populations of bees are being reduced so dramatically, and how we can act to turn this around.Yesterday however, Friends of the Earth campaigners being the Bee Cause campaign delivered their message about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pollution Could Be Cut With Green Streets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Briggs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science and Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Science and Technology Journal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street canyons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban planting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vertical planting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new study published in the Environmental Science and Technology Journal has found that increasing the number of green walls in cities could help reduce levels of pollution. Currently, the groups of high rise buildings create what experts call &#8216;street canyons&#8217;. These prevent pollution from escaping naturally into the atmosphere, instead collecting in pockets in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shropshire Hairdresser Is A Rare Breed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-Sufficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agricultural show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gloucester Old Spots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harper Adams]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[piglets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hairdresser from Shropshire has put down his scissors and comb and picked up a bucket and shovel. Derick Eggerton from Pickstock near Newport is showing his Gloucester Old Spot pigs at the Newport show on 14th July. On his smallholding, Mr Eggerton began his pig empire, founding a rare breeds company to raise and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voluntary Reporting on Carbon Emissions Yields Positive Results</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/voluntary-reporting-on-carbon-emissions-yields-positive-results-1069/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Planet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon emissions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although not yet compulsory, a number of companies have voluntarily been auditing and reporting on their carbon emissions, and many companies are seeing the benefits, a report commissioned by the government has revealed. Despite what some people may think, businesses surveyed have not deemed the reporting process to be costly or hard work, and on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Utilities Eco-Scheme Saves Ancient Oak Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conservation and Wildlife]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Macclesfield]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reservoir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ridgegate reservoir]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dingle Wood, a woodland near to Ridgegate Reservoir, Macclesfield, has many ancient oak trees that are hundreds of years old which were in danger of overcrowded by beech trees growing within the wood. United Utilities, however, have come to the rescue with a conservation scheme that has enabled space to be created around the oak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agri-environment Schemes Could be at Risk From Budget Cuts</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/agri-environment-schemes-could-be-at-risk-from-budget-cuts-1058/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Briggs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservation and Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[budget cuts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government has been warned by conservationists that environmental measures in the countryside could be damaged by budget cuts. A letter has been signed by 16 conservationist groups that advises the DEFRA secretary Caroline Spelman to protect the agri-environment schemes of England. &#8220;We are concerned to hear of proposals to cut the budget available for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>flooringsupplies.co.uk Receive FSC Accreditation</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/flooringsupplies-co-uk-receive-fsc-accreditation-1051/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eco Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical shopping]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[engineered wood floors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online flooring retailer flooringsupplies.co.uk have received an FSC accreditation which enables the company to use the well known FSC logo on a number of their engineered wood flooring products following chain-of-custody certification by SGS. SGS is a company providing verification and certification services to ensure particular requirements and standards regarding safety, performance and quality are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BP Oil Leak Stopped With &#8216;Top Kill&#8217; Method</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/bp-oil-leak-stopped-with-top-kill-method-1047/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 14:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five weeks into the oil leak caused by an explosion at a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and a number of unsuccessful attempts at plugging the holes in the pipework later, BP&#8217;s latest solution, &#8216;top kill&#8217;, has managed to stop the flow of oil and natural gas. Although the mission has not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light Emitting Wallpaper Could Help Cut Carbon Emissions</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/news/light-emitting-wallpaper-could-help-cut-carbon-emissions-1039/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Briggs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A revolutionary new product from organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology company, LOMOX, based in St Asaph, North Wales, could replace the light bulb. OLEDs provide a low energy light source that can be used as part of flat panel displays and provide low energy lighting solutions, and LOMOX&#8217;s latest innovation could revolutionise interior lighting, [...]]]></description>
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