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	<description>The mission of the Santa Aguila Foundation is to raise awareness of and mobilize people against the ongoing decimation of coastlines around the world.</description>
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		<title>Malaysia Says to Rule Soon on Rare Earths Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A government ruling on whether Australian miner Lynas would be given the go-ahead for a controversial rare earths processing plant was expected within days.]]></description>
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		<title>Long-term Response Plan for Possible Cuban Oil Spill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US researchers have drafted a plan to best prepare South Florida in case of an eventual oil spill off the coast of Cuba. The proximity of intended Cuban oil drilling and production puts the coastal zone at risk from Florida to the Carolinas and northward.]]></description>
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		<title>Accumulating Microplastic Threat to Shores</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study has warned.]]></description>
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		<title>Farming is Key to Meeting Environmental Challenges</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/farming-is-key-to-meeting-environmental-challenges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agriculture is part of the solution to the world's environmental challenge and must play a key role at next June's Rio summit on sustainable development...]]></description>
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		<title>Reuse Plastic Bottles: Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plastic grocery bags and plastic water bottles, those disposable environmental nightmares, have become iconic in the current green revolution. And even those of us who refuse to buy them, somehow seem to find ourselves in possession of these landfill disasters.]]></description>
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		<title>China’s Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Under Threat</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/chinas-coastal-and-marine-biodiversity-under-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/chinas-coastal-and-marine-biodiversity-under-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As China welcomes the year of the dragon, with more influence than ever on the world's climate and resources,  a look at the environmental stories that made the news over the past 12 months. Amongst several environmental concerns and although efforts have been made in the past few years, China’s coastal biodiversity is under threat from intensive coastal exploration and land-based pollution.
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		<title>Cruise Ship Threatens Marine Paradise</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/cruise-ship-threatens-marine-paradise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The risk of environmental damage to the Tuscan Archipelago National Park seas' has not yet receded, as half-million gallons (2,400 tons) of black goo are still trapped within the capsized Costa Concordia luxury liner, in danger of leaking out and polluting some of the Mediterranean's most unspoiled sea.]]></description>
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		<title>Ghana&#8217;s Booming Offshore Oil Industry and Environmental Concerns</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/ghanas-booming-offshore-oil-industry-and-environmental-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/ghanas-booming-offshore-oil-industry-and-environmental-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Environmental concerns are raised as more oil companies begin drilling off the coast of Ghana. Does the country have the resources to cope with a major spill?]]></description>
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		<title>Huge oil rig arrives to explore in Cuban waters</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/huge-oil-rig-arrives-to-explore-in-cuban-waters/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/huge-oil-rig-arrives-to-explore-in-cuban-waters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A massive drilling rig arrived Thursday in the warm Gulf waters north of Havana, where it will sink an exploratory well deep into the seabed.]]></description>
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		<title>Reef Fish at Risk as Carbon Dioxide Levels Build</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/reef-fish-at-risk-as-carbon-dioxide-levels-build/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/reef-fish-at-risk-as-carbon-dioxide-levels-build/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, examined over the years  how baby coral fishes  and their predators dealt with sea water containing higher levels of dissolved carbon dioxide.]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean Giants Ban Needed on Italy Coasts: Environmentalists</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/ocean-giants-ban-needed-on-italy-coasts-environmentalists/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/ocean-giants-ban-needed-on-italy-coasts-environmentalists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the search continues for any further survivors of the 17-deck cruise ship Costa Concordia that capsized in the middle of a marine nature reserve off Tuscany, questions are being asked about the potential environmental impact and threats to the coastline. We have a huge ship with tanks full of fuel, aground on an island in a sea fringed with natural protected areas.]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping the Sea Safe(r) from Plastic</title>
		<link>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/keeping-the-sea-safer-from-plastic/</link>
		<comments>http://coastalcare.org/2012/01/keeping-the-sea-safer-from-plastic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Coastal Care</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most biodegradable plastics don’t break down well in marine environments—they require the relative warmth of soil or a compost heap. A new plastic on the market degrades quickly both on land and in seawater.]]></description>
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