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 <title>Building Hope One House at a Time</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/buildersofhope</link>  











 <description>&lt;img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/buildersofhope/image_thumb/&gt; Nancy Murray has taken recycling to a whole new level — she recycles houses.</description> 





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   <dc:subject>Nancy Murray</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>buildings</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>greenhouse gas emissions</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>business</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>Builders of Hope</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>sustainability</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>homelessness</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>waste</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-11-20T20:27:10Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/futurecoal">      

 <title>Speaking of Coal and Natural Gas</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/futurecoal</link>  















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   <dc:subject>natural gas</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>electricity</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>economics</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>coal</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>carbon dioxide emissions</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-11-19T14:35:53Z</dc:date>        
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 <title>Changing Climate Change Legislation</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/webb-alexander</link>  















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   <dc:subject>cap and trade</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>U.S. Congress</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Lamar Alexander</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>greenhouse gas emissions</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>energy</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>economics</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>green investments</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>global warming</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Kerry-Boxer climate bill</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Waxman-Markey climate bill</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Jim Webb</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>nuclear</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>carbon dioxide emissions</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>Jimmy Carter</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-11-17T19:27:17Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/cows">      

 <title>Cows Let Go a Sigh of Relief</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/cows</link>  











 <description>&lt;img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/cows/image_thumb/&gt; Congress acted on climate this week. And it's certainly a move to chew over.</description> 





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   <dc:subject>cap and trade</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>U.S. Congress</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>climate</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>animals</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>greenhouse gas emissions</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>farmers</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>enteric fermentation</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>global warming</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>farms</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Environmental Protection Agency</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>ranching</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>methane</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-10-29T17:53:45Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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 <title>What’s Different? Waxman-Markey Vs. Kerry-Boxer Climate Bills</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/waxmanmarkey-vs-kerryboxer</link>  















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 <dc:date>2009-10-14T13:57:45Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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 <title>Speaking of the Environment</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/climateetal</link>  















 <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        
 <dc:creator>erica</dc:creator>        
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   <dc:subject>cap and trade</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>climate</dc:subject>        
 
             
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 <dc:date>2009-10-01T17:02:15Z</dc:date>        
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 <title>U.S. Already Halfway to 2020 Emissions Target</title>        
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   <dc:subject>economy</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-09-24T15:45:04Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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 <title>GDP: Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be?</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/gdp</link>  















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 <dc:creator>erica</dc:creator>        
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   <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>water pollution</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Nicolas Sarkozy</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>Peter Bartelmus</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>Joseph Stiglitz</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>China</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>global warming</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>global economy</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>ecosystems</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Alan Mollohan</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>air pollution</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>economics</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>pollution</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-09-23T17:19:31Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/HR2454costs-CBO">      

 <title>How Much Is That Climate Bill in the Window</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/HR2454costs-CBO</link>  















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 <dc:creator>erica</dc:creator>        
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   <dc:subject>U.S. Congress</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Congressional Budget Office cost estimates of H.R. 2454</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>economics</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>legislation</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Waxman-Markey climate bill</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>gross domestic product</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>economy</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-09-28T21:41:50Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/fencesitter-wrap">      

 <title>A Look at Where Feingold, Franken, Casey, and Johnson Stand</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/fencesitter-wrap</link>  











 <description>&lt;img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/fencesitter-wrap/image_thumb/&gt; As the health care debate rages on, senators are quietly moving downstream and upstream on climate.</description> 





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 <dc:creator>erica</dc:creator>        
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   <dc:subject>Al Franken</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Tim Johnson</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>U.S. Congress</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>climate bill fence</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>global warming</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Robert Casey</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>renewable energy</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>policy</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Russ Feingold</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>economy</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-10-15T21:35:18Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/fencesitter-lugar">      

 <title>On the Climate Bill Fence: Senator Dick Lugar</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/fencesitter-lugar</link>  











 <description>&lt;img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/fencesitter-lugar/image_thumb/&gt; Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN) drives a Prius, sequesters carbon on his tree farm, and voted for previous climate bills. Why is he now on the fence?</description> 





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 <dc:creator>erica</dc:creator>        
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   <dc:subject>cap and trade</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>legislation</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>climate bill fence</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>agriculture</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>biofuels</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-09-17T18:42:17Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/lightbulbs">      

 <title>Let’s Ban the Light Bulb Confusion</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/lightbulbs</link>  











 <description>&lt;img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/lightbulbs/image_thumb/&gt; Today the European Union’s phase-out of incandescent light bulbs kicks in. The same is scheduled to happen in the United States, right? Not exactly.</description> 





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   <dc:subject>Clean Air Act</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Thomas Edison</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>lighting</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>incandescent light bulbs</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>energy-efficient light bulbs</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Wall Street Journal</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>compact fluorescent light bulbs</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>National Public Radio</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-09-01T20:28:07Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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 <title>Lomborg’s Cool Take on Global Warming</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/lomborg-082009</link>  















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   <dc:subject>Bjorn Lomborg</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>business</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>global warming</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>geo-engineering</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Wall Street Journal</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>technology</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>economy</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-08-28T18:32:10Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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 <title>On the Climate Bill Fence: How Sen. Graham Got There</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/fencesitter-graham</link>  











 <description>&lt;img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/fencesitter-graham/image_thumb/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lindsey Graham is not the kind of senator you would expect to find on the climate fence. He is a Republican who has voted with his party &lt;a class="external-link" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/g000359/"&gt;92 percent&lt;/a&gt; of the time during this Congressional session. Yet there he is.&lt;/p&gt;</description> 





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   <dc:subject>nuclear</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>policy</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-09-17T18:39:14Z</dc:date>        
 <dc:type>Blog entry</dc:type>    
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/cashforclunkersaug2009">      

 <title>Update on Cash for Clunkers, Fence-sitters, and Then Vacate</title>        
 <link>http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/cashforclunkersaug2009</link>  















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   <dc:subject>fuel economy</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>cars</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Waxman-Markey climate bill</dc:subject>        
 
             
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   <dc:subject>carbon dioxide emissions</dc:subject>        
 
             
   <dc:subject>Cash for Clunkers</dc:subject>        
         
 <dc:date>2009-08-07T16:41:36Z</dc:date>        
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