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	<title>U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce &#124; Cities for Change</title>
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		<title>Chinese Solar Panels Face Big Tariffs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Agence France-Presse — Getty Images) Workers at a solar panel factory in Huaibei, in Anhui province. A Chinese official called the American move “really dangerous.” By KEITH BRADSHER and DIANE CARDWELL Published: May 17, 2012 New York Times  The United States on Thursday announced the imposition of antidumping tariffs of more than 31 percent on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Meter Installation Generates Opposition in Vermont</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smart meters, those small, digital, and wireless technologies, have generated more opposition in states like Vermont. Highly esteemed as a key energy conservation and grid reliability tool by the Department of Energy, proponents of the smart meter reach as far as the Obama administration which allocated $3.5 billion of its $787 billion economic stimulus package [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Large Companies Doing Large Amounts of Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people would argue that large corporations by their very nature are not green.  I see the big boys as being able to make the biggest impacts.  Since they use so much energy, material, etc. any action they take to reduce waste and pollution makes a big impact.  Not only that, the customer loyalty these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Brands 2012 Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In just a few short weeks, the world&#8217;s leading thinkers and practitioners of sustainability and social innovation will descend on San Diego for the 6th Annual Sustainable Brands Conference. Growing environmental and social pressures, compounded by consumer activism worldwide, is alerting more and more businesses of the importance of joining in on the sustainability conversation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Much Easier Being Sustainable Than Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[communicating sustainability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Anthony Zolezzi &#124;  sourced from Sustainable Brands May 8, 2012— Lately, I have started rethinking the value of businesses “going green.” When companies spend money to make their products or manufacturing methods “greener,” but find consumers are reluctant to pay a corresponding “green” surcharge, what they have done is to substitute one form of green [...]]]></description>
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