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	<title>The Blue-Green Marble&#187; politics</title>
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		<title>ROAM Act passes in the House</title>
		<link>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2009/07/roam-act-passes-in-the-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HR 1018 &#8211; The Restoring Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act passed in the House of Representatives on the morning of July 17th, 2009. 
This bill amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971. &#8211; adding important new protections and provisions which include banning helicopter round-ups and reclaiming land lost by America&#8217;s wild horses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLM&#8217;s Secret Plan to Destroy Wild Horses &#8211; Press Release</title>
		<link>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2009/06/blm-secret-plan-to-destroy-wild-horses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE
June 11, 2009 &#8211; for immediate release

Documents Reveal BLM Secret Plan to Destroy Wild Horses
Documents obtained from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) via the Freedom of Information Act by a Phoenix-based non-profit, The Conquistador Program, reveal shocking and detailed plans to destroy healthy wild horses in government holding facilities as well as those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frankenfood? Stop FDA proposed rules to allow sale of genetically engineered food without labeling</title>
		<link>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2008/10/frankenfood-stop-fda-proposed-rules-to-allow-sale-of-genetically-engineered-food-without-labeling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bluegreenmarble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deadline to sign petition October 31!]]></description>
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		<title>BLM officials to attend Wild Horse and Burro Summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2008/10/blm-officials-to-attend-wild-horse-and-burro-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bluegreenmarble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The <strong>2008 Wild Horse and Burro Summit</strong> being held <strong>this weekend</strong> in Nevada is open to the public.  (Want to attend? <a href="http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2008/10/blm-officials-to-attend-wild-horse-and-burro-summit/#details" title="Jump to Summit details">Click here.</a>)  BLM officials will be in attendence with wild horse advocates to discuss what can be done to stop the proposed "euthanasia" of wild horses by lethal injection.]]></description>
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		<title>Wild Horses &amp; The BLM</title>
		<link>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2008/07/wild-horses-the-blm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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See our post &#8220;Save the Wild Mustangs &#8211; important petition&#8221; for more information and please sign the petition to stop the BLM&#8217;s outrageous plan to kill these wild beauties.
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		<title>Save the Wild Mustangs &#8211; important petition!</title>
		<link>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2008/07/save-the-wild-mustangs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BLM has announced an outrageous <strong>plan to kill these wild horses</strong>, potentially driving them to extinction.  Please sign the petition to stop them.]]></description>
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		<title>House passes bill on Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2007/07/house-passes-bill-on-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2007/07/house-passes-bill-on-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bluegreenmarble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By a vote of 272-155, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation this Wednesday affirming the &#8220;reality&#8221; of climate change and putting an end to the debate (legislatively, at least) over whether it exists.  The legislation will increase federal funding of  basic research on climate change and create a commission to review scientific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sign the Petition to Help Grow Organics &#8211; deadline July 15th!</title>
		<link>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2007/06/sign-the-petition-to-help-grow-organics-deadline-july-15th/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2007/06/sign-the-petition-to-help-grow-organics-deadline-july-15th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bluegreenmarble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a $76 billion Farm Bill at the end of July.  In the bill&#8217;s current form less than 1% of the $76 billion in farm subsidies would go to organic farmers.
(To see the previous post on this bill visit this permalink.  &#8211; Interested in who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger praises PM Tony Blair&#8217;s efforts on Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2007/06/schwarzenegger-blair-praise/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2007/06/schwarzenegger-blair-praise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bluegreenmarble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger traveled to London to visit Prime Minister Tony Blair this Tuesday on his last full day in office.  The California governor praised Blair for having &#8220;proven to the world that you can do both&#8230; protect the Earth and protect the economy&#8221; during his time in office.
Blair had visited Schwarzenegger in late July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Galápagos Islands Suffering Environmental Crisis &#8211; Ecuadorian president calls for habitat to be added to UNESCO&#8217;s Endangered List</title>
		<link>http://blog.blue-green-marble.org/2007/06/galapagos-islands-suffering-environmental-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The president of Ecuador, Rafeal Correa, declared yesterday (June 22, 2007) that the Galápagos are at high risk and should be considered a national conservation priority. He claims that the islands are suffering an environmental crisis and is seeking restrictions on tourism. He has also asked that the habitat be added to UNESCO&#8217;s Endangered List [...]]]></description>
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