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        <title><![CDATA[Can the shipping industry take blimps seriously?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[World Aeros wants to make airships that can transport 250-ton loads. They're cheaper and more energy efficient than cargo planes, but potential investors must first get over the &quot;giggle factor.&quot;]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-06-18T03:38:40Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Nuclear's swan SONGS]]></title>
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        <s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
        <description><![CDATA[Stick a fork in U.S. nuclear power. With four plants closing this year and more to come, the dream of electricity &quot;too cheap to meter&quot; is dead.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Nelder]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-06-12T08:41:34Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Google takes clean power strategy to Africa]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Google is sinking $12 million in a 96-megawatt solar power plant in Africa, its first renewable energy investment in the continent.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirsten Korosec]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-31T15:56:09Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA['The disruptive dozen': 12 technologies with the greatest economic impact]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[New report from McKinsey Global Institute identify the top world-changing technologies that will add the most value to the global economy.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe McKendrick]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-24T16:12:58Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Consumer confidence slipping in solar, wind]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The bloom is sliding off the rose of renewables. Electric and hybrid vehicles losing favor too. What about nuclear?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Halper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-16T11:51:03Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Realpolitik: Japan trades nuclear tech to Middle East in exchange for oil]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe securing country's energy and economic future.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/realpolitik-japan-trades-nuclear-tech-to-middle-east-in-exchange-for-oil/19535]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Halper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-13T13:25:57Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Building the new with the old: the secret world of second-hand construction]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BERLIN -- Specialists preserving the German capital's complex past and present say construction groups could save time and money by opting for second-hand materials.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shannon Smith]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-02T10:00:26Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Small-town mayors: the cutting edge of climate action]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/take/small-town-mayors-the-cutting-edge-of-climate-action/719]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[How two mayors of small towns in right-wing America are showing the way to energy and climate progress: through local action.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Nelder]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-01T10:00:17Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[U.K. energy bill could prevent renewable industry growth]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Wind power advocates are concerned that community-driven renewable energy projects could be squashed.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-01T09:32:55Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[World's biggest battery will store solar electricity in Japan]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The $204 million whopper is part of a renewable energy push.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Halper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-22T11:35:01Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Solar power produced 100% of new energy on U.S. grid in March]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Solar power added twice as much to the grid in the first quarter of 2013 as it did in all of 2012.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Channtal Fleischfresser]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-22T10:10:59Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The next big utility transformation]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/take/the-next-big-utility-transformation/692]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Creating a renewably powered grid is easy compared to crafting a new regulatory framework that will make utility investors whole during the transition.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Nelder]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-17T10:00:15Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The 'unstoppable' renewable grid]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[U.S. natural gas prices are rising, while wind and solar are growing rapidly. The global transition to mostly renewable grid power may now be unstoppable.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Nelder]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-03T10:00:23Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Bladeless windmills: A new source of wind energy?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/bladeless-windmills-a-new-source-of-wind-energy/16598]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[A new windmill design has no moving parts. Here's how it works.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/bladeless-windmills-a-new-source-of-wind-energy/16598]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Falk]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-02T20:28:55Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The future of energy is thorium. Even 12-year-olds know that.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/the-future-of-energy-is-thorium-even-12-year-olds-know-that/16331]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Haven't quite wrapped your head around this thorium thing you've been hearing about? It's simple, as seventh grader Katie Hudek explains. Includes her easy to understand video.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Halper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-03-29T13:12:50Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The French protest an experimental nuclear fusion project]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[PARIS -- Part 2 in a two-part series: Fusion could be the future of cleaner energy, but many in France and beyond oppose the cost and uncertainy of the ITER project.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/the-french-protest-an-experimental-nuclear-fusion-project/10700]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryan Pirolli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-03-29T10:00:30Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[The new metropolis, sponsored by you]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/big-story/the-new-metropolis-sponsored-by-you/340]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Crowdfunding is providing innovative new urban design projects with the capital they need to get started. But can citizens really dictate future city landscapes?]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/big-story/the-new-metropolis-sponsored-by-you/340]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Gray]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-03-26T10:00:01Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Apple data centers now powered by 100% renewable energy]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/apple-data-centers-now-powered-by-100-renewable-energy/15730]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Apple is working to make a cleaner cloud.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/apple-data-centers-now-powered-by-100-renewable-energy/15730]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Falk]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-03-22T17:47:02Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Projects aim to reinvent New York City payphones]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/projects-aim-to-reinvent-new-york-city-payphones/15223]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[In 2014, the vendor agreements on New York City's 11,400 payphones is set to expire. What's next? Here are a few possibilities.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/projects-aim-to-reinvent-new-york-city-payphones/15223]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Shin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-03-20T10:03:52Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Newcomers like Bangladesh will help drive 30 percent nuclear growth]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Germany may be walking away from it and the U.S. is dithering but emerging countries are going for nuclear. China, too. Two years after Fukushima, has the renaissance returned?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Halper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-03-19T12:43:40Z</pubDate>
                                
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