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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[TheJournal.ie]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<language>en</language>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Study: Global warming still happening, but maybe not as quickly as feared]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/global-warming-slowing-down-916465-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:06cedfb3-eb0d-dd01-34ba-52e1abbd7f97</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/global-warming-slowing-down-916465-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A new report says the effects of climate change between 2000 and 2009 weren’t as pronounced as the worst-case scenario.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate Change" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Global Warming" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Icecaps" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Polar icecaps" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="two degrees" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Weather" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[USA on alert of invasion… from cicadas]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/cicada-invasion-usa-17-year-cycle-908647-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:86508145-2d8a-fbf2-4672-c7ff63ce5d1e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/cicada-invasion-usa-17-year-cycle-908647-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The cricket-like insects are overdue an invasion after 17 years – and have been seen amassing in two east coast states.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="cicadas" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="comp:All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (Hurling 59)" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="cyclical" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Insects" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Invasion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mating" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Nature" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Science" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="temperature" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="USA" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Rabbitte: No point comparing Ireland’s oil prospects to Norway’s ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-norway-oil-909379-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a339ae1f-b82a-4f1f-0421-21dcc6712996</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-norway-oil-909379-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-norway-oil-909379-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Minister for Communication and Natural Resources has said a Norwegian-style 80 per cent tax on oil finds would not work, saying: “We’re comparing apples with oranges.”  ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="apples" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Apples and Oranges" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Drilling" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Exploration" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Offshore" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oil find" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oranges" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pat Rabbitte" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="providence resources" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Phil Hogan: I want smoky coal to be banned within the next 3 years]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/smoky-coal-ban-ireland-pollution-phil-hogan-897056-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ce8fa714-3bd0-5858-c2a2-f11827113037</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/smoky-coal-ban-ireland-pollution-phil-hogan-897056-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/smoky-coal-ban-ireland-pollution-phil-hogan-897056-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Smoky coal is already banned in 27 towns and cities around the country, but now the Minister for the Environment says he wants to see it nationwide. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="air pollution" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Government" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="minister for environment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="north-south study" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Phil Hogan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pollution" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="smoky coal" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Gas from a dump in Kildare to become electricity for 14,000 houses]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/landfill-electricity-drehid-kildare-885929-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:45331df6-ab29-6d92-ecd8-1aeffd3456a6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/landfill-electricity-drehid-kildare-885929-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/landfill-electricity-drehid-kildare-885929-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Bord na Móna is building a landfill gas power plant at the Drehid facility near Allenwood, with production beginning next year.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Allenwood" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bord na Móna" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Drehid" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dump" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Electricity" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Energy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Green Energy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Kildare" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Landfill" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Why are there mass strandings of sea lions in California?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/mass-strandings-sea-lions-california-875414-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:96e2aa3b-d1f2-3db1-951d-f65c0e020f83</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/mass-strandings-sea-lions-california-875414-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/mass-strandings-sea-lions-california-875414-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[One sea lion pup even turned up seven miles inland at a mobile phone shop.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="California" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="mammal rescue" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mammals" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="marine animal rescue" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="sea lions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="strandings" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="US" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="USA" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Important future of food events happening in Ireland]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/future-of-food-dublin-conference-865061-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c1880fef-e19b-2713-ee2c-580fde0ccd66</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/future-of-food-dublin-conference-865061-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/future-of-food-dublin-conference-865061-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The agrifood industry is vital to our economy – and we’re hosting the likes of Al Gore here this month to examine hunger, climate justice and where the world goes from here.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="agrifood" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="agroforestry" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Business" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Economy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Food" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="future of food" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="global food" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="nutrition" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="what we eat" />
<author><name>Oliver Moore</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/oliver-moore/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[90% of construction industry insiders believe wind should be primary energy source]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/wind-energy-source-861198-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5dac3831-34d1-2307-2aff-c8c687e5a35c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/wind-energy-source-861198-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/wind-energy-source-861198-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A survey has shown that most industry insiders also think €100 or higher would be a fair water charge for a four person household.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="coal" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Energy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Fracking" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gas" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Green Energy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Nuclear Power" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Shale gas" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Solar Power" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Water charge" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="wind energy" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[11 amazing new feats of architecture ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/best-architecture-world-2013-853510-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:25f96b26-4049-138e-0def-d6826992c6ed</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/best-architecture-world-2013-853510-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/best-architecture-world-2013-853510-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Restaurants teetering on the edge, pop-up libraries, stunning skyscrapers – some of the winning designs in Architizer’s A+ contest.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Architects" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Architecture" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="architizer" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Art" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="buildings" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Design" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="public design" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="wowsers" />
<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-daly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland in breach of European convention over badger culling reports]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-badger-culling-857103-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c2e160a1-55b7-a7dd-3e41-be86726065e8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-badger-culling-857103-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-badger-culling-857103-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The government has failed to submit any reports over the last ten years and the Council of Europe has now requested them as a “matter of urgency”.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="badger culling" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Badgers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="bern convention" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="council of europe" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="wildlife" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="wildlife conservation" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Space weather: What on earth is that anyway?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/what-is-space-weather-855545-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0eb79408-e9d2-7720-49af-2f2f80f7387c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/what-is-space-weather-855545-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/what-is-space-weather-855545-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[(Well, it’s not on Earth, for one thing).]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="degrees" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Earth" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="magnetic matter" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Plasma" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Radiation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="solar storms" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="space weather" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Star" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="The Sun" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[New solar storm detection centre for Europe]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/european-space-agency-solar-storm-centre-brussels-855587-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3f66d2be-e1e3-5dc4-b9f4-85dd84c13190</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/european-space-agency-solar-storm-centre-brussels-855587-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/european-space-agency-solar-storm-centre-brussels-855587-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The centre in Brussels is part of wider system that tracks objects in space that threaten to collide with the Earth.
]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brussels" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="electromagnetic storm" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="ESA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Europe" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Space Agency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="NASA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Radiation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="solar storms" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="space weather" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Explainer: Is global warming causing harsher winters (and springs)?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/global-warming-causing-harsh-weather-848543-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:798b0b69-4cff-a6b8-a4dc-7c94791f4ca6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/global-warming-causing-harsh-weather-848543-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/global-warming-causing-harsh-weather-848543-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Some scientists are beginning to put together data which shows climate change is causing icy polar air to be displaced towards Europe. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/global-warming-causing-harsh-weather-3-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brrr" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brrrr" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate Change" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cold Snap" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Global Warming" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ice" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="low temperatures" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Snow" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Weather" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="wrap up warm" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[INFOGRAPHIC: How much energy could Earth Hour actually save?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/infographic-earth-hour-2013-842928-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:248c6b8e-41ed-aee0-bb8e-46931d822ff8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/infographic-earth-hour-2013-842928-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/infographic-earth-hour-2013-842928-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Will you be turning off the lights at 8:30pm?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/philippines-earth-hour-3-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Earth Hour" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="infographic" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="jones oil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Phil Hogan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="trim castle" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Lights on public buildings to be turned off for Earth Hour]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/buildings-ireland-earth-hour-842908-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c07bddb8-c10b-0821-0d39-b572fd5df3bd</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/buildings-ireland-earth-hour-842908-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/buildings-ireland-earth-hour-842908-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The lights on Government Buildings, Leinster House and Customs House – among others – will be turned off at 8:30pm.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/2832010-earth-hour-in-ireland-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Earth Hour" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Phil Hogan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="trim castle" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[This island is a toxic dump in the centre of paradise]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/this-island-is-a-toxic-dump-in-the-centre-of-paradise-829637-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fdda5743-15a2-abcf-e60f-38a732beecf4</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/this-island-is-a-toxic-dump-in-the-centre-of-paradise-829637-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/this-island-is-a-toxic-dump-in-the-centre-of-paradise-829637-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Thilafushi, an artificial island in the middle of the Maldives archipelago, is the dumping ground for Malé and luxury hotels.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/thilafushi-630x332.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dump" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Indian Ocean" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="luxury tourism" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Maldives" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="maldives island" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Male" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="mass tourism" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Toxic" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Waste" />
<author><name>Business Insider</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/business-insider/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Demand for exotic pets pushes species to brink]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/exotic-pets-extinction-at-risk-830992-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a7a9c20a-a288-63a7-aa5a-f8433283290e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/exotic-pets-extinction-at-risk-830992-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/exotic-pets-extinction-at-risk-830992-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[For every endangered animal in a pet shop or home – ten others could have died during capture or transportation.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/tyson-tiger-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="at risk" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Breeding" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Conservation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Crime" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Exotic Pets" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="exotic species" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="extinction" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Nature" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="pets" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Science" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Smuggling" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[INFOGRAPHIC: How does oil get to Ireland? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/infographic-oil-ireland-822768-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:68f3201a-778b-2a7f-c081-4ff77b2e27d7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/infographic-oil-ireland-822768-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/infographic-oil-ireland-822768-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Did you know that Ireland imports an estimated 53,560 barrels of crude oil a day?]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/oil-well-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Alternative Energy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Energy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="jones oil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oil" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Mount Etna flash eruption lights up Sicilian sky]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/mount-etna-eruption-5-march-823086-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7650782d-11ab-caa9-c222-853bd868a314</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/mount-etna-eruption-5-march-823086-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/mount-etna-eruption-5-march-823086-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Raw footage from Italy’s most active volcano this week.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/mount-etna-march-5-2013-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ash Cloud" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Catania" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Eruption" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Italy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="jordan catalano" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mount Etna" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sicily" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Volcanic eruption" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Volcano" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="volcanology" />
<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-daly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Shortfall in greenhouse gas emissions target may cost Ireland €300m]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/shortfall-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-target-may-cost-ireland-e300m-818053-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9519f40b-19cb-ed60-c648-344493929119</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/shortfall-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-target-may-cost-ireland-e300m-818053-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/shortfall-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-target-may-cost-ireland-e300m-818053-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Six countries – including Ireland – are not on track to cut emissions as required under EU law: the cost of compliance will be great.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/stop-climate-chaos-protest-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate Change" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Emissions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="eu climate change bill" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="greenhouse gas" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Shortfall" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Targets" />
<author><name>Valerie Flynn</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/valerie-flynn/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bray Sea Life to display largest collection of seahorses in Ireland]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/bray-sea-life-seahorse-815247-Mar2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d81e2feb-3100-84e6-ab93-cc9a9f84778d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/bray-sea-life-seahorse-815247-Mar2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/bray-sea-life-seahorse-815247-Mar2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[This will also be the first time that the rare, Irish species of the long nosed seahorse will be on display. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/03/seahorse-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Aquarium" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bray" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="bray sea life" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="engdangered" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="fish" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="hippocampus guttulatus" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="sanctuary" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="seahorses" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Wicklow" />
<author><name>Michelle Hennessy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/michelle-hennessy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[VIDEO: Japanese skyscraper is torn down… one floor at a time]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/japanese-skyscraper-torn-down-slowly-812070-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f0973cff-053a-4140-5f6c-6f4e79e44cc7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/japanese-skyscraper-torn-down-slowly-812070-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/japanese-skyscraper-torn-down-slowly-812070-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The slow, barely noticeable demolition is an attempt to minimise environmental disruption – with 90 per cent less dust.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/akasaka-prince-hotel-tokyo-390x516.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Akasaka" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Japan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Long Goodbye" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="skyscraper" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tokyo" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[VIDEO: Asteroid glances by earth]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/video-of-asteroid-802445-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3c145ea4-1758-e983-c880-86f72a11548c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/video-of-asteroid-802445-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/video-of-asteroid-802445-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Captivating. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/asteroid2-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Asteroid" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Australia" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Colin Legg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Space" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland still paying €12k-a-day fine for septic tank compliance failure]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/septic-tank-inspections-miss-deadline-daily-fine-epa-788562-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a870cf00-e152-2ba9-2747-a1d458b6cdd5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/septic-tank-inspections-miss-deadline-daily-fine-epa-788562-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/septic-tank-inspections-miss-deadline-daily-fine-epa-788562-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Environment Minister Phil Hogan had vowed to wrap up EPA inspections – needed for the daily fines to stop – before end of last month but deadline has not been met.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/phil-hogan-6-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="court of justice" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EC" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environmental Protection Agency" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="EPA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Court of Justice" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Fine" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Fines" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="INspections" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Septic Tank" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="septic tanks" />
<author><name>Valerie Flynn</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/valerie-flynn/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Draft edition of new climate law to be published next week]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/draft-climate-law-next-week-788356-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e06c47bb-ffa6-2aa5-189d-eae2567a624a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/draft-climate-law-next-week-788356-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/draft-climate-law-next-week-788356-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Phil Hogan says the draft heads of a Carbon Development Bill should be brought for cabinet approval next Tuesday.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/02/climate-change-bill-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="carbon emissions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate Change" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate policy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate protection" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Greenhouse gas emissions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Greenhouse Gases" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Phil Hogan" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Recycling project turning cigarette butts into plastic]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/recycling-cigarette-butts-terracycle-tom-szaky-775542-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:58db9bba-75d6-0222-50b8-a7fe6056ee6a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/recycling-cigarette-butts-terracycle-tom-szaky-775542-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/recycling-cigarette-butts-terracycle-tom-szaky-775542-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Entrepreneur has turned a creative eye on all kinds of refuse that would previously have gone straight to landfill.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/cigarette-butts-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Charities" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="cigarette butts" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cigarettes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="No butts" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="recycling" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="terracycle" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tobacco" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="tom szaky" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Cats are on a murderous rampage (in the USA)]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/domestic-cats-kill-birds-mammals-usa-data-776174-Feb2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:97819005-8071-9938-2db3-7dcebae38f5e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/domestic-cats-kill-birds-mammals-usa-data-776174-Feb2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/domestic-cats-kill-birds-mammals-usa-data-776174-Feb2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Can you guess how many birds and small mammals they kill in one year in the States? Hint: billions.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/cat-hissing-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="animal world" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Animals" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cats" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Domestic" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="domestic cats" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="killers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mammals" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mortality" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Nature" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="states" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="US" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="USA" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="watch the birdie" />
<author><name>Business Insider</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/business-insider/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger: Environmentalism should be ‘hip and sexy’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/arnold-schwarzenegger-environment-777321-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f1400352-363f-fec5-0a80-09abfadc0c31</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/arnold-schwarzenegger-environment-777321-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/arnold-schwarzenegger-environment-777321-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The former governor of California was speaking at the first conference of his new green movement. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/arnold-schwarzenegger-environment-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Arnold Schwarzenegger" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="California" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate Change" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="end of days" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environmentalism" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="get your ass to mars" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Green" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="hasta la vista global warming" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="movement" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="the environater" />
<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU delegation to visit Shannon estuary on environmental hazards probe]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/shannon-lng-european-fact-finding-tarbert-kerry-aughinish-limerick-772845-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:af64149d-3c46-1d76-c434-835720438eb8</id>
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<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The fact-finding mission this coming September is a response to complaints in relation to Aughinish Alumina plant and plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Valerie Flynn</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/valerie-flynn/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Why half of the world’s food goes to waste]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/half-world-food-goes-to-waste-749157-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f735fbca-1b8c-c811-b449-48b31ef786b9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/half-world-food-goes-to-waste-749157-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/half-world-food-goes-to-waste-749157-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Mechanical Engineers Institute explains wastage occurs both at farmer-producer end of food chain and consumer level.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Energy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Food" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="food waste" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="foodstuffs" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="global hunger" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Land" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="nutrition" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Society" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="wasteful" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Water" />
<author><name>Business Insider</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/business-insider/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Not sure what to do with the Christmas tree? Feed it to an elephant]]></title>
<link href="http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/not-sure-what-to-do-with-the-christmas-tree-feed-it-to-an-elephant-740826-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b784fccd-a46b-343b-14f7-bb19efc9b4a7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/not-sure-what-to-do-with-the-christmas-tree-feed-it-to-an-elephant-740826-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/not-sure-what-to-do-with-the-christmas-tree-feed-it-to-an-elephant-740826-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[That’s what tree-sellers in Berlin did, anyway. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2013/01/germany-christmas-tree-feeding-7-630x332.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Berlin Zoo" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Christmas" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="christmas trees" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Elephants" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="In Pictures" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[14 incredible images: winners of 2012 National Geographic Photo Contest revealed]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/national-geographic-photo-contest-winners-741042-Jan2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:18423a6f-cc8b-a03a-8569-27475d334af6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/national-geographic-photo-contest-winners-741042-Jan2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/national-geographic-photo-contest-winners-741042-Jan2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Check out the winners, viewers’ choice and honourable mentions. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="In Pictures" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="National Geographic Photo Contest" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Photography" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[32 beautiful images of Ireland from 2012]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/32-beautiful-images-of-ireland-from-2012-736434-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9aef84c4-e3d7-3a56-7f23-a43221c22e55</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/32-beautiful-images-of-ireland-from-2012-736434-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/32-beautiful-images-of-ireland-from-2012-736434-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Take a minute out of your day to appreciate how beautiful this island can be. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Beauty" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Gorgeous" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Nature" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Photography" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="The Meteo Times" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Top 5 heritage Irish sites to escape the apocalypse*]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/5-irish-sites-hide-apocalypse-724403-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7c722725-ab0f-791b-9556-8332ce8bcd7b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/5-irish-sites-hide-apocalypse-724403-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/5-irish-sites-hide-apocalypse-724403-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[*If you are reading this, it probably hasn’t happened so far this morning.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="dun aonghasa" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="dunmore cave" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Geology" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="hidey holes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Inis Mór" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Kilkenny" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Laois" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="rock of dunamase" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="skellig michael" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tourism" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="trim castle" />
<author><name>Neil Jackman</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/neil-jackman/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Photo essay: El Salvadorians taking action against environmental threat]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/photo-essay-el-salvadorians-taking-action-against-environmental-threat-714156-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:520cc2b3-1d9f-de04-f2c7-10e543e30eae</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/photo-essay-el-salvadorians-taking-action-against-environmental-threat-714156-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Dr Oliver Moore travelled to the Latin American country with Trócaire to see local communities becoming empowered to fight for a clean environment, and for sustainable development.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate Change" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="El Salvador" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Latin America" />
<author><name>Oliver Moore</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/oliver-moore/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Photo essay: El Salvador’s mangroves disappear as sea levels rise]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/photo-essay-el-salvadors-mangroves-disappear-as-sea-levels-rise-2-701350-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f14e1835-e190-a86f-c033-164b574e3284</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/photo-essay-el-salvadors-mangroves-disappear-as-sea-levels-rise-2-701350-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/photo-essay-el-salvadors-mangroves-disappear-as-sea-levels-rise-2-701350-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Dr Oliver Moore travelled to El Salvador with Trócaire to see how rising sea levels have affected this coastal community – and how they can be helped.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate Change" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environment" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="mangroves" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Photo Essay" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="pictures" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="san juan del goza" />
<author><name>Oliver Moore</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/oliver-moore/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Marine conservation area may be setback to Dalkey oil bid]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/dalkey-bay-oil-special-area-700574-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:da77a07a-454f-c00d-7ee0-2ac9d7a774ff</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/dalkey-bay-oil-special-area-700574-Dec2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/dalkey-bay-oil-special-area-700574-Dec2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Arts minister Jimmy Deenihan has designated some of Dublin’s coastline as a special area of conservation.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dalkey" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dalkey Island" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="dublin bay" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="providence resources" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Rockabill" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Skerries" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Accident at Sellafield would have “no health effects in Ireland”]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/sellafield-risk-ireland-report-no-health-effects-691795-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:719ad89f-53ad-ea89-edd2-b61f85ae2e66</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/sellafield-risk-ireland-report-no-health-effects-691795-Nov2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/sellafield-risk-ireland-report-no-health-effects-691795-Nov2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Department of the Environment releases report from independent experts on risk to Ireland of a radioactive leak at the Cumbrian nuclear site as it is being decommissioned.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Cumbria" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="department environment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Nuclear" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Nuclear Power" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Phil Hogan" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Radioactive" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="radioactivity" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sellafield" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="sellafield risk" />
<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-daly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Doha talks hope to agree follow-up to Kyoto emissions deal]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/climate-change-talks-doha-kyoto-689796-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6cda2ed0-439a-596a-7caa-4e953426c450</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/climate-change-talks-doha-kyoto-689796-Nov2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/climate-change-talks-doha-kyoto-689796-Nov2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Kyoto protocol – the only binding international deal on emissions – begins to expire this year, with no successor in place.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/11/mideast-qatar-climate-talks-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="carbon emissions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Climate Change" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Doha" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Emissions" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Environment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Kyoto protocol" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="UN Framework Convention on Climate Change" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[These islands are first to be powered by solar energy alone]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/tokelau-islands-solar-power-first-islands-683752-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d6e3804b-42e8-2403-f302-2ca48690498a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/tokelau-islands-solar-power-first-islands-683752-Nov2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/tokelau-islands-solar-power-first-islands-683752-Nov2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-24T03:05:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Tokelau islands in the Pacific have population of 1,500 and were using 2,000 barrels of diesel a year to power generators.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/11/tokelau-island-solar-power-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Energy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="got the power" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="New Zealand" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Pacific Ocean" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Power" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="powersmart solar" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Renewable Energy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Solar Energy" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="tokelau islands" />
<author><name>Business Insider</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/business-insider/</url>
</author>
</entry>
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