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		<title>Can Asian Carp be stopped?</title>
		<link>http://bnriverkeeper.org/2012/02/can-asian-carp-be-stopped/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two articles in today&#8217;s news think it is possible. Both articles are in response to a study released today by the Great Lakes Commission and Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, commending the authors’ factual analysis concluding that separation is possible and that it must include essential upgrades to sewage, flood control and waterborne transportation while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate the 40th Anniverary of the Clean Water Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The clean water act, the federal environmental legislation enacted in 1972, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012. It has become the cornerstone for Waterkeepers throughout the United States and a model for environmental advocacy worldwide. &#160; This act is coming under increased attack. Work with us this year to keep our waters clean and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Revises Plant Hardiness Zone Maps</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time since 1990, the USDA has updated the plant hardiness zone map for the United States. It reflects 30 years worth of climate data and shows new trends in northward warming. The new map is much more precise and it even allows users to search for the region by using their zip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DEC Reminds Water Withdrawers To Report Water Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Phased-In Approach for Compliance will be Applied to Existing Water Users that Report Their Water Use by February 15, 2012 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding entities that currently use significant volumes of New York&#8217;s water, including from the Great Lakes, that they must report their water use by February [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swim Guide App Lets You Track and Report Water Quality Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our partner, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, has spent years creating the Swim Guide App to help you enjoy, celebrate, and care for your local waterbody. The Swim Guide is funded entirely by donations from individuals (like you), foundations, and corporate partners. The app is now available on Android, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch to help you: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DEC public comment period open for water withdrawals in NYS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us &#8212; especially those concerned with protecting New York&#8217;s fresh water supplies &#8212; have been working hard, through an inadequate regulatory process, to fend off the threats of high volume horizontal hydrofracking. In the meantime, few have heard anything about the second set of regulations, proposed by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hydrofracking Position Statement Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper® has prepared a 9-page technical memorandum in response to the NYS DEC Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) public comment period.  Riverkeeper’s position statement was developed based on local knowledge of the Niagara region’s waterways and their current impairments, review of High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF) industry best management practices, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New EPA Mercury Emission Rule Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to advocacy and litigation by Waterkeeper Alliance and our partners, on December 16, 2011, EPA signed a rule that will reduce emissions of mercury (along with other heavy metals and other acid gases) from coal-fired power plants by 91%!   We are thrilled to be a part of the solution to a problem that adversely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA and New York State Announce Ban on Dumping Sewage from Boats into Lake Ontario</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation  announced on December 8, 2011 that a 3,675 square mile area of Lake Ontario is now a “no discharge zone,” which means that boats are completely banned from discharging sewage into the water. EPA reviewed DEC’s proposal to establish a no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Americorps positions available with RIVERKEEPER.</title>
		<link>http://bnriverkeeper.org/2011/11/new-americorps-positions-available-with-riverkeeper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Americorps positions available with RIVERKEEPER. For more information, click here.]]></description>
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