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			<title>BC PROPOSES TOXIC WASTE TO FERTILIZE CROPS</title>
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				<description>Local groups, including the Crofton Airshed Citizens Group (CACG) and Reach for Unbleached (RFU), today condemned the most recent effort by the provincial government and local pulp mills to offload toxic waste to the environment and risk human health.</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>CATHEDRAL WHITE WASH - Act Now!</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/11/ActionAlert1656/index.cfm</link>
			
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Ask Premier Campbell to Protect the Great Bear Rainforest</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/11/ActionAlert1618/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>The next step in making this solution a reality is approval by the B.C. government.</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Stand Tall! </title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/11/ActionAlert1619/index.cfm</link>
			
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Great Bear Rainforest – a decisive moment</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/11/ActionAlert1565/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>The environmental community is collectively facing a decisive moment in the history of the Great Bear Rainforest.</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>CATHEDRAL GROVE&apos;S FATE STILL HANGING IN THE BALANCE </title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/11/ActionAlert1545/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>Concerned citizens put a stop to this plan and as a result of public protest the park has been doubled in size.  However, to date the public has not been given an opportunity to provide input into the proposed plans for a parking lot. The BC Liberal government is holding open houses to show their latest plans for Cathedral Grove.</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Tommy, can you hear me?  Palau whaling whores have no credibility</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/11/article1555/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>&quot;You cannot be both for and against protection of marine wildlife,&quot; said Cyber Diver Society (CDS) Vice-President Sylvia Collins.</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BC Government Considers Extinction Options for Mountain Caribou</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/11/ActionAlert1483/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>PLEASE WRITE YOUR MLA AND THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>RALLY for Vancouver Island&apos;s Public Forests - Oct 29th Victoria </title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/10/ActionAlert1316/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>When: Saturday, October 29, 2005
12:00 Noon - Centennial Square, Victoria, then march to:
12:30 Provincial Legislative Buildings
Speakers, Samba band, march, street theatre!</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Critical Island Corridor Needs Protection </title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/10/article824/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>The Beaufort Range is being brutally logged today while Mount Arrowsmith and all parts south have already been clear-cut and are now being logged for the second time. There is only a very fine ribbon of forest left that could be protected to allow the free movement of wildlife across Vancouver Island.</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>CPAWS Alert: Ask Premier Campbell to increase funding for BC Parks.</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/10/ActionAlert1154/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>Ask Premier Campbell to increase funding for BC Parks.</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BAN PBDEs</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/09/ActionAlert979/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title> Right to Do Our Jobs Campaign By Local 20729, Union of Environment Workers, PSAC</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/09/ActionAlert933/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>We maintain that funding cuts over the past two years, and cuts proposed in the future leave us in a position of being unable to fulfill legal mandates set out in the Fisheries Act, and other statues and laws.</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BC Recycling Regulation Guide * Invitation to Submit Comments</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/09/ActionAlert767/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>Second notice of the BC Ministry of Environment&apos;s (MOE) consultation process on the draft Recycling Regulation guide. You are invited to review and comment on the guide.</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Victoria’s Sewage: Separating Myth From Fact</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/09/ActionAlert692/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>Georgia Strait Alliance, T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation and the Victoria Sewage Alliance are pleased to sponsor an evening of information about the myths and facts around bringing sewage treatment to Victoria.</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BC Government urged to ratify Great Bear Rainforest consensus package</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/09/ActionAlert619/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>ForestEthics is urging people to send faxes to BC Premier Campbell</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>EPA Union Writes to U.S. Sen. Inouye About Bone Cancer-Fluoridation Cover-Up</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/09/ActionAlert605/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>By EPA Union President and Vice Presidents on Behalf of Members</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>BETTY KRAWCZYK&apos;S COURT APPEAL</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/09/ActionAlert561/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>Betty Krawczyk&quot;s appeal to the B.C. Supreme Court challenges the way court injunctions protect logging companies from protest and render citizens helpless to plead their cause in court. Sept. 7, 9:30 am, B.C. Supreme Court (800 Smithe). Info www.necessaryvoices.org/.</description>
			
			<author>editor@ecobc.org (ECOBC)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Applications to apply Herbicides &amp; Pesticides have no appeal process...</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/08/ActionAlert482/index.cfm</link>
			
			<author>editor@ecobc.org (ECOBC)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Legislature Resumes Sept. 12th</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/08/ActionAlert471/index.cfm</link>
			
			<author>editor@ecobc.org (ECOBC)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Valdes Island: Gulf Island Jewel demands protection</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/08/ActionAlert451/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>Here&apos;s a great opportunity for Gulf Islanders, First Nations and all wilderness lovers to work together locally, to protect a priceless wilderness island jewel!</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Alert:  Gordo to meet with Cheney</title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/08/ActionAlert420/index.cfm</link>
			
			<author>editor@ecobc.org (ECOBC)</author>
			<category>Action Alert</category>
			
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Greenwash Alert - Weyerhaeuser </title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/08/ActionAlert388/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>Weyerhaeuser Joins Carbon-Market Alliance</description>
			
			<author>editor@ecobc.org (ECOBC)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Canadian cruise ship regulations needed now </title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/08/ActionAlert350/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>Please send an email to government officials and tell them you want strong cruise ship regulations in Canadian waters.</description>
			
			<author>editor@ecobc.org (ECOBC)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Why is a Canadian Politician Trying to Strip the Grizzly Bear of Its Protections, Such as They are, in the US? </title>
			<link>http://www.ecobc.org//Action_Alert/2005/08/ActionAlert339/index.cfm</link>
			
				<description>Why is a British Columbia civil servant taking a public position to strip grizzly bears in the US of their protections under the Endangered Species Act?</description>
			
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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