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                    <dc:subject>Climate change</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>carbon trading</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-04-19T15:16:06Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Tree core research</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Climate change</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Megadrought</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Submerged trees</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-12-29T15:46:03Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.14/alaska-lt-gov-mead-treadwell-on-the-us-as-an-arctic-nation">        <title>Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell on the U.S. as an Arctic nation</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.14/alaska-lt-gov-mead-treadwell-on-the-us-as-an-arctic-nation</link>        <description>Treadwell, an expert in the politics of the opening Arctic, discusses offshore drilling, the Arctic as a global economic powerhouse, and climate change adaptation.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Michael Burger</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Alaska environmental politics</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Arctic shipping</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Wally Hickel</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Oil spills</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-08-22T15:34:03Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>High Park Fire</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>High temperatures</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Natural Resources Defense Council</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Record-breaking heat</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Drought</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Firefighters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rocky Mountain Climate Organization</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-07-16T17:53:36Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Coal mines</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Electricity</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Holy Cross Energy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Randy Udall</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Methane</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-07-16T17:53:45Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Wyoming flash floods</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Nauru</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>rising oceans</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-10T18:40:33Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Sumdum Glacier</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-10T18:43:42Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>cloud seeding</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-10T18:35:28Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tim Lydon</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Alaska Legislature</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>brown bears</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Alaska glaciers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hiking</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>inholding development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Climate change</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>forest rangers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolves</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-03-08T22:40:23Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/religious-leaders-shouldnt-duck-their-responsibility">        <title>Religious leaders shouldn't duck their responsibility </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/religious-leaders-shouldnt-duck-their-responsibility</link>        <description>Western religious leaders need to speak out more strongly on the dangers of climate change.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tim Lydon</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Climate change</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>global warming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>religion</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>American religious leaders</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Yup'ik Indians</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>blessing of the waves</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-10T18:39:35Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/ranchers-can-fight-global-climate-change-one-acre-at-a-time">        <title>Ranchers can fight global climate change, one acre at a time</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/ranchers-can-fight-global-climate-change-one-acre-at-a-time</link>        <description>The great grasslands and rangelands of the West are a perfect place for carbon sequestration.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Courtney White</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>ranchers</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>global warming</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>carbon ranch</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>grasslands</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-10T18:49:30Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Climate change</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>J. Madeleine Nash</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Michelle Nijhuis</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Alaskan tour boats</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>John Smiley</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>alpine plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>botanists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>butterflies</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bristlecone pines</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>microclimates</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Connie Millar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jutta Schmidt-Gengenbach</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-06T17:27:44Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/bear-witness-to-climate-change">        <title>Bear witness to climate change</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/bear-witness-to-climate-change</link>        <description>To imagine what your corner of the West will be like in a warmer climate, consider how different plants and animals are at a lower elevation.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Pepper Trail</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Western water supply</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>elevation</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>global warming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weather</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>local wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>snowpack</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-10T18:47:10Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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