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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15476">        <title>Why should the Arctic Refuge matter to the ski
industry?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15476</link>        <description>The writer, who runs the Aspen Skiing Company, worries
about global climate change — a lot</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Pat O'Donnell</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Energy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Climate Change</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:46:19Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15287">        <title>Kerry blue and snow white: Ski counties vote
Democratic</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15287</link>        <description>The writer links ski resorts to Democratic
strongholds</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Bill Roberts</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:45:04Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15437">        <title>Skiing, or wheeling and dealing?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15437</link>        <description>Ski resorts become a tool for real estate speculation and
development across the West.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Mark Matthews</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Communities</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Land Use And
Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado water</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>groundwater</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>streams</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>rivers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>water
pollution</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>water contamination</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>pesticides</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>pharmaceuticals</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>personal care products</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>PPCPs</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>USGS</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>scientists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Lori Sprague</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>fish</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>water quality</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>EPA</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Christian Daughton</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>David Norris</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>toxicologists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>inte</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:24:20Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/295/15403">        <title>Ski areas' 'green' image not backed by action</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/295/15403</link>        <description>Two researchers say that the "Sustainable Slopes" program,
touted by the National Ski Areas Association as a sign of the
industry’s environmental responsibility, is little more than
"greenwashing"</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Bob Berwyn</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ski industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sustainable Slopes</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Ski Areas
Association</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>greenwashing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Policy Studies Journal</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Peter deLeon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jorge Rivera</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Geraldine Link</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Auden Schendler</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Aspen Skiing Area</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ski Area Environmental Scorecard</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Environmental Protection Agency</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bob</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:24:08Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/292/15297">        <title>Snowmaking on sacred slopes stirs controversy</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/292/15297</link>        <description>The Arizona Snowbowl ski area wants to use
Flagstaff’s treated wastewater for snowmaking, but 13
American Indian tribes, who regard the San Francisco Peaks as
sacred, are fighting the plan</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>J.M. McCord</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Native Americans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Indian Culture</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Arizona Snowbowl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>snowmaking</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>San Francisco Peaks</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Leigh
J. Kuwanwisiwma</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hopi Tribe</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Coconino National Forest</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Nora Rasure</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Raquel Poturalski</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bob Hart</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Flagstaff U.S. Geological
Survey</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:23:30Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15266">        <title>Developers push ahead with mammoth ski village</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15266</link>        <description>Federal agencies say they’re largely powerless to
stop a massive and unpopular ski resort village planned for an
inholding in Colorado’s Wolf Creek Ski Area.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Alex Pasquariello</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wolf Creek Ski Area</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Village at Wolf Creek</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bob Honts</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Billy Joe McCombs</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Robert Dalrymple</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rio Grande National Forest</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Alberta Park</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Canada lynx</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Kurt Broderdorp</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Army Corps of
Engineers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Houston Hannafious</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Clean Water Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>fen
wetlands</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:23:13Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/276/14791">        <title>Small-time ski operator fights for his life</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/276/14791</link>        <description>Texas billionaire Billy Joe "Red" McCombs wants to build
"The Village at Wolf Creek" – Colorado’s largest resort
village – in the heart of one of the state’s most
environmentally conscious small ski areas</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Alex Pasquariello</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Communities</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Land Use And
Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wolf Creek Ski Area</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Alberta Park</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>The Village at Wolf
Creek</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Davey Pitcher</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Billy Joe McCombs</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bob Honts</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Clear Channel
Communications</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>ski industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>resort villages</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>growth and
development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>San Juan Mountains</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>San Juan National Forest</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rio
Grande Nation</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:57:37Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/269/14607">        <title>Ski areas get greener</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/269/14607</link>        <description>The Ski Area Citizens’ Coalition grades Western ski
areas in its Environmental Scorecard, and the average grade is
pretty average</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Allen Best</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:56:32Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/252/14016">        <title>Mammoth airport expansion on hold</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/252/14016</link>        <description>A judge’s ruling against expansion of
Mammoth-Yosemite Airport may slow down plans to turn
California’s Mammoth Mountain Ski Area into a destination
resort</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Stephanie Tidwell</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T10:12:25Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/239/13549">        <title>New ski resort goes big</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/239/13549</link>        <description>The luxurious WestRock Resort is now under construction,
90 miles north of Boise, despite continued opposition from
environmentalist and citizens' groups</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jamie McEvoy</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:40:45Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16139">        <title>Save Our Snow</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16139</link>        <description>Faced with rising temperatures and a passive federal
government, Western towns such as Aspen, Colo., are beginning to
work out a local approach to combating global warming</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Michelle Nijhuis</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Aspen ski resort</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Recreation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>warming temperatures</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Worcester</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Science</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>scientists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>skiing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Center for Atmospheric Research</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Global warming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Weather</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Intergovernmental Pa</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>socio-economics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Climate Change</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rush Limbaugh</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>climatology</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gerald Meehl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>snow conditions</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-02-24T19:37:28Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15519">        <title>Why should the Arctic Refuge matter to the ski industry?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15519</link>        <description>If the United States doesn’t come up with an intelligent energy strategy, global warming could spell the end of the ski industry</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Pat O'Donnell</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Recreation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ski Industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oil and Gas</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ski industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>global
warming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>fossil fuels</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>energy policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>oil and gas
drilling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>drought</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>climatologists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weather</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bill McKibben</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Amory
Lovins</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Aspen Skiing Company</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-30T22:14:43Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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