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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/lawyer-laird-lucas-talks-about-how-he-fights-for-the-west">        <title>Lawyer Laird Lucas on how and why he fights for the West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/lawyer-laird-lucas-talks-about-how-he-fights-for-the-west</link>        <description>The environmental lawyer battles big industries and government agencies in the courtroom on behalf of the nonprofit Advocates for the West.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Steve Bunk</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>BLM</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental organizations</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>attorneys</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>nonprofit organizations</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western Watersheds Project</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Advocates for the West</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental lawsuits</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental litigation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Laird Lucas</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Department of Interior</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Land and Water Fund of the Rockies</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>conservation activists</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-01-18T23:42:23Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.4/crowdsourcing-helps-tackle-environmental-injustice-in-californias-imperial-valley">        <title> Crowdsourcing helps tackle environmental injustice in California's Imperial Valley</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.4/crowdsourcing-helps-tackle-environmental-injustice-in-californias-imperial-valley</link>        <description>The Imperial Visions Action Network is an interactive website that involves locals in reporting - and helping solve - environmental problems.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sierra Crane-Murdoch</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Comite Civico</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Green Justice</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>feedlots</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>landfills</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Imperial Visions Action Network</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Department of Toxic Substance Control</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>pollution</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-03-02T22:38:26Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Infographic</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/only-40-years-ago-the-earth-got-its-day">        <title>Only 40 years ago, the Earth got its day</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/only-40-years-ago-the-earth-got-its-day</link>        <description>Earth Day, which was first celebrated 40 years ago, was largely created by Gaylord Nelson, a Democratic senator from Wisconsin who fought hard for environmental laws.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tim Lydon</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Wisconsin senators</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Clean Air Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gaylord Nelson</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Earth Day</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Democratic politicians</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wilderness Act</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-04-13T17:53:46Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.6/death-of-an-era">        <title>Death of an era</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.6/death-of-an-era</link>        <description>High Country News remembers Stewart Udall, the legendary Interior secretary.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>bipartisanship</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Glen Canyon Dam</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Interior Department</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Interior secretaries</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>1960s politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>1964 Wilderness Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Stewart Udall</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-04-21T17:17:54Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/democrats-and-republicans-can-work-together">        <title>Democrats and Republicans can work together</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/democrats-and-republicans-can-work-together</link>        <description>Bipartisan politics briefly returned to Washington, D.C., with the passage of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring </dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Omnibus Public Land Management Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness legislation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bipartisan politics</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:55:41Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.6/a-ghost-of-the-1970s">        <title>A ghost of the 1970s</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.6/a-ghost-of-the-1970s</link>        <description>Bipartisan politics briefly returned to Washington, D.C., with the passage of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act. 
Also: A map highlights some of the newly protected lands in the West.
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                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness legislation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bipartisan politics</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T10:05:06Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15875">        <title>Homeland Security gets to bypass environmental
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recently passed Real ID Act to bypass environmental, safety and
labor laws in order to build a giant border fence south of San
Diego</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Michelle Burkhart</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Appointed Officials</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S.-Mexico border</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Homeland Security</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Michael Chertoff</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>safety laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>labor laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Real ID Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National
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                    <dc:subject>Border Patrol</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tijuana Estuary</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>southwestern willow flycatcher</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Peter Douglas</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California Coastal
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15666">        <title>A most unusual sanctuary, where the Yeti roams
free</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15666</link>        <description>The kingdom of Bhutan has created a wildlife sanctuary for
its possibly mythological "strong men" – the migoi, or
yeti</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Nicole Gordon</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Wildlife Refuges</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>yeti</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>migoi</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sasquatch</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>abominable snowman</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>mythological creatures</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>cryptozoology</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife refuges</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>grizzly bears</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolves</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife
protection</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:25:39Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/274/14731">        <title>Rednecks and hippies unite!</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/274/14731</link>        <description>The small-town politics of a place like Paonia, Colo., are
a microcosm of the nation today, revealing deep political divisions
and a kind of winner-takes-all arrogance on the part of those in
power</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Greg Hanscom</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Communities</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Communities in
Transition</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Elected Officials</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Paonia</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>small town politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>political
divisions</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>cultural wars</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>growth and development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sprawl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>town
council meetings</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush
administration</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:57:12Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/274/14730">        <title>Shooting Spree</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/274/14730</link>        <description>The West’s environmentalist lawyers are manning the
legal barricades, as the Bush administration stealthily attacks the
nation’s bedrock environmental laws</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Advocacy Groups</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Environmental</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Judicial System</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Environmental movement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmentalist lawyers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>legal
system</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>judicial system</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Supreme Court</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Todd True</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Earthjustice</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>George W. Bush administration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Clinton
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                    <dc:subject>Clinton administration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>NE</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:57:11Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15648">        <title>Will the real Mr. Pombo please stand up?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15648</link>        <description>California Republican Rep. Richard Pombo made his mark
blasting the Endangered Species Act, but now, he says, he’s
learning to compromise on environmental issues</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Matt Weiser</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Congress</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Richard Pombo</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>House Resources Committee</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered
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                    <dc:subject>Republican Party</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National
Environmental Protection Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>conservative movement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>property
rights</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wise use movement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Joseph Farah</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Chuck Cushman</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>American
Land Rights Ass</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-17T21:41:14Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/331/16608">        <title>What's wrong with the EPA?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/331/16608</link>        <description>David Schoenbrod explains why the nation’s
environmental laws are not being properly implemented in
Saving Our Environment From Washington: How Congress Grabs
Power, Shirks Responsibility and Shortchanges the
People</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Laura Paskus</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Saving Our Environment from Washington</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Congress</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>conservation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental protection</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental regulations</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>legal analysis</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Environmental Protection Agency</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>pollution</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>David Schoenbrod</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-26T21:56:51Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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