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	<title>Growth Rings &#187; EPA</title>
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		<title>Friends of Trees advocates for trees in D.C.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tree City USA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends of Trees had a big week in Washington D.C., joining hundreds of other tree proponents to speak on behalf of green infrastructure and specifically the capitalization of trees. &#8220;We met with our Congressional delegates to discuss the ways green infrastructure help our communities economically, socially, environmentally and human-health wise,&#8221; said Friends of Trees Executive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report says vehicle exhaust bad for lungs, heart</title>
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		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report made available today cites &#8220;strong evidence&#8221; that exposure to traffic can produce new cases of asthma and heart ailments, reports The New York Times. An excerpt from the story: Exhaust from cars and trucks exacerbates asthma in children and may cause new cases as well as other respiratory illnesses and heart problems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA works against smog, for trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portland Canopy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency moved today to enact stricter laws against smog-creating pollutants, reports The New York Times. A snippet: The agency is also proposing a secondary standard that will vary with the seasons to protect plants and trees from repeated exposure. The agency estimated that complying with the new standard will cost $19 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds moving in on Portland&#8217;s Big Pipe</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2009/11/12/feds-moving-in-on-portlands-big-pipe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oregonian reports this morning that the Environmental Protection Agency is butting heads with Oregon&#8217;s Department of Environmental Quality and Portland&#8217;s Bureau of Environmental Services over the Big Pipe and additional Columbia River safeguards. The EPA wants to expand secondary treatment of the sewage and rainwater mix before it joins the river, while the local [...]]]></description>
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