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       <title>Environmental - livepress.com</title>
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  <updated>2006-07-04 21:05:32</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Nissan, Renault eye 3 areas for GM tie-up: press 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?118204"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?118204</id>
    <updated>2006-07-04 21:01:11</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - Nissan Motor Co. (7201.T) and Renault SA 
 are looking at three main areas of potential 
cooperation with  General Motors  Corp.  -- parts 
procurement,  environmental  and safety technology, the Nihon 
Keizai business daily reported on Wednesday.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Big Three cars emit 230 mln tons of greenhouse gas 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?114241"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?114241</id>
    <updated>2006-06-28 01:07:02</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Cars built by the Big Three 
 automakers  gave off 230 million metric tons of the greenhouse 
gas carbon dioxide in the United States in a year, more than 
the biggest U.S. electric utility,  environmental  researchers 
said on Wednesday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Exxon hosts shareholder meeting amid consumer fury 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?98085"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?98085</id>
    <updated>2006-05-31 08:24:12</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Simmering consumer fury over soaring 
gasoline prices and angst over  Exxon Mobil  Corp.'s 
 environmental  policies will converge on a Dallas symphony hall 
on Wednesday when the company hosts its annual shareholders' 
meeting.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Group Sues U.S. Over Gas Mileage Rules 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?93500"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?93500</id>
    <updated>2006-05-23 16:14:37</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - An  environmental  group sued the Bush administration Tuesday over new rules to boost gas mileage requirements for sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks, saying the regulations do not go far enough.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Chinese Economy Grows 10.2 Pct. in 1Q 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?69415"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?69415</id>
    <updated>2006-04-16 04:50:53</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao announced Sunday that China's economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter of the year, heightening concerns that the breakneck expansion could spark inflation and drain  environmental  resources.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[World Bank Withholds Paper Mill Money]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?67218"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?67218</id>
    <updated>2006-04-12 08:30:26</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Hector Duarte Jr. - AHN Staff Reporter
 Montevideo, Uruguay (AHN) &#150; The World Bank will withhold $400 million for the  construction  of two controversial Uruguayan paper mills. 
 It says it will do so to allow further investigation into the potential  environmental  impact the facilities will...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Shaw Group second-quarter net income soars 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?65642"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?65642</id>
    <updated>2006-04-10 09:02:17</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - Engineering and  construction  company 
 Shaw Group  Inc.  on Monday said its profit for the 
fiscal second quarter nearly tripled on strength across 
sectors, particularly  environmental  and infrastructure.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[US agency conducting criminal probe of BP: report 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?63242"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?63242</id>
    <updated>2006-04-06 05:14:17</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - U.S.  environmental  regulators are 
conducting a criminal investigation into BP Plc's management of 
pipelines in Alaska's North Slope, the Wall Street Journal said 
on Thursday.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart's Organics Could Shake Up Retail 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?55410"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?55410</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 21:27:50</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP -  Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. is throwing its weight behind organic products, a move that experts say could have the same lasting effect on  environmental  practices that  Wal-Mart  has had on prices by forcing suppliers and competitors to keep up.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart's Organics Could Shake Up Retail 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?55194"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?55194</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 13:46:52</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP -  Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. is throwing its weight behind organic products, a move that experts say could have the same lasting effect on  environmental  practices that  Wal-Mart  has had on prices by forcing suppliers and competitors to keep up.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Indonesia finds environmental problems at Freeport 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54378"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54378</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 07:28:15</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - An Indonesian government study has 
found  environmental  problems at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 
Inc.'s giant mine in Papua, which the company said on Thursday 
it was trying to fix.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[DuPont Wins Top Eco Award]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?53378"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?53378</id>
    <updated>2006-03-21 20:05:53</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer
 Wilmington, Delaware (AHN) &#150; According to a first-of-its-kind report issued by Ceres, a national coalition of investors and  environmental  groups, DuPont is the best company in the U.S. to meet the business challenges associated with climate change. 
 The...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Weekly gasoline price soars: govt 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?52546"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?52546</id>
    <updated>2006-03-20 18:04:26</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - The average price U.S. drivers paid 
for gasoline soared 13.8 cents, the third biggest weekly 
increase on record, to hit &#36;2.50 a gallon for the first time 
since last October, the government said on Monday.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Obesity Costing Employers Millions]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?51877"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?51877</id>
    <updated>2006-03-19 16:06:52</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer
 Nashville, TN (AHN) - Obesity costs U.S. employers millions of dollars each year in higher employee health costs. A study published in the March Journal of Occupational and  Environmental  Medicine finds obesity is responsible for just over 2 percent of all...]]></summary>
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