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		<title>The Dead Sea is dying (it&#8217;s not as funny as it sounds)</title>
		<link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2084164,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2084164,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead Sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jordan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Dead Sea is more like a dry creek than a sea these days. It also contains eight times more salt than a normal ocean, meaning it's too salty for any living thing to survive in it. Who will fix it?]]></description>
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		<title>Murray-Darling: keep the pollies away</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/03/murray-darling-basin-never-let-politicians-near-policy-making/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/03/murray-darling-basin-never-let-politicians-near-policy-making/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irrigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irrigators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray-Darling Barin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water buybacks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Murray-Darling report shows why politicians can't be trusted with serious policy-making.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>68</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murray-Darling: where to now for water reform?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2010/12/23/murray-murmurings-reflecting-on-a-hectic-year-for-the-basin/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2010/12/23/murray-murmurings-reflecting-on-a-hectic-year-for-the-basin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murray darling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=194682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a dramatic year of plans, resignations and community consultations over the guide to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, <b>Chris Miller</b> reflects on the future of water reform in the Basin.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time for talk on water reform is over &#8212; as the MDBA boss walks out the door</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/07/time-for-talk-on-water-reform-is-over-as-the-mdba-boss-walks-out-the-door/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/07/time-for-talk-on-water-reform-is-over-as-the-mdba-boss-walks-out-the-door/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=191169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Murray-Darling Basin reforms are in turmoil, with the shock resignation this morning of Mike Taylor, chair of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murray-Darling authority losing the spin war with councils&#8217; PR flacks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/murray-darling-authority-losing-the-spin-war-with-councils-pr-flacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/09/murray-darling-authority-losing-the-spin-war-with-councils-pr-flacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=184314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the beleaguered Murray Darling Basin Authority sinks further into the public relations mire following its disastrous run of community consultations last month, the other side of the debate had a powerful ally in prominent spin doctors Socom.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Panicky govt will stuff up the river</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/15/panicky-govt-will-stuff-up-the-river-and-any-other-reform-it-tries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/15/panicky-govt-will-stuff-up-the-river-and-any-other-reform-it-tries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=178597</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government's panicked reaction to anger over the Murray-Darling Basin plan is straight from the Rudd years. This Government is no better at reform than its predecessor.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>156</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murray Murmurings: It&#8217;s no wonder rural people are angry</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2010/10/15/murray-murmurings-its-no-wonder-rural-people-are-angry/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2010/10/15/murray-murmurings-its-no-wonder-rural-people-are-angry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=178694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's not surprising that farmers, business people and community members are scared and angry about the Murray Darling Basin Authority's plan. Water is everything in these communities, writes Shepparton farmer <b>David Furphy</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>States continuing to impede progress towards a sustainable Murray-Darling</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/14/states-continuing-to-impede-progress-towards-a-sustainable-murray-darling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/14/states-continuing-to-impede-progress-towards-a-sustainable-murray-darling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Water Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=178235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A sustainable Murray-Darling Basin -- and the regional communities that depend on it -- need a properly-working water market. The states are preventing one from developing.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Some things to bear in mind on the Murray-Darling Basin&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/12/some-things-to-bear-in-mind-on-the-murray-darling-basin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/12/some-things-to-bear-in-mind-on-the-murray-darling-basin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=177702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a lot of hypocrisy and self-interest when it comes to debating the future of the Murray-Darling Basin. And that's just from the politicians...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Infrastructure isn&#8217;t the (whole) answer</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/11/water-and-the-regions-infrastructure-isnt-the-whole-answer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/11/water-and-the-regions-infrastructure-isnt-the-whole-answer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=177456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Murray-Darling debate has laid bare the basic problem of how to support regional communities, and whether they should be asked to bear the cost of fixing an historic problem alone.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/11/water-and-the-regions-infrastructure-isnt-the-whole-answer/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
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		<title>Experts slam easing of water restrictions as &#8220;political opportunism&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/30/experts-slam-easing-of-water-restrictions-as-political-opportunism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/30/experts-slam-easing-of-water-restrictions-as-political-opportunism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desalination plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water restrictions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=168291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Water groups have labelled an easing of water restrictions in South Australia and Victoria as “political opportunism”, as disquiet grows over the delayed construction and cost blowouts of desalination plants.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/30/experts-slam-easing-of-water-restrictions-as-political-opportunism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murray-Darling Basin policies: bullshit detectors in overdrive</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/11/murray-darling-basin-policies-bullsh-t-detectors-in-overdrive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/11/murray-darling-basin-policies-bullsh-t-detectors-in-overdrive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=163510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When politicians tell you that issues are "above politics" and that they’ll "end the politicking", your bullshit detector should be twirling like a low-carbon wind turbine, writes <b>Andrew Gregson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/11/murray-darling-basin-policies-bullsh-t-detectors-in-overdrive/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Water: the new oil</title>
		<link>http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16136302&#038;source=hptextfeature</link>
		<comments>http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16136302&#038;source=hptextfeature#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 01:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The world's thirst for water is growing stronger and stronger, and it may soon become one of the planet's most sought-after commodities. The <em>Economist</em> wades into the murky politics and science of H20.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16136302&#038;source=hptextfeature/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>INTERACTIVE MAP: The world&#8217;s fresh water supply</title>
		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/04/water/water-animation</link>
		<comments>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/04/water/water-animation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fresh water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[97% of the world's water supply is salty, and 2% is frozen. So where is the 1% we can actually use to keep the planet alive? Have a play with <em>National Geographic</em>'s great infographic.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/04/water/water-animation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The story of bottled water</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/24/bottledwater/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/24/bottledwater/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bottled water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=125678</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lovely (if slightly sanctimonious) animated doco on how the bottled water industry has convinced us all to pay bucketloads for something we can get free.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/24/bottledwater/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Murray-Darling: deal or no deal?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/17/rann-saves-the-murray-darling-then-looks-for-the-door/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/17/rann-saves-the-murray-darling-then-looks-for-the-door/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SA election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Australian Premier Mike Rann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SA Premier Mike Rann's "deal" to deliver 400 gigalitres of water down the Murray is a crock, says <b>Hendrik Gout</b>: SA is simply going to get what it was already entitled to. Whoopie.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/17/rann-saves-the-murray-darling-then-looks-for-the-door/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Diving into water privatisation is a suicidal leap</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/22/diving-into-water-privatisation-is-a-suicidal-leap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/22/diving-into-water-privatisation-is-a-suicidal-leap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desalination plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water catchment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Communities on all continents bear deep scars as a result of the crusades of water privateers, writes <b>Dr Ian Douglas</b>. There is no reason to believe that Australia is safe.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/22/diving-into-water-privatisation-is-a-suicidal-leap/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Downer: Stop looking to the government to fix things</title>
		<link>http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26549365-2682,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,26549365-2682,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SA ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=108325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Residents need to stop thinking that the State Government can solve their problems, writes <b>Alexander Downer</b>. State governments do not have the resources, therefore it's up to locals to take action with issues like water.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Remember the Murray-Darling? It&#8217;s still in deep trouble &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/22/remember-the-murray-darling-its-still-in-deep-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/22/remember-the-murray-darling-its-still-in-deep-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Water Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107619</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While the Murray-Darling has dropped out of the media cycle, the goal of sustainable management remains as far off as ever, particularly after events this month.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Proposal to boost Snowy flow blocked by ALP powerbroker</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/10/proposal-to-boost-snowy-flow-blocked-by-alp-powerbroker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/10/proposal-to-boost-snowy-flow-blocked-by-alp-powerbroker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Macdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowy Hydro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowy River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NSW ALP powerbroker Ian Macdonald has headed off an attempt to remove one of the biggest impediments to a healthier Snowy River.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/10/proposal-to-boost-snowy-flow-blocked-by-alp-powerbroker/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>California&#8217;s water wars rage on</title>
		<link>http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/11/end-californias-water-wars</link>
		<comments>http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/11/end-californias-water-wars#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[California lawmakers have approved several bills that could significantly change the state’s troubled water system, fueling hopes that a generation of feuds over the state’s most vital and overexploited natural resource might soon be over.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW to keep draining the life out of the Snowy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/nsw-government-shrugs-over-the-snowy-river/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/nsw-government-shrugs-over-the-snowy-river/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inter-Governmental Agreement to save the Snowy River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowy Hydro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowy River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/12/nsw-government-shrugs-over-the-snowy-river/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The NSW government has indicated it will continue to draw water off the Snowy River, despite extensive evidence the river is nearer to degradation than ever.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Garrett says no to Traveston Dam</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/11/2739725.htm?section=justin</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/11/2739725.htm?section=justin#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gympie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary River Turtle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traveston Dam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has said no to the construction of the Traveston Crossing Dam near Gympie in south-east Queensland, based on environmental concerns. Conservationists say the dam threatens endangered species such as the Lungfish, Mary River Cod and Mary River Turtle.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cubbie Station was never sustainable</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/cubbie-station-was-never-sustainable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/cubbie-station-was-never-sustainable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Heffernan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cubbie Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/cubbie-station-was-never-sustainable/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cubbie Station's entry into voluntary administration is merely confirmation of what has been evident for well over a decade -- it was fundamentally unsustainable.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/30/cubbie-station-was-never-sustainable/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>How global warming could ignite an India-Pakistan war</title>
		<link>http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/06/22/failed_states_index_the_last_straw</link>
		<comments>http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/06/22/failed_states_index_the_last_straw#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kashmir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water shortages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=96143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The always heated relations between India and Pakistan over Kashmir could flare up into a raging blaze if climate change worsens Pakistan's droughts, as both countries battle for access to the region's glacial water supply. ]]></description>
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