<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - alternative-energy</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/alternative-energy</link><description>Newsvine - alternative-energy</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:09:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:59:45 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Can Flywheels Help Balance Electricity Supply and Demand?</title><description><![CDATA[Beacon Power hopes to demonstrate the feasibility of the old technology to help balance fluctuating inputs from renewables]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iconoclasm]]></dc:creator><link>http://nkycarbon.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3523646-can-flywheels-help-balance-electricity-supply-and-demand</link><guid>http://nkycarbon.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3523646-can-flywheels-help-balance-electricity-supply-and-demand</guid><category>science</category><category>fly-wheel</category><category>renewables</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>smart-grid</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:09:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Using CO2 to Extract Geothermal Energy: Carbon dioxide captured from power plants could make geothermal energy more practical.</title><description><![CDATA[Backers of this as-yet-unproven concept secured a big endorsement and much-needed cash with the U.S. Department of Energy's recent award of $338 million in federal stimulus funds for geothermal energy research.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iarnuocon]]></dc:creator><link>http://iarnuocon.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520031-using-co2-to-extract-geothermal-energy-carbon-dioxide-captured-from-power-plants-could-make-geothermal-energy-more-practical</link><guid>http://iarnuocon.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520031-using-co2-to-extract-geothermal-energy-carbon-dioxide-captured-from-power-plants-could-make-geothermal-energy-more-practical</guid><category>technology</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>green-energy</category><category>co2</category><category>carbon-dioxide</category><category>geothermal-energy</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Capturing sun rays in space to light up Japan - The Times of India</title><description><![CDATA[ It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it
down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[miany]]></dc:creator><link>http://miany.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/11/3491564-capturing-sun-rays-in-space-to-light-up-japan-the-times-of-india</link><guid>http://miany.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/11/3491564-capturing-sun-rays-in-space-to-light-up-japan-the-times-of-india</guid><category>technology</category><category>solar</category><category>power</category><category>global-warming</category><category>space</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>solar-energy</category><category>solar-power</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:55:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>WindSentinel from Catch the Wind Could Cut the Cost of Siting New Offshore Wind Turbines</title><description><![CDATA[Catch the Wind Ltd. of Virginia has just announced that its new Vindicator laser wind sensor has been deployed on a specialized buoy for a field test off Race Rocks Island in British Columbia.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[luckydog]]></dc:creator><link>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3452750-windsentinel-from-catch-the-wind-could-cut-the-cost-of-siting-new-offshore-wind-turbines</link><guid>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3452750-windsentinel-from-catch-the-wind-could-cut-the-cost-of-siting-new-offshore-wind-turbines</guid><category>technology</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>green-energy</category><category>offshore-wind-turbine</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:29:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ecosmackdown: Pets Versus Solar Panels - A Shocking Statistic</title><description><![CDATA[It takes 17 times more land to feed American pets than would  be required by solar farms producing enough electricity to meet all the demand in the United States.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[luckydog]]></dc:creator><link>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/31/3447563-ecosmackdown-pets-versus-solar-panels-a-shocking-statistic</link><guid>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/31/3447563-ecosmackdown-pets-versus-solar-panels-a-shocking-statistic</guid><category>technology</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>pets-vs-panels</category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:46:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Technologies That Could Change the Energy Picture</title><description><![CDATA[It's a tall order: Over the next few decades, the world will need to wean itself from dependence on fossil fuels and drastically reduce greenhouse gases. Current technology will take us only so far; major breakthroughs are required.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Simplistic Reality]]></dc:creator><link>http://eric24.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3397760-technologies-that-could-change-the-energy-picture</link><guid>http://eric24.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3397760-technologies-that-could-change-the-energy-picture</guid><category>technology</category><category>future</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>dependence</category><category>breakthroughs</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:25:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>5 Companies Making Fuel From Algae Now</title><description><![CDATA[Ubiquitous and easy to grow, algae has long been a promising biomass-to-fuel candidate in the eyes of researchers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Tang]]></dc:creator><link>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/14/3382451-5-companies-making-fuel-from-algae-now</link><guid>http://tang.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/14/3382451-5-companies-making-fuel-from-algae-now</guid><category>business</category><category>algae</category><category>fuel</category><category>biofuel</category><category>global-warming</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>oil</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:34:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Imagineer' touts geothermal energy invention, wants to recycle old oil wells for geothermal</title><description><![CDATA[(CNN) -- Hidden under a quaint resort 60 miles northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, lies a treasure trove of potential energy that's free and available 24/7. "Imagineer" Bernie Karl and his wife, Connie, own Chena Hot Springs Resort near Fairbanks, Alaska.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[luckydog]]></dc:creator><link>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3379255-imagineer-touts-geothermal-energy-invention-wants-to-recycle-old-oil-wells-for-geothermal</link><guid>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3379255-imagineer-touts-geothermal-energy-invention-wants-to-recycle-old-oil-wells-for-geothermal</guid><category>technology</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>geothermal</category><category>recycling-old-oil-wells</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:23:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Introducing the Most Efficient Solar Power in the World</title><description><![CDATA[In 1986 solar panels were literally ripped from the White House roof. But political will and financial incentives have reignited the search for efficient, affordable ways to harness the sun's energy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[luckydog]]></dc:creator><link>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/12/3374551-introducing-the-most-efficient-solar-power-in-the-world</link><guid>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/12/3374551-introducing-the-most-efficient-solar-power-in-the-world</guid><category>technology</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>solar-power</category><category>stirling-energy-systems</category><category>tessera-solar</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:16:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Solar Power Outshining Colorado's Gas Industry</title><description><![CDATA[DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -- The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric meter on the side of the Smiley Building to spin backward.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[luckydog]]></dc:creator><link>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/10/3369033-solar-power-outshining-colorados-gas-industry</link><guid>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/10/3369033-solar-power-outshining-colorados-gas-industry</guid><category>us-news</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>solar-power</category><category>solar-outshines-gas-in-colorado</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:34:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Green Shoots from Brown Fields</title><description><![CDATA[Uncle Sam looks to eliminate the biggest hurdle to expanding renewable energy--the need for suitable sites to place commercial-scale wind and solar farms--by reusing hundreds of old mines, landfills and industrial sites.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iconoclasm]]></dc:creator><link>http://nkycarbon.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3363372-green-shoots-from-brown-fields</link><guid>http://nkycarbon.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3363372-green-shoots-from-brown-fields</guid><category>technology</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>pollution</category><category>brownfields</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:21:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Driving on Glass? Inventor Hopes to Lay Down Solar Roads</title><description><![CDATA[U.S. roads paved with glass panels encasing photovoltaics and LEDs would double as national grid]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iconoclasm]]></dc:creator><link>http://nkycarbon.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3355997-driving-on-glass-inventor-hopes-to-lay-down-solar-roads</link><guid>http://nkycarbon.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3355997-driving-on-glass-inventor-hopes-to-lay-down-solar-roads</guid><category>science</category><category>road</category><category>solar</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>led</category><category>glass</category><category>transportation</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 02:59:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dow Puts Traditional Panels to Shame With New Solar Shingle</title><description><![CDATA[Product should shake up the power industry and open up new era for solar]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pacific Northwest Blogger]]></dc:creator><link>http://mightyblogger.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3355283-dow-puts-traditional-panels-to-shame-with-new-solar-shingle</link><guid>http://mightyblogger.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/06/3355283-dow-puts-traditional-panels-to-shame-with-new-solar-shingle</guid><category>science</category><category>solar-energy</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>solar-panels</category><category>solar-shingles</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 22:25:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Alternative Energy Projects Stumble on a Need for Water </title><description><![CDATA[This problem has been brewing for a while now.  The unintended consequences of green power.  It is interesting that the amount of water needed is darn near what a nuclear power plant needs over the same amount of time for cooling.

Go figure.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[space guy]]></dc:creator><link>http://wingod.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/01/3340652-alternative-energy-projects-stumble-on-a-need-for-water-</link><guid>http://wingod.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/01/3340652-alternative-energy-projects-stumble-on-a-need-for-water-</guid><category>science</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>solar-power</category><category>water-crisis-for-solar-power</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Oct 2009 04:16:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Western Water War Slows Some Solar Projects</title><description><![CDATA[AMARGOSA VALLEY, Nev. — In a rural corner of Nevada reeling from the recession, a bit of salvation seemed to arrive last year.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[luckydog]]></dc:creator><link>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/01/3338493-a-western-water-war-slows-some-solar-projects</link><guid>http://luckydog.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/01/3338493-a-western-water-war-slows-some-solar-projects</guid><category>us-news</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>solar-power</category><category>water-use</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:02:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>International Renewable Energy Agency is in -- Abu Dhabi?</title><description><![CDATA[It's true. The new headquarters for the International Renewable Energy Agency will be in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi, which is better known for its non-renewable energy, in the form of old-fashioned petroleum.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MinnieApolis]]></dc:creator><link>http://MinnieApolis.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/27/3323887-international-renewable-energy-agency-is-in-abu-dhabi</link><guid>http://MinnieApolis.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/27/3323887-international-renewable-energy-agency-is-in-abu-dhabi</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>oil</category><category>energy</category><category>oil-drilling</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>carbon-neutral</category><category>masdar-city</category><category>abu-dhabi</category><category>energy-independence</category><category>arabian-peninsula</category><category>natural-gas</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:39:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Coal's Dominant Presence at IU Draws Ire of Student Group</title><description><![CDATA[A group of Indiana University students associated with the Sierra Club today at the campus coal launched a campaign to make the college's Bloomington campus coal-free.

The group claims IU uses 60,000 tons of coal per year.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Loftis]]></dc:creator><link>http://lightsearch.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/20/3293217-coals-dominant-presence-at-iu-draws-ire-of-student-group</link><guid>http://lightsearch.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/20/3293217-coals-dominant-presence-at-iu-draws-ire-of-student-group</guid><category>politics</category><category>coal</category><category>sierra-club</category><category>indiana-university</category><category>sierra-student-coalition</category><category>energy</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>beyond-coal</category><category>michael-hamburger</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:28:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cape Wind, a public safety hazard proposed for Nantucket Sound </title><description><![CDATA[CAPE WIND AS PROPOSED FOR NANTUCKET SOUND 
POSES A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY

Zoning is Police Power intended to create order by law to prevent chaos that results in public safety hazards.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Durkin]]></dc:creator><link>http://bjdurk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/19/3290406-cape-wind-a-public-safety-hazard-proposed-for-nantucket-sound-</link><guid>http://bjdurk.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/19/3290406-cape-wind-a-public-safety-hazard-proposed-for-nantucket-sound-</guid><category>world-news</category><category>wind-energy</category><category>public-safety-threat</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>renewable-energy</category><category>wind-turbines</category><category>radar-interference</category><category>navigation</category><category>obstruction</category><category>doppler</category><category>navigational</category><category>faa-presumed-hazard</category><category>nepa</category><category>section-388-energy-policy-act</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>cape-wind</category><category>offshore-wind</category><category>ocean-zoning</category><category>u-s-coast-guard</category><category>minerals-management-service</category><category>department-of-homeland-security</category><category>federal-aviation-administration</category><category>nantucket-sound</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:08:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Half Century Old Ford Assembly Plant to Become One of the Nation's Largest Renewable Energy Manufacturing Facilities</title><description><![CDATA[Ford announced this week that they are breathing new life into one of their older manufacturing plants with a redevelopment plan that will turn the site into one of the largest renewable energy facilities in the country.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aine MacDermot]]></dc:creator><link>http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/13/3263183-half-century-old-ford-assembly-plant-to-become-one-of-the-nations-largest-renewable-energy-manufacturing-facilities</link><guid>http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/13/3263183-half-century-old-ford-assembly-plant-to-become-one-of-the-nations-largest-renewable-energy-manufacturing-facilities</guid><category>business</category><category>ford</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>manufacturing</category><category>jobs</category><category>green-tech</category><category>greenvine</category><category>xtreme-power</category><category>solar-power</category><category>wind-power</category><category>michigan</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:59:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Young Couple Says NO to a Mortgaged Life</title><description><![CDATA[Amidst the Chihuahuan Desert, Abe and Josie built a home out of dirt, designed a wind turbine from scrap parts, and raised their newborn without diapers and other conveniences.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aine MacDermot]]></dc:creator><link>http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/13/3263031-young-couple-says-no-to-a-mortgaged-life</link><guid>http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/13/3263031-young-couple-says-no-to-a-mortgaged-life</guid><category>home-garden</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>greenvine</category><category>sustainability</category><category>solar-power</category><category>wind-power</category><category>DIY</category><category>green-tech</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:06:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why Obama's Green Policy Can't and Won't Save the World</title><description><![CDATA[With so much energy being invested lately in analyzing Obama's push to coerce government reform and control of health care, his other pet project, creating a Green economy to stop global warming has fallen off the radar for the moment.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[questforfire]]></dc:creator><link>http://questforfire.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/12/3257020-why-obamas-green-policy-cant-and-wont-save-the-world</link><guid>http://questforfire.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/12/3257020-why-obamas-green-policy-cant-and-wont-save-the-world</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>environment</category><category>global-warming</category><category>recession</category><category>u-s</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>deficit</category><category>solar-energy</category><category>wind-power</category><category>environmentalism</category><category>national-debt</category><category>green-jobs</category><category>energy-independence</category><category>junk-science</category><category>anti-global-warming</category><category>satellite-data</category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:54:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Google Plans New Mirror For Cheaper Solar Power</title><description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Google is disappointed with the lack of breakthrough investment ideas in the green technology sector but the company is working to develop its own new mirror technology that could reduce the cost of building solar thermal plants by a quarter or 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Congress.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[multifariousone]]></dc:creator><link>http://multifariousone.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/04/3225501-another-astroturf-campaign-new-york-times-editorial</link><guid>http://multifariousone.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/04/3225501-another-astroturf-campaign-new-york-times-editorial</guid><category>us-news</category><category>oil-industry</category><category>congress</category><category>american-petroleum-institute</category><category>alternative-energy</category><category>legislative-wars</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 15:56:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why not spend $21 billion on solar power from space?</title><description><![CDATA[The Japanese government is prepared to spend some 2 trillion yen on a one-gigawatt orbiting solar power station—and this week Mitsubishi and other Japanese companies have signed on to boost the effort.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Wilson]]></dc:creator><link>http://vanessa-wilson73.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/03/3221454-why-not-spend-21-billion-on-solar-power-from-space</link><guid>http://vanessa-wilson73.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/03/3221454-why-not-spend-21-billion-on-solar-power-from-space</guid><category>science</category><category>japan</category><category>solar-power</category><category>alternative-energy</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 16:24:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Now That Ted's Out of the Way, Hurry Up With That Cape Cod Wind Farm</title><description><![CDATA[n the very day Ted Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near his two brothers, a Boston Globe editorial argued to undo part of his legacy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rene ODeay]]></dc:creator><link>http://rene-odeay.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/30/3209437-now-that-teds-out-of-the-way-hurry-up-with-that-cape-cod-wind-farm</link><guid>http://rene-odeay.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/30/3209437-now-that-teds-out-of-the-way-hurry-up-with-that-cape-cod-wind-farm</guid><category>us-news</category><category>ted-kennedy</category><category>opposed</category><category>wind-farm</category><category>cape-cod</category><category>sailing</category><category>alternative-energy</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:55:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>