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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Crew Seats Available on Gyres Research Vessel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crew Seats Available on Research Voyage to Investigate Plastic Pollution and Debris from 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami  LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 5, 2011—Scientists, educators and eco-adventurers are being offered the unprecedented opportunity to join a research expedition through the North Pacific Ocean littered with debris generated by the Japan tsunami of March 11, 2011. Rarely is... <a href="http://www.protecttheocean.com/press-release-crew-seats-available-on-gyres-research-vessel/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>70 Miles of Flotsam &amp; Radioactive Waste Dumped into the Pacific</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[there's now a flotsam island some 70 miles long floating out into the Pacific, made up of houses, and plastics, bodies and cars, polluting as it goes, and creating dangerous hazards in the shipping lanes... more than 2.2 million square feet of ocean surface.]]></description>
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		<title>Can The Flotsam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Can The Flotsam campaign had its start right alongside the beginnings of Protect The Ocean. We’re against ALL forms of pollution. This time, we’re taking the fight to the pollution, rather than waiting for pieces of it to drift onto the shore. PTO has been talking about the problem for years, but with the... <a href="http://www.protecttheocean.com/can-the-flotsam/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PTO sounds S.O.S. in the North Pacific; Can The Flotsam!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We wrote about the flotsam whirling about in the middle of the Pacific a few years back.  Guess what?  It&#8217;s still sitting there, killing wildlife.  But it&#8217;s degrading as well, turning everything toxic.  Not only are the Algalita&#8217;s famous Nikes still out there, but they seem to have been joined by a couple BILLION plastic... <a href="http://www.protecttheocean.com/pto-sounds-sos-in-the-north-pacific-can-the-flotsam/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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