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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>BPA: Worldwide Threat To ALL Species from Plastic!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.protecttheocean.com/?p=1020</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Between the way we use chemicals with BPA in it, and the sheer volume of plastics in the ocean's gyres, BPA may very well be the single largest threat to life on this planet.]]></description>
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		<title>The Bay vs. The Bag</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join Save The Bay in standing up to the plastics industry and reducing plastic bag pollution to protect our waters and marine animals! Learn more at the Save the Bay Website]]></description>
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		<title>Can The Flotsam</title>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/can-the-flotsam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Preservation]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://www.protecttheocean.com/pto-sounds-sos-in-the-north-pacific-can-the-flotsam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protecttheocean.com/pto-sounds-sos-in-the-north-pacific-can-the-flotsam/#comments</comments>
		<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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