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	<description>Wintersports Rediscovered</description>
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		<title>Controversial plans to link Czech Republic and Austria by ski lift angers environmentalists</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/16213</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike J. Styles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Czech Republic Environment Minister Tomáš Chalupa (ODS) has given the light in draft zoning law to build a ski lift in protected Šumava National Park despite environmental reports reporting the project should not proceed. The controversial plan to link the Czech Republic by a new funicular railway to the Austrian ski area of Hochficht has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental groups and ski resorts standoff in Bulgaria</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ski Rebel Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bulgaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company that runs the Vitosha ski area, the main Bulgarian ski centre for the country&#8217;s capital Sofia, has said it won&#8217;t open the ski centre this winter as the long-running conflict between environmental groups and ski resort operators intensifies. The main issue dividing the two interest groups at almost every Bulgarian ski area is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SnowWorld plans major expansion to France and Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ski Rebel Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dutch Snowworld indoor snow centre operators have announced plans to invest 40-50 million euros ($64m USD) to build two new facilities in France and Spain by 2014. The company&#8217;s plans to open major new indoor snow centres in Paris and Barcelona, the latter entirely energy self-sufficient in keeping with the groups green power credentials, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boom in winter sport investments paying off dividends for Siemens</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/14543</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ski Rebel Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schladming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sochi 2014]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Electronics giant Siemens invested heavily into winter sports events and is now finally seeing the dividends with more than 600 million Euros (850 million USD) in orders for the Sochi 2014 that include new trains, and a new power plant that will provide most of the electricity during the Games. The plan was part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Eco-friendly hotel opens up in Plagne-Montalbert</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/14458</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New green hotel opens up in Plagne-Montalbert. A new green hotel has opened above the La Plagne village of Montalbert complete with a private ski lift to the main Paradiski area (www.capvacances.com/La-Plagne). The new Cap Vacances hotel will offer 94 rooms for 2-4 people, restaurant with panoramic views over the ski slopes and the Mont [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bulgaria’s Green Party demand government resignations over ski expansions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pirin National Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pressure and heavy handed lobbying to stop further development of Bulgaria’s Pirin mountain range, a UNESCO world heritage site from over expansion, have lead members of the national Green Party to demand the resignation of the Minister of Environment, Nona Karadzhova, and her Deputy, Evdokiya Maneva along with the Director of the National Office for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taos applies Carbon offset for its energy</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/14352</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taos Ski Valley in the US has opted to lower the impact of 100 percent of its energy usage through carbon offsets from Renewable Choice Energy, one of the US’s leading providers of energy and environmental solutions for businesses and consumers. Taos Ski Valley also purchased new snow-cats and snowmobiles that are significantly more fuel-efficient [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy’s Presena Glacier cover up</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/14153</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having lost 40% of its mass in the decade leading up to 2003 due to global warming, environmental authorities at the Presena Glacier above Passo Tonale attempted to cover the glaciar’s surface with an insulating and reflective ‘blanket’ this summer in a effort to slow the rate of melting. More than 90,000 square metres (295,275 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vail promotes social responsibility with new website</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/14150</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike J. Styles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beaver Creek]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vail has launched the first generation of new websites aimed to drive the outline company’s efforts on the environment and social responsibility and community engagement. “VailResortsEcho.com will better educate and engage guests and employees about the Company’s comprehensive sustainability efforts aimed at both protecting the beautiful natural resources that surrounds the resorts and helping build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intense summer heat melts snow at indoor snow complex in Belgium</title>
		<link>http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/14147</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ski Rebel Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a year of extremes weather wise in northern Europe, so much so that one of the world’s largest indoor snow centres, Snow World Landraaf, snow began melting despite the building’s insulation and refrigeration system. The July hot weather that has affected much of northern Europe saw some snow melting on the indoor slopes [...]]]></description>
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