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		<title>Pipeline Operator Fined, Must Cleanup in EPA Deal Over California Gas Spill</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/10/01/841130.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 05:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A pipeline operator is settling with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a massive gasoline spill in in Walnut Creek, California. Under an agreement, SFPP L.P. will pay a penalty of $213,560 to resolve claims of Clean Water Act violations &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EPA Orders Cleanup Following Battery Fire at California Energy Storage Facility</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/07/11/830600.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 05:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A company has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a cleanup in the wake of a lithium-ion battery fire that occurred at the company&#8217;s energy storage facility in San Diego, California. A fire &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US Supreme Court Sets Test for Which Courts Can Hear EPA Cases</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/06/19/828421.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 05:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court established rules of the road on Wednesday to determine when lawsuits challenging actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency related to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions should be heard by regional appeals courts or an &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Major Automakers Want Congress to Bar California 2035 Electric Vehicle Plan</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/04/28/821540.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alliance for Automotive Innovation]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Major automakers want Congress to bar California&#8217;s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 that has been adopted by 11 other states, warning the rules could begin impacting vehicle shipments in a few months. The U.S. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EPA Approves California&#8217;s Plan to Ban Sale of Gas-Only Cars in 2035</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2024/12/19/805372.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it has approved California&#8217;s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035. The decision in the final weeks of President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration sets up a fight over the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Company Settles for $250K Over Hazardous Waste Claims at California Facility</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2024/11/18/801028.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 06:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with a firm over claims of violations of hazardous waste regulations at the company&#8217;s facility in Irvine, California. Edwards Lifesciences LLC will pay a civil penalty of $250,000 and certify it is &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Household Goods Seller to Pay EPA $250K for Unregistered Disinfectants</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2024/10/09/796191.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 05:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got a settlement from Gardena, California-based U.S. Jaclean Inc. over claims of illegal distribution or sale of unregistered and misbranded disinfectants and other pesticide products. The sale and distribution of such products violates the Federal &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Crews Work to Contain Gas Pipeline Spill in Washington</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2023/12/13/751961.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 20:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Responders set up a containment boom after a gasoline spill from the weekend failure of part of a pipeline in northwest Washington, but federal regulators reported no signs of any fuel reaching the Skagit River. About 25,660 gallons of gasoline &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EPA Approves California Rules Phasing out Diesel Trucks</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2023/04/04/715011.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Jergler]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fleet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green automobiles]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Biden administration cleared the way for California&#8217;s plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state&#8217;s efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports along the coast. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida to Close Wastewater Reservoir With Leak History</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2021/04/15/610058.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy O'Connor]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Florida is moving to permanently close the leaky Piney Point wastewater reservoir that poured millions of gallons of water into Tampa Bay while threatening to burst open and flood nearby homes and businesses, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday. The Republican &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Connecticut Urges Homeowners to Test Wells for Arsenic, Uranium</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2021/04/09/609269.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Connecticut health officials are urging homeowners who rely on well water to have their systems checked for arsenic and uranium contamination. The advice comes as the result of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey released Tuesday that found almost &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pennsylvania Gas Driller to Pay $1.9M for Damage to Wetlands, Waterways</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2021/03/30/607690.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Energy Corp.]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[One of the most active natural gas exploration firms in Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $1.9 million after it disclosed in 2014 that its construction work had damaged waterways and wetlands, without proper permits, according to paperwork filed in federal &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Environmental Settlement of $121K Reached with Washington Chemical Company</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2021/02/10/600802.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with Emerald Kalama Chemical after inspectors say they found hazardous waste storage and handling violations it its Kalama, Wash., facility. The chemical company has agreed modify its practice and pay a &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EPA to OK Use by American Airlines of Surface Coating to Fight COVID-19</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2020/08/24/580141.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie K. Jones]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce it will issue an emergency exemption to the state of Texas permitting it to allow American Airlines Group Inc. to use a new surface coating that kills coronaviruses for up to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Agency Says Asbestos Cleanup Complete in Montana Superfund Site</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2020/05/29/570459.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 14:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the completion of all required cleanup activities within a unit of a Montana Superfund site. The federal agency removed a portion of an asbestos-contaminated mining operation in Libby from its National Priorities List, The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ex-Tenant Sues Oregon RV Park for $555K over Living Conditions</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2020/03/05/560062.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 06:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A former tenant at an RV park south of Warrenton, Ore., has filed a lawsuit against the owner alleging negligence over living conditions in a trailer. Sandra Holloway moved into a &#8220;dry trailer&#8221; at Sunset Lake Resort &#38; RV Par &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EPA Eases Safety Requirements Enacted after Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2019/11/22/549334.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie K. Jones]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adair Grain Co.]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Days before President Barack Obama left office in 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule aimed at preventing tragedies like the 2013 explosion and fire in the tiny Central Texas town of West that killed a dozen first &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BP North America Fined $71K for 2018 Diesel Fuel Spill in Iowa</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2019/09/05/538994.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says BP North America must pay a fine of more than $71,000 for a diesel spill last year in northeast Iowa. The EPA said the fine is for violations of the Clean Water Act. BP &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Toxic Gas, EPA Silence Raise Concerns for Residents Near Georgia Factories</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2019/08/28/538128.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 05:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Residents near two Georgia plants which have emitted toxic gas say they&#8217;re furious that the government did not alert the public about a federal report on potential health dangers. Hundreds of people packed two recent town hall meetings in Marietta &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EPA Official: Montana Site Suited for Superfund Status</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/07/29/534155.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official says a Montana area emitting toxic vapors is a candidate to become a federal Superfund site. The Billings Gazette reports contaminants from old dry cleaning solvents are evaporating at several spots in an 855-acre &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EPA Drilling into Colorado Mine for Superfund Cleanup Investigation</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2019/06/11/528902.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 14:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to drill a test well into an inactive mine tunnel in southwestern Colorado to get information for a Superfund cleanup, the agency said. The EPA said it will drill into the American Tunnel next &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sand-Bag Barrier in Mississippi Overwhelmed by River Flooding</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2019/05/23/527234.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy O'Connor]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 04:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Floodwaters overwhelmed a miles-long sandbag barrier over the weekend, drenching another community in the southern end of the Mississippi Delta. Volunteers, prisoners and others had stacked 100,000 sandbags and more than 600 wire flood-control baskets, trying to keep water out &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alabama Coal Firm to Pay $775K in Air Pollution Penalties</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2019/02/21/518377.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[One of Alabama&#8217;s largest coal companies has agreed to pay $775,000 in penalties related to air pollution violations near Birmingham. Al.com reported Feb 12. that the proposed Drummond Company settlement comes nearly eight years after violations were discovered during a &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EPA Investigating GenX Production at Chemours&#8217; North Carolina Plant</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2019/02/21/518365.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy O'Connor]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A chemical maker&#8217;s North Carolina plant may have broken federal law by failing to notify the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before it started manufacturing and repurposing new industrial compounds, the agency said this week. The Chemours Co. also failed to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>GenX Undetected in Bloodstreams of North Carolina Chemical Plant Neighbors</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy O'Connor]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 04:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[GenX in groundwater]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Dozens of neighbors of a North Carolina chemical plant had industrial compounds in their bloodstreams, but tests by state and federal health officials outlined Tuesday didn&#8217;t find the much-debated and little-studied one they were looking for. None of the 30 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Maine, EPA, Tribes Spar Over Water Quality Rules</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2018/07/10/494570.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Blosfield]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 13:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The state of Maine is locked in a legal battle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a pair of American Indian tribes about the way clean water standards apply in and around tribal lands. Maine is arguing in the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EPA Settles With Georgia Manufacturing Plant Over Hazardous Emissions</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2018/06/15/492339.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2018 06:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hazardous air pollutants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Federal authorities say they&#8217;ve reached a settlement with a Georgia manufacturing plant which had been cited for failing to take steps to prevent hazardous air emissions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced that Decostar Industries Inc. of Carrollton &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>North Carolina Regulators Say Chemours Lied About Chemical Discharge &#8216;For Years&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2018/04/12/486143.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy O'Connor]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 04:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chemours Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GenX in groundwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina chemical GenX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[North Carolina should tackle an emerging problem of water and air pollution from little-studied industrial chemicals by beefing up the state&#8217;s health and environmental agencies, Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday. Cooper proposed spending $14.5 million to help improve the ability &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lawsuits over Arkema Chemical Disaster in Texas Add Up</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2018/04/03/485171.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie K. Jones]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Harvey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Note: This story originally ran in The Texas Tribune. Most of the houses along Crosby Eastgate Road in Southeast Texas and its neighboring streets are one-story outfits on sprawling green lots. In their driveways are spare trucks, old armchairs or &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insurance Industry Making &#8216;Significant Contributions&#8217; in Climate Change Battle, Report Shows</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/01/25/478540.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Jergler]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 23:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Geneva Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The insurance industry is making significant contributions to building socio-economic resilience to climate change and supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy in their role as risk management experts and investors, according to a new research report The report out &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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