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	<title>Marina Dock Age &#187; Green Papers</title>
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		<title>A local marina owner stops houseboats from dumping in Fontana Lake</title>
		<link>http://www.marinadockage.com/index.php/2010/08/a-local-marina-owner-stops-houseboats-from-dumping-in-fontana-lake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the 1950s until about 1992, houseboats dumped sewage into Fontana Lake in Swain County, N.C., because the lake didn’t have any pumpouts. This practice of dumping sewage into the lake or “straight piping” led to very high fecal coliform numbers and dozens of illnesses every year. “Some of the fecal coliform numbers were about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bioremediation could be used to clean up the Gulf of Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right now the focus in the Gulf of Mexico is on permanently stopping the leaking oil. Once that is accomplished, the focus will turn to cleaning up the massive amounts of oil in the Gulf. When that time comes, bioremediation may be a common method for cleanup. Bioremediation is a process by which bacteria eat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Gulf Coast marina loses customers due to oil spill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June is traditionally one of the busiest months for boaters and beach goers in Orange Beach, Ala. “People usually have a difficult time finding space to lie out at the beaches and there are so many boats on the Intracoastal Waterway and in the Gulf of Mexico that they look like ants,” said Sarah Armstrong, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panama City Marina helping oil spill cleanup effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marina Dock Age</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since the April 20 oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, British Petroleum (BP) has been working to contain the leaking oil that’s flowing out of the sea floor. Coast Guard and other agencies are also trying to clean up the spilled oil and keep it from coming ashore in Alabama, Louisiana, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education is key to protecting Puget Sound</title>
		<link>http://www.marinadockage.com/index.php/2010/04/education-is-key-to-protecting-puget-sound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marina Dock Age</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the 1980s more than $660 million have been spent to clean up the Thea Foss Waterway and Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash. The Thea Foss Waterway is a mile and a half inlet off Commencement Bay that runs along downtown Tacoma while Commencement Bay is part of Puget Sound. These two areas were polluted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encapsulated dock floats protect the environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marina Dock Age</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when foam dock floats broke apart in the water and threatened marine life that mistook the foam pieces as food. “People were sick of seeing foam beads floating in the water or washing up on the shoreline,” said Fred Hunt, an independent consultant specializing in dock floats. Fortunately this problem has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fueling with the Green Gallon Project to rid oceans of acid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marina Dock Age</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until now marinas have never considered their fuel docks as solutions to climate change. On the contrary, marinas pump fuel at their docks, and when boaters burn fuel, carbon emissions are emitted into the atmosphere. However, a new project called the Green Gallon Project may soon change that perception by turning the fuel dock into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana designates first Clean Marina</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marina Dock Age</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While most marina managers aren’t sure how successful their marinas will be in 2010, this New Year has already been a success for Hammond Marina, a 918-slip facility in Hammond, Ind. That’s because on Jan. 11, Hammond Marina was designated as Indiana’s first Clean Marina. Although Hammond Marina just won this award, the marina has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan builds a new “green” marina</title>
		<link>http://www.marinadockage.com/index.php/2009/12/michigan-builds-a-new-%e2%80%9cgreen%e2%80%9d-marina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marina Dock Age</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July 2009, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) opened a new $14 million “green” marina that it is describing as the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly marina in the state.  Straits State Harbor in Mackinaw City, Mich., is a 132-slip facility on the shores of Lake Huron. What separates it from other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kingman Yacht Center goes solar</title>
		<link>http://www.marinadockage.com/index.php/2009/11/kingman-yacht-center-goes-solar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years Kingman Yacht Center in Cataumet, Mass., has installed equipment and adhered to standards that looked after the environment. This off-season, Cape Cod’s largest full-service marina and boatyard plans to go even further by installing a 99.54-kilowatt solar system that will provide almost one-quarter of the marina’s energy needs. Reaching for the sun [...]]]></description>
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