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            <title><![CDATA[COP17 biodiversity summit ends with limited progress as critics warn time is running out for nature goals]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[COP17, the summit to protect biodiversity, is over, but critics say progress was limited. “Time is running out to achieve the goals governments around the world have set to reverse the nature crisis,” says Ulrik Westman, a representative of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:36:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Proposal: More people should be able to build and live by the water]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Beach holidays replace beach protection, and interests should be weighed against each other, according to an investigation that proposes further relaxations of beach protection. "Madness," says the Green Party.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:34:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden's new environmental plan met with criticism from environmental organizations]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sweden's natural environment will be given the conditions to recover, according to a new plan several agencies developed on behalf of the government. But environmental organizations say the plan's level of ambition is too low.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:11:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Urban greenery and pollinators become new milestones in government's biodiversity action plan]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[More urban greenery and wild pollinators were included among the milestones when the government presented its biodiversity action plan. But the plan has been criticized as too little, too late.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:43:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Climate agreement complete – but criticism is harsh]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The climate summit in Brazil has agreed on an agreement. The EU and several other countries had pushed for an agreement that required a “roadmap” to phase out fossil fuels – but the text makes no mention of that.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:47:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Green funds invest in blacklisted mines]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Swedish funds and banks are investing in blacklisted mining projects through green funds, a new report shows. I can understand that savers feel frustrated that it is difficult to make a green fund choice, says Jakob König at Fair Finance Guide, who conducted the survey together with the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 04:30:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PFAS Use in Swedish Agriculture Rises Sharply, Raising Concerns]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The sale of plant protection products with the eternal chemical PFAS has skyrocketed. Last year, just over 76 tons were sold in Sweden, which can be compared to 47 tons five years earlier.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 03:30:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Housing Costs Threaten Participation at Climate Summit in Brazil]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The world's countries gather annually to try to manage the climate problems and the planet's warming. It is here, at the meetings, the decisions are made that will lead the work forward. But sky-high prices and a lack of hotel rooms threaten this year's climate summit. Critics warn that the value of the meeting will be undermined if poor countries and organizations cannot participate.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 03:55:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU Climate Goal Criticized for Potential Emissions Shift Outside Union]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Parts of the EU countries' climate work can take place in countries outside the union with the new climate goal. The proposal is heavily criticized by environmental organizations and similar previous initiatives have been difficult to control.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:14:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tough Competition Strains Oceans Amid UN Sustainability Efforts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plastic, overfishing, warming and brawls over the resources. Despite several acute problems, the sea and marine resources are the most underfinanced of the UN's sustainability goals. At the sea conference in Nice, the countries will now try to unite and find financing to protect and preserve the world's seas.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 04:39:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PFAS Levels Surge in European Wines, Study Reveals Alarming Trend]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The levels of PFAS in wine have increased sharply in recent years. Far more than a hundred times above the guideline value for drinking water occur, according to a new study. If it's in grapes, it's likely in everything else we cultivate and that contains water, says Karin Lexén, Secretary-General of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:00:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Restart to Save Animals and Nature]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The money is in focus when the UN's conference on biological diversity is now resumed. If countries fail to agree, a severe setback for nature is threatened.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 04:45:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sharp criticism of forest proposal: "Under all criticism"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The verdict on the Environmental Goals Committee is harsh – a failure and a disappointment, environmental organizations believe. Even the opposition is critical. They might as well have appointed lobbyists to the committee instead of politicians, says Maria Gardfjell (Green Party).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 09:49:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Risks Damaging Biological Diversity]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation believes that the Tidö parties' dismantling of coastal protection can seriously harm biodiversity. The municipal councilor of Arjeplog, on the other hand, dismisses the proposal as "a minor adjustment".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 09:39:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deadlock in Baku – can this be the breakthrough?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The discussions at the climate meeting in Baku in Azerbaijan are progressing slowly. Now, hope is being turned to the other side of the planet, where another top meeting can function as a catalyst. One hopes that a positive signal from the G20 could get these negotiations moving a bit, says Karin Lexén at the Nature Conservation Association.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:32:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How much PFAS is in our drinking water]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Eternal chemicals PFAS are discovered in almost all drinking water. In at least three municipalities, the levels exceed the limit values for four specifically designated substances. A growing concern exists for a particularly difficult-to-remove substance.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 04:36:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Autumn's most important meetings on threats to the Earth]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Animals and plants that disappear, agricultural land that turns into desert, and plastic that gets everywhere. That, together with climate change, is what the four most important environmental meetings this autumn are about. It's now about focusing on accelerating the implementation of the goals that have been decided, says Maria Schultz at the World Nature Fund WWF.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 05:43:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Green light for mining project met with disappointment]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Administrative Court approves the government's controversial decision to permit the mining plans in Kallak in Jokkmokk municipality. The verdict is met with disappointment in several quarters.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
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