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	<title>Comments on: Question of the Week: What&#8217;s number one on your green holiday gift list?</title>
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		<title>By: Hari B. Bindal</title>
		<link>http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/12/qotw-green-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-27016</link>
		<dc:creator>Hari B. Bindal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Potted Christmas Tree

The Issue: Every year million of green christmas tree are cut, transported, sold, and after christmas is over thrown to street corner.  The current practice costs to the consumer’s pocket, destroys greenery, and ends into disposal problem.

Solution: Buy or grow a Christmas tree in a pot, bring the potted tree inside home, decorate, and after Christmas is over, remove the decoration, transfer the potted tree out to landscaping, or keep in, as the situation permits, to reuse the tree year after year.  Year round, or before you bring the tree in, trim the tree to your needs.

Benefits: 
1. To individual, it will save cost and hassle of buying, carrying, and installing a green Christmas tree each year.  You do not have to dispose the tree, rather just transfer out side the house to add to the landscape or keep it in as indoor house plant.  You will have affection to your Christmas tree year round.
2. To the environment, millions of trees (greenery) saved, esthetic (used trees on the street curb), and cost of disposal saved or eliminated.  Nationwide, savings of several Billion Dollars each year.

Drawback: 
1. Business of growing and selling Christmas tree is hurt.  
2. The potted tree would be heavier than a branch/green tree to carry in and out of the house.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A Potted Christmas Tree</p>
<p>The Issue: Every year million of green christmas tree are cut, transported, sold, and after christmas is over thrown to street corner.  The current practice costs to the consumer’s pocket, destroys greenery, and ends into disposal problem.</p>
<p>Solution: Buy or grow a Christmas tree in a pot, bring the potted tree inside home, decorate, and after Christmas is over, remove the decoration, transfer the potted tree out to landscaping, or keep in, as the situation permits, to reuse the tree year after year.  Year round, or before you bring the tree in, trim the tree to your needs.</p>
<p>Benefits:<br />
1. To individual, it will save cost and hassle of buying, carrying, and installing a green Christmas tree each year.  You do not have to dispose the tree, rather just transfer out side the house to add to the landscape or keep it in as indoor house plant.  You will have affection to your Christmas tree year round.<br />
2. To the environment, millions of trees (greenery) saved, esthetic (used trees on the street curb), and cost of disposal saved or eliminated.  Nationwide, savings of several Billion Dollars each year.</p>
<p>Drawback:<br />
1. Business of growing and selling Christmas tree is hurt.<br />
2. The potted tree would be heavier than a branch/green tree to carry in and out of the house.</p>
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		<title>By: Martine</title>
		<link>http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/12/qotw-green-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-25730</link>
		<dc:creator>Martine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green gifts for us were:

Pictures of us wrapped in newspapers;
Tickets to see a comedy show;
Old toys;
Food.

:)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Green gifts for us were:</p>
<p>Pictures of us wrapped in newspapers;<br />
Tickets to see a comedy show;<br />
Old toys;<br />
Food.</p>
<p>:)</p>
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		<title>By: Dylan</title>
		<link>http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/12/qotw-green-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-25636</link>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Money.</p>
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		<title>By: Dylan</title>
		<link>http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/12/qotw-green-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-25635</link>
		<dc:creator>Dylan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Epa does not actually care about real environmental problems. On;y ones that they can make money off of.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Epa does not actually care about real environmental problems. On;y ones that they can make money off of.</p>
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		<title>By: chongaleo</title>
		<link>http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/12/qotw-green-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-25625</link>
		<dc:creator>chongaleo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes.  It&#039;s called the Land of OZ.  Jump on the next tornado you see.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes.  It&#8217;s called the Land of OZ.  Jump on the next tornado you see.</p>
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		<title>By: chongaleo</title>
		<link>http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/12/qotw-green-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-25624</link>
		<dc:creator>chongaleo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[100 gallons of lead based paint so I can have paint that actually lasts and sticks to my house.

and 55 gallons of MEK]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>100 gallons of lead based paint so I can have paint that actually lasts and sticks to my house.</p>
<p>and 55 gallons of MEK</p>
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		<title>By: deepie</title>
		<link>http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/12/qotw-green-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-25596</link>
		<dc:creator>deepie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really would like some toms shoes. Not gonna lie and those help kids in Africa who are in need. they are comfortable and they are cute. all rolled into a nice durable shoe. yay.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really would like some toms shoes. Not gonna lie and those help kids in Africa who are in need. they are comfortable and they are cute. all rolled into a nice durable shoe. yay.</p>
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		<title>By: TC</title>
		<link>http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/12/qotw-green-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-25594</link>
		<dc:creator>TC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish that the EPA would make a strong statement for restoring the Chesapeake Bay by urging the administration to support the Chesapeake Clean Water Act and issuing a strong Exec. Order Strategy that includes timelines, accountability measures to meet those timelines and funding mechanisms to help reach the strategy goals. How &#039;bout it?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish that the EPA would make a strong statement for restoring the Chesapeake Bay by urging the administration to support the Chesapeake Clean Water Act and issuing a strong Exec. Order Strategy that includes timelines, accountability measures to meet those timelines and funding mechanisms to help reach the strategy goals. How &#8217;bout it?</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
		<link>http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/12/qotw-green-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-25586</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hugs!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hugs!</p>
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		<title>By: http://www.activemds.com</title>
		<link>http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2009/12/qotw-green-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-25574</link>
		<dc:creator>http://www.activemds.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My green holiday gift to my closet pals will be &quot;Green plants&quot;. As  long as it will be them, they will see that plant grow and will remember me till that plant will be with them..howz that]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My green holiday gift to my closet pals will be &#8220;Green plants&#8221;. As  long as it will be them, they will see that plant grow and will remember me till that plant will be with them..howz that</p>
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