<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Environment Coverage | NewsHour with Jim Lehrer | PBS</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/topic/environment/</link><description>The latest news, analysis and reporting about Environment from the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and its Web site, the feed is updated periodically with interviews, background reports and updates to put the news in a larger context.</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Thu, 04 September 2008 15:30:00 EST</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 September 2008 15:30:00 EST</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright &#xA9;2006 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><image><title>NewsHour with Jim Lehrer</title><width>144</width><height>144</height><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/</link><url>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/rss/promo_rss.jpg</url></image><item><title>Study: Arctic Sea Ice at Second-lowest Level on Record</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/july-dec08/arctic_09-04.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 September 2008 15:30:00 EST</pubDate><description>The Arctic ice cap has melted to a point that exceeds the 2005 level -- previously the second lowest on record -- and could surpass the record this year, scientists at the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center have said.</description></item><item><title>Environmental Movement Finds New Supporters Among Evangelicals</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/environment/july-dec08/evangelicals_08-22.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 August 2008 15:05:00 EST</pubDate><description>With gas prices and global warming playing an ever-increasing role in the national discourse, some evangelical churches have begun to focus their faith in a new direction -- on environmentalism.</description></item><item><title>Bottling Giant, Maine Residents Battle over Water</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/july-dec08/waterbottle_08-18.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 August 2008 18:30:00 EST</pubDate><description>Bottled water is a hot commodity -- Americans drank almost 9 billion gallons of it last year. But some Maine residents think less of it should come from their state. They are challenging Poland Spring over rights to the state&#39;s spring water aquifers. Tom Bearden reports.</description></item></channel></rss>