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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The capsized MSC ELSA 3. ]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/daily-court-digest-major-environment-orders-july-15-2026</loc>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/africa/china-is-funding-african-farmers-but-not-food-processing-and-storage-why-its-a-problem</loc>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/uttara-kannadas-evergreen-forests-remain-under-relentless-assault-in-the-name-of-clean-energy</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Energy geography of Uttara Kannada.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Gerusoppa Dam on the Sharavathi River in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/76-billion-mugs-of-tea-a-second-a-new-way-to-make-sense-of-the-heat-pouring-into-our-oceans</loc>
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