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What is RSS?
RSS (or Really Simple Syndication) is a free service that
automatically sends information about new web content. RSS saves
users from having to repeatedly visit favorite Web sites to
check for new content or be notified of updates via email. Clean
Air Watch uses RSS to transmit news headlines which link back to
www.CleanAirWatch.org
for full-text news releases and, through them, related content
on the web.
For more information,
visit:
Brookhaven National Laboratory
What do I need to use RSS?
To receive RSS feeds, you need a
program known as a feed reader or aggregator that can
automatically check RSS-enabled webpages that you select, and
then display any updated information that it finds. There are
numerous feed readers available, including many which are free
of charge. Most are simply desktop programs that you download
and install on your computer. There are also Web-based feed
readers that require no software installation and make the
"feeds" available on any computer with Web access. Once the news
reader program is set up, you are ready to subscribe to the RSS
content feeds you want.
How
can I get a feed reader?
The on-line encyclopedia
Wikipedia lists dozens of feed or news readers. You may also
search using the terms “RSS readers” on either Yahoo, Google or
your favorite search engine.
Why use
RSS?
RSS alerts you to new content
that interests you. Subscribing to an Clean Air Watch RSS feed
makes you one of the first to know when a news announcement has
been issued. We offer a variety of RSS feeds to subscribe to so
you can select news releases of greatest interest to you. You
can also use RSS on other Web sites including news
organizations, technology companies and government agencies.
How
can I sign up for Clean Air Watch RSS feeds?
To receive Clean Air Watch RSS feeds, review the list of feeds
on this page (above).
Select a feed that interests you and follow the instructions for
your particular news reader. You may subscribe to as many Clean
Air Watch RSS feeds as you wish but you need to select them one
at a time.
Examples are
FeedDemon (Windows),
Bloglines (web-based), and
NetNewsWire and
Shrook (Mac OS X). More are listed
at
AtomEnabled.org.
Just
subscribe or download to one of these services (we recommend
FeedDemon or Bloglines) and place our link when prompted - links to our three
blog spots are
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