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		<title>FORO: RESPUESTA COMUNITARIA A LA CRISIS ENERGÉTICA</title>
		<link>http://usgbccaribbean.org/2010/08/29/foro-respuesta-comunitaria-a-la-crisis-energetica/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[El Sierra Club, Casa Pueblo y CUCCo presenta
FORO: RESPUESTA COMUNITARIA A LA CRISIS ENERGÉTICA
Evaluación del gasoducto del norte y el estatus energética de Puerto Rico
Estarán presentes  técnicos y científicos de Casa Pueblo de Adjuntas,
quienes expondrán su evaluación del proyecto del gasoducto que impulsa la AEE:
Gerson Beauchamp (ingeniero eléctrico)
Alexis Dragoni, (biogeógrafo)
Edgardo González, (dasónomo)
Arturo Massol Deyá [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August Newsletter</title>
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AUGUST NEWSLETTER


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		<title>Cool Cities Coalition</title>
		<link>http://usgbccaribbean.org/2010/07/22/cool-cities-coalition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local efforts to reduce global warming one city at a time are picking up speed throughout Puerto Rico’s municipalities, spearheaded by the Cool Cities Coalition. The first round of municipal walk-troughs was completed successfully thanks to a great team of volunteers, a lot of which are also members and directors of our chapter. Among all, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generación B(ici)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday May 19, 2010 @ Sala Teatro Beckett, Río Piedras.
Last May (National Bike Month) we where invited to participate at the first Bicicultura event organized by the Puerto Rico Bicycle Coalition. The slideshow, presented by Brenda L. Martínez (Education Committee Director) highlighted the importance of design at urban, and architectural scale in order to facilitate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caribbean Green Expo 2010 Registration is now officially open!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Caribbean Green Expo, to be held on Dec 3-4 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center is now accepting Sponsors for our various seminars and events and Exhibitors to attend our Exhibition Hall.
As in 2008, The 2010 Caribbean Green Expo will host two days of seminars with guest speakers and local representatives.
Be part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bacardi to use wind power at Puerto Rico distillery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bacardi to use wind power at Puerto Rico distillery
BY ELAINE WALKER
EWALKER@MIAMIHERALD.COM
Bacardi is harnessing the power of the wind to help run its distillery in Puerto Rico.
Bacardi Corporation on Tuesday unveiled the largest wind turbine installation in Puerto Rico, which will provide between three and seven percent of the power used by Bacardi at the distillery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Building Basics &amp; LEED &#8211; Now Available in Spanish</title>
		<link>http://usgbccaribbean.org/2010/04/13/green-building-basics-leed-now-available-in-spanish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green Building Basics &#38; LEED – Now Available in Spanish
This online course from USGBC can be taken anytime and anywhere – and now, it’s available in either English or Spanish. This is one more way USGBC is working toward our mission of transforming the buildings marketplace by increasing the accessibility of green building knowledge and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USGBC and Sierra Club Volunteers Lead Green Building Tours Across the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://usgbccaribbean.org/2010/04/13/usgbc-and-sierra-club-volunteers-lead-green-building-tours-across-the-u-s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[USGBC and Sierra Club Volunteers Lead Green Building Tours Across the U.S.
“Green Buildings for Cool Cities” is a series public green buildings tours across the country to highlight the local economic and environmental benefits of energy-efficient, high-performance green buildings. The project is aimed at helping cities nationwide make green buildings and communities a key component [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number of Homes Certified for Federal Tax Credit for Energy Efficient Homes Increased in 2009</title>
		<link>http://usgbccaribbean.org/2010/03/25/number-of-homes-certified-for-federal-tax-credit-for-energy-efficient-homes-increased-in-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://usgbccaribbean.org/2010/03/25/number-of-homes-certified-for-federal-tax-credit-for-energy-efficient-homes-increased-in-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RESNET has completed its survey on the number of tax credit verifications and ratings that were completed in 2009.
In 2009 97,495 homes were rated.  This is down from 100,045 homes that were rated in 2008.  But the reduction is not as great as the reduction in the number of homes built in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muy baja la tasa de reciclaje en la Isla</title>
		<link>http://usgbccaribbean.org/2010/02/08/muy-baja-la-tasa-de-reciclaje-en-la-isla/</link>
		<comments>http://usgbccaribbean.org/2010/02/08/muy-baja-la-tasa-de-reciclaje-en-la-isla/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Por Ileana Delgado Castro / idelgado@elnuevodia.com
Han pasado 18 años desde que se estableció, en 1992, la meta de reciclar el 35% de la basura del País, pero la realidad actual apenas alcanza un 10%.
Esto conforma un panorama bastante crítico, según la directora ejecutiva de la Autoridad de Desperdicios Sólidos (ADS), Rebeca Nieves, si se toma [...]]]></description>
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