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Thursday, August 28th, 2008El Salvador’s President Elías Antonio Saca and Environment Minister Carlos Guerrero launched this week the “Green Network.” The Network seeks to get the private sector involved in environmental projects aimed at helping the nation’s neediest schools — in the process helping the quality of life for kids, helping the environment and contributing to mitigate the […]
No Twig Left Behind
Saturday, June 7th, 2008The Municipality of São Paulo (pop. 11 million) has adopted a law that creates the Program for the Use of Wood from Tree Pruning (Programa de Aproveitamento de Madeiras de Podas de Árvores – PAMPA). According to the Law’s author, Councilman Gilberto Natalini (Brazilian Social Democratic Party – PSDB), once fully operational PAMPA will divert […]
A Sustainable Energy Strategy for Central America
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007The Central American Integration System (SICA) has adopted a Central American Sustainable Energy Strategy 2020 which prioritizes energy efficiency initiatives and the increased use of renewable energy sources in SICA members Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The Strategy, developed with the support of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the […]