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El DRNA advertirá y cobrará impuestos a proyectos costeros. Por Marga Parés Arroyo / mpares@elnuevodia.com Aun cuando las fuertes olas fueron un aviso de la vulnerabilidad de las estructuras ubicadas en las costas, el DRNA no cambiará al deslinde de la zona marítimo terrestre. Jorge A Ramirez Portela El fuerte oleaje que arremetió contra las [...]

Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc. Puerto Rico cuenta con 17 maravillosas aves endémicas y cientos de aves migratorias que día a día con su canto y belleza adornan nuestro entorno. La SOPI en su interés de protegerlas y educar sobre ellas, invita a todos los fotógrafos y amantes de las aves en Puerto Rico a participar [...]

By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions By Ken Zweibel, James Mason and Vasilis Fthenakis Scientific American Magazine – December 16, 2007 Solar Two experimental solar power plant. Key Concepts A massive switch from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power plants to solar power plants [...]

by Bonnie Hulkower on 03.17.08 Greenbelt final stages of construction image from curbed Derek Denckla, a musician, attorney, and environmentalist with a background in community organizing, is not your everyday condominium developer. His new 8-unit building in Williamsburg, is the first LEED-certified residence in Brooklyn. The building, called Greenbelt, offers an example of green development [...]

By building green–and retrofitting existing buildings–the countries of North America could cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 percent March 17, 2008 By David Biello Scientific American (sciam.com) GREEN HOUSE: By incorporating elements such as a solar water heater in a house built in the 1940s, the Now House Project in Toronto is aiming [...]