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		<title>February Frugal Feast, 5-Star Restaurant Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York
                Our last Frugal Feast host really threw down the gauntlet, creating a&#160;gorgeous&#160;home-cooked&#160;meal for a dozen of our friends for less than $5 a plate. But this month&#8217;s host was u...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/february-frugal-feast-5-star-restaurant-style/</link>
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		<title>NRDC Work on Apple Computer&#8217;s Supply Chain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Linda Greer, Director, Health and Environment Program, Washington, D.C.
                As Apple moves forward to address environmental problems in its supply chain, the opportunity is wide open to become a model for other companies to follow.
&#160;As...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/nrdc-work-on-apple-computers-supply-chain/</link>
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		<title>Can US communities learn from this European suburban retrofit?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
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In 2008, the substantially updated town center of Plessis-Robinson, a suburb of Paris, was named &#8220;the best urban neighborhood built in the last 25 years&#38;rdqu...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/can-us-communities-learn-from-this-european-suburban-retrofit/</link>
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		<title>China Environmental News Alert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing
                NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participati...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/china-environmental-news-alert-14/</link>
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		<title>New York Takes First Step to Help Protect Shark Populations Worldwide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Chasis, Senior Attorney and Director, Ocean Initiative, New York
                Today, New York Assembly Members Alan Maisel and Grace Meng announced the beginning of an important effort to help restore shark populations worldwide. Their bill, A...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/new-york-takes-first-step-to-help-protect-shark-populations-worldwide/</link>
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		<title>Burning trees for power in the Southeast would increase carbon pollution for decades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York
                A&#160;new study&#160;examining the climate impacts of using biomass to produce electricity in the Southeast adds to a growing body of science challenging the notion that all biomass is carbon-neut...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/burning-trees-for-power-in-the-southeast-would-increase-carbon-pollution-for-decades/</link>
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		<title>PaperKarma App Sets Out to Reduce Junk Mail Waste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever found yourself at your mailbox, baffled by the fact that you’ve received nothing but a pile of junk mail that will only find its way to the trash, there’s an app for that. PaperKarma, a smartphone application released in early February, reduces your paper junk mail with the snap of a picture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/reduce/paperkarma-app-sets-out-to-reduce-junk-mail-waste/</link>
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		<title>Will Mardi Gras Beads Be Recycled?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An estimated 25 million pounds of plastic beads make their way through New Orleans every Mardi Gras, according to the Los Angeles Times. And because they can’t be processed by local recyclers, they often end up as litter in nearby waterways or dumped in landfills. But several local community groups are working to collect this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/reduce/will-mardi-gras-beads-be-recycled/</link>
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		<title>Laissez les bons temps rouler &#8211; the musical soul of a city</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
                &#160; 
All around the world tonight, the music will be loud and festive.&#160; I wish I could be everywhere at once.&#160; As carnival season peaks and ends at midnight, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/laissez-les-bons-temps-rouler-the-musical-soul-of-a-city/</link>
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		<title>The Race to the Rio+20 Earth Summit Speeds Up in Nairobi and on the Net</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy &#38; Advocacy, Washington, DC
                I am in Nairobi this week for the United Nations Environment Programme (&#8220;UNEP&#8221;) Governing Council.&#160; It is in part a celebration of the 40th anniversary ...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/the-race-to-the-rio20-earth-summit-speeds-up-in-nairobi-and-on-the-net/</link>
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		<title>Transforming a derelict city building into vertical gardens for nearby residents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
                &#160; 
Aspiring interior designer Lucie Sadakova has come up with a striking concept to bring more green space and nourishment into a scruffy part of London.&#160; And, d...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/recycle/transforming-a-derelict-city-building-into-vertical-gardens-for-nearby-residents/</link>
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		<title>Textile Recycling Is Thriving in New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With buildings clamoring for bins in which residents can leave clothing to be sold or reprocessed, fewer discards will go to landfills.]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/recycle/textile-recycling-is-thriving-in-new-york/</link>
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		<title>NRDC in the News 2/17: Protect the Arctic, Mr. President; mercury pollution limits announced; Keystone XL fight and more&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide
                The Seattle Times published Frances Beinecke&#8217;s op-ed, which called upon President Obama to uphold his vow to stand up to Big Oil and protect the Arctic from drilling; the op-ed was...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/nrdc-in-the-news-217-protect-the-arctic-mr-president-mercury-pollution-limits-announced-keystone-xl-fight-and-more/</link>
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		<title>Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment News: 2/11 &#8211; 2/17/2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC
                Chile
A glimmer of hope for renewable energy in Chile as recent studies show that the cost of green energy has been cut in half over the past two years. The price decline is a resul...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/latin-america-climate-energy-and-environment-news-211-2172012/</link>
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		<title>Where am I? Given crazy jurisdictional borders, it&#8217;s hard to tell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
                &#160;&#160;
We&#8217;re looking at a satellite image of Netherlands countryside surrounding the Dutch town of Baarle-Nassau, home to just under 7,000 residents.&#160; (No...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/where-am-i-given-crazy-jurisdictional-borders-its-hard-to-tell/</link>
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		<title>Latin America&#8217;s sustainable energy future can start at the Rio+20 Earth Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carolina Herrera, Latin America Advocate, Washington DC
                Environment ministers from 31 Latin American and Caribbean countries meeting in Quito, Ecuador highlighted the importance of renewing high-level political will on sustainable devel...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/latin-americas-sustainable-energy-future-can-start-at-the-rio20-earth-summit/</link>
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		<title>White House Budget Proposal Threatens Cuts to Critical Coastal and Marine Programs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Chasis, Senior Attorney and Director, Ocean Initiative, New York
                When President Obama released his budget proposal to Congress this week, his message to Congress was clear: &#8220;[Create] an economy that is built to last.&#8221; ...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/white-house-budget-proposal-threatens-cuts-to-critical-coastal-and-marine-programs/</link>
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		<title>HUD launches Sustainable Communities Resource Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
                &#160;&#160;
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has created an important online resource for professionals and citizens interested in improving Americ...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/hud-launches-sustainable-communities-resource-center/</link>
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		<title>Scrap Wood Finds New Life in Contemporary Korean Kitchens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Busan, South Korea’s second largest city, is home to the country’s largest port and is the fifth busiest port in the world. With all those ships making stops in the sunny city of 3.6 million people, plenty of waste piles up, including scrap wood that encases a variety of goods. That wood sourced from across [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/reduce/scrap-wood-finds-new-life-in-contemporary-korean-kitchens/</link>
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		<title>Americans Send Over 800,000 Messages Opposing Keystone XL Pipeline in 1 Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City
                People from across the nation have come together in their opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline for dirty tar sands oil. Over the course of just 24 hours, Americans sent more than 800,...]]></description>
		<link>http://icommittogreen.net/sustainability/americans-send-over-800000-messages-opposing-keystone-xl-pipeline-in-1-day/</link>
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