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Earlier, the program had been tentatively scheduled to launch in early 2010.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-08T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4646">      <title>Greener Fleets Hit the Streets: The State of Green Business 2010</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4646</link>      <description><![CDATA[While individual car buyers stayed out of showrooms, pushing the world&apos;s automakers to the brink and beyond, corporate and institutional buyers proved a bright spot for the industry -- a bright green spot, in fact. Fleet buyers ramped up their purchases of hybrid-electric, diesel, biodiesel, electric and other so-called alternative-fueled vehicles, from taxis to trucks. These buyers continued leadership role will be critical to electric-vehicle manufacturers&apos; hopes of growing sales and lowering costs.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-08T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4647">      <title>Greener Fleets Hit the Streets: The State of Green Business 2010</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4647</link>      <description><![CDATA[While individual car buyers stayed out of showrooms, pushing the world&apos;s automakers to the brink and beyond, corporate and institutional buyers proved a bright spot for the industry -- a bright green spot, in fact. Fleet buyers ramped up their purchases of hybrid-electric, diesel, biodiesel, electric and other so-called alternative-fueled vehicles, from taxis to trucks. These buyers continued leadership role will be critical to electric-vehicle manufacturers&apos; hopes of growing sales and lowering costs.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-08T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4642">      <title>Holiday Inn Express, Bardessono Boast Energy Efficiency, Renewables</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4642</link>      <description><![CDATA[Two more hotels -- the Holiday Inn Express and Suites Saint-Hyacinthe and Bardessono -- can add their brands to the roster of environmentally-friendly lodging as more consumers and companies consider the environmental impact of their travel.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-08T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4645">      <title>The Natural Step: Strategic Sustainability for Leaders</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4645</link>      <description><![CDATA[Master sustainability leadership skills, network with others and expand your options for creating a sustainable future. Our foundation course gives participants a robust understanding of The Natural Step Framework. You will gain skills and knowledge to make the case for change, apply a systems based approach to internal planning, and guide decision making to achieve sustainable results inside of the organization and out.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-08T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4644">      <title>The Natural Step: Strategic Sustainability for Leaders    </title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4644</link>      <description><![CDATA[Master sustainability leadership skills, network with others and expand your options for creating a sustainable future. Our foundation course gives participants a robust understanding of The Natural Step Framework. You will gain skills and knowledge to make the case for change, apply a systems based approach to internal planning, and guide decision making to achieve sustainable results inside of the organization and out.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-08T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4643">      <title>Winter Olympics Get Bronze for Environmentalism</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4643</link>      <description><![CDATA[The David Suzuki Foundation praised organizers for building energy-efficient venues, using clean-energy sources, relying on public transit during the Games, and offsetting part of the event&apos;s emissions.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-08T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4639">      <title>Artists, Record Companies, and Concert Venues Launch a Green Music Group</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4639</link>      <description><![CDATA[Dave Matthews Band, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow among the founding artists working in new Green Music Group alongside record companies and concert venues to lessen the environmental impact of the music industry.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-04T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4638">      <title>Reports: Puget Sound getting sicker; Obama budget slashes money for Sound cleanup by 60%</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4638</link>      <description><![CDATA[Eight indicators show a continuing decline in Puget Sound, while seven other indicators show evidence of improvement, suggesting that on balance there&apos;s a slippage in the health of the waterway that sustains orcas, salmon and people, according to our interpretation of the findings in the first new biennial report by Puget Sound Partnership. The Olympian calls it &quot;a mixed bag of improvement and continued decline.&quot;]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-04T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4637">      <title>Six Ways the NFL Is Greening Super Bowl XLIV. Really.</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4637</link>      <description><![CDATA[Sure, companies like Audi and GE like to take advantage of the Super Bowl&apos;s huge viewing audience to promote their latest &quot;green&quot; message. Even Pepsi threw its hat in the game by saying it wasn&apos;t going to advertise in this year&apos;s game.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-04T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4636">      <title>Water Vapor Slowed Global Warming Over Past Decade</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4636</link>      <description><![CDATA[Over the last 10 years, global temperatures rose about 25 percent more slowly than scientists had previously predicted. A study published in the journal Science reports that that&apos;s because the climate models factored in increases in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases but didn&apos;t count on a decrease in water vapor -- the most abundant greenhouse gas -- in the middle part of the atmosphere.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-04T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4633">      <title>Feds fund Northwest green job training</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4633</link>      <description><![CDATA[Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership was awarded $5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor in early 2010 for job creation and training in the renewable energy sector.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-03T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4635">      <title>SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance on Climate Change Disclosure Requirements for Public Companies</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4635</link>      <description><![CDATA[On February 2, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a new interpretive document (the Guidance) intended to inform public companies on their obligation to disclose to investors the impacts on their businesses -- both positive and negative -- of existing and proposed climate change laws and regulations.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-03T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4634">      <title>Updated Life Cycle Analysis of Soybean Production and Products Show Environmental Improvements</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4634</link>      <description><![CDATA[An updated life cycle assessment (LCA) of soybean production and products commissioned by the United Soybean Board found multiple energy and environmental benefits of current US soybean farming and processing. Currently, the data included in the Department of Energy&apos;s US Life Cycle Inventory is based on three years, 1998 to 2001. This LCA project is based on US agricultural data for the 2001-2007 period. It also contains actual data on soybean processing, commonly known as crushing, that was not previously available.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-03T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item>   <item rdf:about="http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4631">      <title>Coca-Cola Comes Clean About Going Green At Olympic Games</title>      <link>http://www.pprc.org/news/NewsItem.cfm?ID=4631</link>      <description><![CDATA[If you&apos;re attending the Vancouver Olympics this year, and you find yourself in a 100 percent environmentally sustainable, carbon-neutral caf&#xe9;, then it&apos;s probably sponsored by Coca-Cola. The soda company, building on past efforts, is going green this year -- big time. The brand is using bottles, furniture, and other products -- some quite surprising -- all with recycled materials and reusable energy.]]></description>     <dc:date>2010-02-02T12:00:00-05:00</dc:date>   </item></rdf:RDF>