BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — Cuba and Barbados intend to work together to create new opportunities for enhancing the environment.
This was among several issues discussed when Cuban Ambassador, Lissette Pérez-Pérez, paid a courtesy call on Minister of the Environment and Drainage, Dr Denis Lowe at his office in Barbados on Monday.
During that visit, Lowe outlined that [...]
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CUBAENERGIA, Centro de Gestion de la Infromacion y Desarrolio de la Energia
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CUBAENERGIA, Centro de Gestion de la Infromacion y Desarrolio de la Energia
Calle 20, No 4111 e/ 18-A y 47, Miramar, Playa, Ciudad de la Habana,
Telefonos: 537-206-2069, 202-7527
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Cuba and Barbados to create environment links
April 26th, 2012 
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X CUBA SOLAR Conference and Research Tour
April 19th, 2012 Admin: Donna “We need an example of what to do when the effects of Peak Oil really hit internationally. Cuba provides us with that. Cuba has already undergone an energy famine.”
– Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute From the documentary film “The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”
X CUBA SOLAR Conference and Research Tour
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Renewable energy development in Cuba
February 9th, 2012 Admin: Donna More than a decade ago, solar electricity changed the lives of several mountain communities in Cuba. Now this and other renewable power sources are emerging as the best options available to develop sustainable energy across the island.
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Bahamas hosts regional forum on oil drilling safety
December 12th, 2011 Admin: Donna The Bahamas recently hosted a regional forum on oil drilling safety in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico:
According to an International Maritime Organization (IMO) consultant, the forum welcomed delegates from Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and the U.S. Along with The Bahamas, each of those countries has or potentially could have oil wells off their shores [...] -
Forging an alliance to fight for climate action
December 12th, 2011 Admin: Donna PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday December 12, 2011 (By Peter Richards) – When the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development dubbed Rio+20 convenes in Brazil next year, Caribbean leaders want to ensure that the concerns of vulnerable low-lying coastal and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) will be heard.
Closing a one-day summit of Cuba and the 15-member [...]
