UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION

November 28, 2005.

    U.S.A. Mailing Address: 8606 Greenwood Avenue, #2; Takoma Park, MD 20912
    Ukraine Mailing Address: 11 Strutynska Street, #18; Rivne, Ukraine 33003
    
    e-mail: ua_ea@yahoo.com
    URL: http://www.ua-ea.org
    
    
    News Advisory
    
    CONTACT INFORMATION POSTED ON-LINE ABOUT UKRAINIAN INSTITUTIONS WORKING ON RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
    
    For Release: Monday, November 28, 2005
    
    Contact: (in Ukraine) Taras Lychuk +38 (067) 750 5192; (in U.S.A.) Ken Bossong +1 (301) 588-4741
    
    
    WASHINGTON DC/RIVNE, UKRAINE -- The Ukrainian-American Environmental Association (UAEA) today announced the posting on its web page of contact information for nearly three dozen institutional resources in Ukraine working on renewable energy and energy efficiency issues. This is being provided as part of UAEA’s broader effort to promote increased use of sustainable energy technologies in Ukraine.
    
    See: http://ua-ea.org/14/resources
    
    Twenty-one business, academic, governmental, and NGO organizational contacts are provided for renewable energy and thirteen for energy efficiency. The information is provided in both Ukrainian and English.
    
    Additional listings will be included and regularly updated as they are identified. Contact information for American and other international organizations interested in working with Ukraine to develop its renewable energy and energy efficiency options will also be posted in the near future.
    
    In the coming months, UAEA will also be posting on its web page contact information for a large number of Ukrainian institutional resources working on a range of environmental issues including soil contamination, air and water pollution, nuclear power, climate change, and wildlife and wilderness protection. A detailed listing of those media resources that regularly cover Ukrainian environmental issues is also forthcoming.
    
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    The Ukrainian-American Environmental Association is a private, non-governmental organization founded in 2004 and chartered in both the United States and Ukraine. It was created to serve as a network of Ukrainian and American NGOs, academic researchers, businesses, and government officials to facilitate the exchange of information on a broad array of environmental issues including, but not limited to, energy policy, climate change, air and water pollution, toxic wastes, soil conservation, sustainable agriculture, and wildlife and wilderness protection.