EPA, local gov’t reps discuss island’s environmental challenges
June 12, 2012
Puerto Rico’s high asthma rates, and recycling and pollution prevention efforts were some of the issues on the agenda of a meeting that took place late last week between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and local government representatives in New York, the agency said Monday.
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San Germán gets island’s 1st solar-powered gas station
June 8, 2012
The historic town of San Germán recently chalked up another significant feat by becoming the home of Puerto Rico’s first solar-powered gas station, a Texaco location that invested $269,500 to convert its systems, the Energy Affairs Administration said Friday.
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Arecibo to pay $35K fine, pump $56M in sewer system upgrades to settle Clean Water Act violations
June 5, 2012
The town of Arecibo has reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act and violations of its Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.
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Ford grants $40K to 7 groups to promote environmental projects
June 4, 2012
Seven nonprofit organizations will be able to continue their education, rescue and environmental preservation efforts upon being selected to receive a total of $40,000 from Ford Motor Co.’s Conservation and Environmental Grants program, now in its 11th year.
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Arecibo residents express mixed feelings about waste-to-energy plant project
May 25, 2012
Arecibo-area residents got their chance to express their concerns about the waste-to-energy incinerator project that New York-based Energy Answers is proposing to build in their neighborhood during an informative meeting that drew heavy participation this week.
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Green Energy Fund spurs 111 solar energy projects islandwide
May 24, 2012
Over the past year, 111 green energy projects have sprouted up islandwide representing a joint investment between the government and the private sector of some $48 million.
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EPA to hold public meeting, hearing on permit for Arecibo waste-to-energy plant
May 15, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it will hold a public hearing June 25 to give the public a chance to express their concerns about the proposed waste-to-energy plant project slated for Arecibo.
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Proposed Arecibo waste-to-energy plant gets EPA nod
May 10, 2012
The proposed $500 million waste-to-energy plant that Albany, NY-based Energy Answers is seeking to build in Arecibo got an important endorsement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earlier this week, when it approved a key permit needed to move the project forward.
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Renewable energy execs: P.R. ‘really needs’ to get behind solar, wind projects
April 13, 2012
Renewable energy site developers are hopeful that the process of establishing wind and solar farms in Puerto Rico will get easier as more projects in the pipeline are approved.
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UPR-Utuado campus goes ‘green’ with $100K solar energy investment
April 12, 2012
The University of Puerto Rico’s Utuado campus stands to shave $6,500 off its annual electricity bill as a result of the solar panels recently installed atop its library building.
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$5.2M eco-friendly elderly home to be built in Utuado
March 16, 2012
The central mountain town of Utuado will become home to the island’s first affordable, eco-friendly elderly home, which is slated to begin construction in January 2013, at a cost of $5.2 million, representatives of the nonprofit developer in charge of the project, Pathstone CDC de Puerto Rico, announced this week.
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Gov’t incentives spur use of solar heaters in P.R.
March 14, 2012
Some 11,200 solar heaters were installed in Puerto Rico during 2011 and 2012, following the injection of more than $20 million in American Recovery Act and Reinvestment Act funds into local product manufacturers, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Energy Affairs Administration Executive Director Luis Bernal said Tuesday.
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Arecibo Battery Recycling Co. to pay EPA fine, invest $3M to reduce pollution
February 24, 2012
Six months after taking action against the Battery Recycling Co. in Arecibo, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday a legal agreement through which the company will have to pay a $112,500 penalty for alleged violations of the hazardous waste law.
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Fort Buchanan awards $34M contract for energy efficiency projects
February 16, 2012
Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls and the U.S. Army announced a $34.2 million federal contract for energy efficiency improvements at Fort Buchanan and U.S. Army Reserve Centers in Puerto Rico. The project will save $61 million in energy and operational costs over the next 16 years and create at least 100 local jobs.
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Ford Motor Co. opens ’12 environmental grant cycle
January 26, 2012
Surrounded by the young students of the “Niños Uniendo al Mundo/Jardín del Cielo” School in Caguas, Ford Motor Company officials kicked off this year’s Conservation & Environmental Grants program Wednesday to benefit local schools, nonprofits and grassroots organizations that are doing their part to improve Puerto Rico’s landscape.
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