Puerto Rican stateside lawmakers Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez and Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez met with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Thursday to brief him — and express their opposition — on the waste-to-energy incinerator project proposed by Energy Answers in Arecibo.
Nine nonprofit organizations were the recipients of $40,000 in grants available through Ford Motor Company’s Conservation and Environment Grants Program, to keep their environmental preservation projects going.
As a part of the Obama administration’s effort to support greater energy efficiency through the “Battle of the Buildings Challenge,” the Environmental Protection Agency recently granted Business Efficiency Consulting Services the rights to host a regional energy-savings competition in Puerto Rico.
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