The arresting leaf coverage on the exterior walls of the Banco Popular Foundation's newly inaugurated headquarters in Hato Rey offers the most recent public evidence of the green building revolution that is slowly but progressively taking hold in Puerto Rico.
The Dr. Manuel Zeno Gandía Credit Union recently marked six decades of doing business in Puerto Rico, where the cooperative movement has continued growing despite the protracted fiscal crisis.
More than three years after first proposing the construction of a $750 million Resource Recovery Facility — or waste-to-energy — plant in Arecibo, Albany, NY-based Energy Answers confirmed Thursday that the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board of Puerto Rico granted the Air Quality Location and Construction Final Permit needed to move forward with the project.