The Ana G. Méndez University System has been selected to receive a $463,862 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to replace analog microwave radio transmitters with digital radio transmitters, Rural Development State Director for Puerto Rico José Otero said Wednesday.
Five proposals from Puerto Rico requesting a combined $163,000 in funding have been selected to benefit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, to develop energy efficiency projects.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $120,000 to Puerto Rico’s Desarrollo Integral del Sur Inc. to help it identify sources of air pollution in the Tallaboa-Encarnación community. The community is located in an industrial area of where there are a number of petrochemical businesses. The project is called "Pulmones Saludables, Ahora!" (“Healthy Lungs, Now!”)
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