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Recycling in a limbo

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By law, Puerto Rico should recycle 35% of the solid waste it produces. Instead, it only recycles 11.3% and the recycling statistics have not been updated in three years.

Wetlands still at risk

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended to impose security fees to the Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority because it is concerned about the lack of a proper mitigation plan for the wetlands that would be affected by the proposed Green Way gas pipeline.

IOM Elects 65 New Members, Five Foreign Associates

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Dr. Margarita Alegría, a professor at the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Dr. Alegría becomes the fifth Puerto Rican to receive this high honor and the second Puerto Rican woman to do so. Election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

Gas pipeline would need environmental impact documents

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After the fact that the gas pipiline (Via Verde or Green Way) proposed by the Puerto Rico Power Authority would have up to 20 interconnecting valves along its 92 mile length became public, environmental attorney Pedro Saade warned that the pipeline would require new environmental impact assessments.

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