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Parallel18 launches the first local Life Sciences incubator: BioLeap

Submitted on 22 January 2024 - 3:41pm

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Parallel 18

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The program will open its application process aimed for projects in biotechnology,
medical technologies driven by Ai and genomics, among others.

Restoring an essential natural lung near the urban center of Ponce

Submitted on 19 January 2024 - 12:33pm

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El Nuevo Día

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By:

Manuel Guillama Capella

Conservation of El Samán forest came after an extensive struggle to prevent the construction of a drugstore

Ponce - A community struggle that lasted more than a decade ended recently with a resounding victory for environmental protection, resulting in the first acquisition of an urban forest by the conservationist organization Para la Naturaleza (PLN) and the rescue of an important lung near the urban center of this municipality.

Some 60 groups ask Biden administration to provide Puerto Rico with access to clean energy credits

Submitted on 19 January 2024 - 12:17pm

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El Nuevo Día

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By:

José A. Delgado

The petition, led by the Center for American Progress, comes at a time when the island was excluded from incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles.

Washington D.C. - About 60 civil society organizations, led by the think tank Center for American Progress (CAP), have petitioned Joe Biden's administration to grant Puerto Rico and the other territories access to federal clean energy credits, including the purchase of electric vehicles.

"Caribbean Climate Resilience" game created to educate on the effects of climate change

Submitted on 19 January 2024 - 12:07pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Amanda Pérez Pintado

The tool is part of an effort led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Caribbean Climate Center

As part of an effort to educate about climate change, the USDA's Caribbean Climate Center developed the "Caribbean Climate Resilience" game, an interactive tool that shows the impact of climate on the region's agricultural industry.

Puerto Rican oceanographer joins prestigious scientific society

Submitted on 17 January 2024 - 11:38am

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El Nuevo Día

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Amanda Pérez Pintado

Jorge Bauzá Ortega, scientific director of the San Juan Bay Estuary Program, is currently leading research on contaminants of emerging concern.

Oceanographer Jorge Bauzá Ortega's connection to the sea began at an early age. As a child, the scientific director of the San Juan Bay Estuary Program collected seashells and sponges, among other remains of marine species, and the sample grew so large that his mother created a designated space for him to preserve it.

Organizations appeal court decision allowing destruction of agricultural and sensitive lands

Submitted on 12 January 2024 - 1:49pm

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The plaintiffs continue their efforts to have industrial energy projects banned from developing on land of high agricultural value and instead be installed on rooftops or in previously contaminated areas.