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Environmental Research Laboratory opens in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 2 December 2016 - 4:10am

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The Environmental Research laboratory, inaugurated in Rio Piedras as part of the Science City project, will serve as the principal laboratory for the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board. 

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Contaminación lumínica afecta tortugas, aves y personas en Puerto Rico

Submitted on 12 August 2016 - 5:30pm

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El exceso de luz artificial o contaminación lumínica que sufre Puerto Rico afecta a especies animales como tortugas y aves, aunque es un problema del que tampoco se libra la población de la isla caribeña.

El director ejecutivo de la Junta de Calidad Ambiental (JCA), Weldin Ortiz, señaló hoy a Efe que ante el problema de contaminación lumínica en la Isla su agencia apuesta por la educación. Las expresiones de Ortiz fueron durante la inauguración del Tercer foro sobre prevención y control de la contaminación lumínica en Puerto Rico.

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Free event this Tuesday on the impact of luminous pollution

Submitted on 5 August 2016 - 3:27pm

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The Astronomy Society of Puerto Rico invites the general public to the "3rd forum on prevention and control of luminous pollution in Puerto Rico". This event will be held on Tuesday, August 9 from 8:30am to 4:00pm at the Sala Jesús María Saromá in the Teatro Bertita and the Guillermo L. Martínez room in the Puerto Rico Music Conservatory  at # 951  Ave. Ponce de León in San Juan. 

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JCA recognizes student project to protect butterflies

Submitted on 19 April 2016 - 7:38pm

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The Environmental Quality Board, recognized the organization Scientific Youth of Ponce, made up of students from the Bernardino Cordero Bernard Vocational School, for their project aimed at protecting butterflies. 

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Light pollution: Light that generates darkness

Submitted on 23 April 2014 - 5:19pm

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Kiara Candelaria Nieves

This article discusses the effects of light pollution relevant to Puerto Rican biodiversity and ecosystems from animals to humans.

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Promising research on aviculture waste to generate energy

Submitted on 7 March 2013 - 7:07pm

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Marieli Collazo Vega

A group of researchers from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) at Río Piedras Campus are trying to generate energy from the waste called "gallinaza" generated by hens.

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Architects defend Guanica's Dry Forest Reserve

Submitted on 1 December 2012 - 1:49pm

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The College of Architects and Landscaping Architects of Puerto Rico demanded that the president of the Planification Board, Rubén Flores Marzán, does not allow a proposal to change the protection status of 60 acres within the Guanica Dry Forest Reserve to move forward.

 

 

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