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• EPA Announces Nearly $2M Clean Ports Investment in Puerto Rico

  EPA’s Clean Ports Program funding will transform port operations with zero-emission technology, reduce air pollution, and advance environmental justice in port communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Nearly $2M Clean Ports Investment in Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: October 30, 2024

• La Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto de Puerto Rico recibirá más de $156 millones para proveer energía solar, reducir los costos de energía y promover la justicia ambiental en todo Puerto Rico

  La EPA anuncia a los seleccionados para la competencia de subvenciones del Fondo de Reducción de Gases de Efecto Invernadero para hacer llegar energía solar a hogares de bajos recursos y desventajados a través de la agenda Investing in America del Preside

  EPA News Release: La Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto de Puerto Rico recibirá más de $156 millones para proveer energía solar, reducir los costos de energía y promover la justicia ambiental en todo Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: April 23, 2024

• Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget to Receive Over $156 Million to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across Puerto Rico

  EPA announces selectees for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget to Receive Over $156 Million to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• VIEO to Receive Over $62 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across the U.S. Virgin Islands

  EPA announces selectees for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President’s Investing in America agenda

  EPA News Release: VIEO to Receive Over $62 Million from EPA to Provide Solar Power, Lower Energy Costs and Advance Environmental Justice Across the U.S. Virgin Islands

  • Release Date: April 22, 2024

• La EPA otorga $1 millón en fondos a San Juan para combatir el cambio climático

  Este financiamiento es posible gracias a la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación del Presidente Biden

  EPA News Release: La EPA otorga $1 millón en fondos a San Juan para combatir el cambio climático

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• EPA Awards $1 Million to San Juan to Tackle Climate Pollution

  Funding made possible by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $1 Million to San Juan to Tackle Climate Pollution

  • Release Date: October 25, 2023

• La administración Biden-Harris selecciona a la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico para servir como nuevo centro de asistencia técnica a fin de ayudar a las comunidades de todo el Caribe a acceder a inversiones históricas para promover la justicia a

  Los Centros de Asistencia Técnica para Lograr Comunidades Prósperas de la EPA incluyen una red de más de 160 organizaciones que proveerán recursos destinados a r al acceso a las inversiones históricas del presidente Biden en Estados Unidos.

  EPA News Release: La administración Biden-Harris selecciona a la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico para servir como nuevo centro de asistencia técnica a fin de ayudar a las comunidades de todo el Caribe a acceder a inversiones históricas para promover la justicia a

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Selects the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across the Caribbean Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  EPA’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers include a network of over 160 partners to provide resources to unlock access to President Biden’s historic investments in America

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico to Serve as New Technical Assistance Center to Help Communities Across the Caribbean Access Historic Investments to Advance Environmental Justice

  • Release Date: April 13, 2023

• EPA Report Shows Decrease in Chemical Releases, Increase in Recycling and Waste Management in Region 2 Facilities

  Includes New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

  EPA News Release: EPA Report Shows Decrease in Chemical Releases, Increase in Recycling and Waste Management in Region 2 Facilities

  • Release Date: March 16, 2023

• New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Facilities in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Continue to Reduce Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals

  2020 Analysis Includes New Features to Make Data More Accessible to Communities

  EPA News Release: New EPA Toxics Release Inventory Data Show Facilities in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Continue to Reduce Releases of Certain Toxic Chemicals

  • Release Date: March 4, 2022

• Nuevos datos del inventario de emisiones tóxicas de la EPA muestran que las sedes en Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes Estadounidenses continúan reduciendo emisiones de ciertas sustancias químicas tóxicas

  El Análisis 2020 incluye nuevas características para hacer los datos más accesibles a las comunidades

  EPA News Release: Nuevos datos del inventario de emisiones tóxicas de la EPA muestran que las sedes en Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes Estadounidenses continúan reduciendo emisiones de ciertas sustancias químicas tóxicas

  • Release Date: March 4, 2022

• Agencias Federales y Estatales Presentan Guia para Ayudar a los Municipios a Integrar el Manejo de Desperdicios Sólidos y Escombros de Desastres en Planes de Mitigación de Riesgos en Puerto Rico

  EPA News Release: Agencias Federales y Estatales Presentan Guia para Ayudar a los Municipios a Integrar el Manejo de Desperdicios Sólidos y Escombros de Desastres en Planes de Mitigación de Riesgos en Puerto Rico

  • Release Date: September 14, 2021

• Federal and Puerto Rico Agencies Unveil Guide to Assist Municipalities in Integrating Solid Waste and Disaster Debris Management into Hazard Mitigation Plans

  EPA News Release: Federal and Puerto Rico Agencies Unveil Guide to Assist Municipalities in Integrating Solid Waste and Disaster Debris Management into Hazard Mitigation Plans

  • Release Date: September 14, 2021

• EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by Proposing to Add Ochoa Fertilizer Co. in Guánica, Puerto Rico to the National Priorities List

  EPA News Release: EPA Takes Action to Address Risks to Public Health by Proposing to Add Ochoa Fertilizer Co. in Guánica, Puerto Rico to the National Priorities List

  • Release Date: September 8, 2021

• U.S. Government Calls for End of Disposing Solid Waste at Puerto Rico Municipal Landfill

  EPA News Release: U.S. Government Calls for End of Disposing Solid Waste at Puerto Rico Municipal Landfill

  • Release Date: February 25, 2021