As Puerto Rico and its residents reel in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Energy Answers, the company that has been trying unsuccessfully for a decade to construct a solid waste incinerator in Arecibo, has been hard at work capitalizing on the chaos of recovery to push its unpopular project through.

Comments on “Arecibo Waste-to-Energy and Resource Recovery Project Final Environmental Impact Statement”

In Maryland and Puerto Rico, activists have taken to the streets in an effort to keep polluting trash incinerators at bay.

Energy Answers está intentando usar dinero federal para realizar un proyecto de energía sucia en la isla bajo el pretexto de sustentabilidad.

Arecibo, Puerto Rico: 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue – Endangered Species Act Violations Related to Proposed Rural Utilities Service Financial Assistance to Energy Answers Incinerator

El incinerador de basura propuesto para Arecibo pondría en riesgo a comunidades y a especies en peligro de extinción

The proposed Arecibo waste incinerator would jeopardize communities and endangered species

An energy company is trying to fund the construction of a waste incinerator in Puerto Rico with federal dollars, even though the project could harm human health and the environment.

A polluting waste incinerator project will not only put communities in danger, but will also put iconic endangered species in harm’s way, including the Puerto Rican Crested Toad, Puerto Rican Boa, manatees, and the Puerto Rican Parrot. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service has been considering the proposal to fund a waste…

Earthjustice, a national nonprofit environmental law firm, and the Vermont Law School Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic are representing Amigos Del Río Guaynabo, Inc., Ciudadanos En Defensa Del Ambiente, Comité Basura Cero Arecibo, Madres De Negro de Arecibo, and Sierra Club de Puerto Rico and the communities they represent in fighting the Arecibo waste incinerator project. Earthjustice and the Vermont Law School Clinic submitted comments on behalf of the groups today.

Proposed Arecibo Waste Incinerator would further harm community encircled by pollution, if given federal funding

El incinerador de basura propuesto para Arecibo causaría mayores daños a una comunidad ya rodeada por la contaminación si recibe fondos federales

Esta es una publicación de blog de la invitada especial Ingrid Vila, fundadora de Cambio y antigua Secretaria de Gobernación de Puerto Rico. Además de los riesgos fiscales y económicos, el pueblo de Puerto Rico debe enfrentarse a otra amenaza: la propuesta de construcción de un incinerador municipal de residuos sólidos (o MSW, por sus…

The proposed construction of a 2,100-ton-per-day municipal solid waste incinerator on the north coast of Puerto Rico is involving communities in a fight to demonstrate that waste incineration is a bad idea for the island.