parguera

INTERNATIONAL SURFING DAY CELEBRATION: RAISING AWARENESS WITH ART An Art Auction Celebrating the Sport of Surfing and the Natural World International, regional, and local artists together with the Rincón chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will be celebrating the 6th annual International Surfing Day celebrating the sport of surfing and the natural world by holding an art auction to raise funds for the chapter’s water quality monitoring program and outreach and education efforts. The event is... Read Full Story

Stop producing deadly Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM). While driving you car or standing on the street in Puerto Rico have you noticed a dark cloud coming from the exhaust pipe of diesels? Most people give this no thought at all, but in reality this is a severe health problem and also just plain ugly. Puerto Rico has approx 22,000 diesel (2006 figures) trucks. Of these it is estimated that 90 (2006 figures) percent emit deadly DPMs (see images). DPM is the particulate component of diesel... Read Full Story

The number one problem in Puerto Rico and in most developing economies is the production of waste material, garbage as it is commonly referred to. This massive amount of garbage ends up on our beaches, rivers, streets, landfills and recently in third world countries. Yes we pay to have it hauled thousands of miles and in the process waste more energy to deposit our garbage in our neighbors’ back yard making it their problem. Whose brilliant idea was this? Today we recognized that land filling... Read Full Story

Recycling • One ton of paper from recycled pulp saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 7,999 gallons of water, 4.200 kilowatt hours (enough to heat your home for half a year), 390 gallons of oil, and prevents 60 pounds of air pollutants. • Producing a soda can from aluminum uses 95% less energy than manufacturing a can from ore and produces 95% less air pollution and 97% less water pollution. • Recycling just one aluminum can save enough energy to power a television for three hours... Read Full Story

An inconvenient truth, taken from Al Gores documentary is a good term to describe ARPE and DRNA in Puerto Rico or should I use the term ARPE gone wild? When an agency that is suppose to protect and look out and enforce zoning laws starts to grant permits in violation of existing law we must wonder whose interest they are really protecting! I really can’t say that they are not doing their job, perhaps they lack the physical head count or perhaps they lack the follow up, but obviously someone... Read Full Story

We are faced with ever increasing oil prices and as a consequence higher gas prices at the pump. Can we save the future of our children? The greatest problem we face today is transportation, you see nearly 75% of every barrel of oil is used for transportation fuel, cars, trucks and ship and not energy production as one may have been lead to believe. The improvement and re-engineering of our transport medium should be the number one priority of every community and government on the planet if... Read Full Story

During the early 70s and into 1981 the average MPG of all cars in the USA was 26mpg the same as in Europe. Today twenty eight years later the average USA fleet of cars averages just 23mpg where as the Europeans have increased their average to 30mpg an increase of 14% where as the USA dropped 3.8% . Today the European market offers 129 models that average over 36mpg and 59 models that average over 50mpg but only five models are sold in the USA. These are not exotic or experimental cars as is... Read Full Story

The SmartWay Transport Partnership is collaboration between EPA and the freight industry to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution. SmartWay Transport Affiliates are trade and professional associations, nonprofit environmental, energy, and community organizations, school and university groups that are committed to promoting greater energy efficiency and air quality within the freight transport sector. A great idea on behave of the EPA yet... Read Full Story

Por Gerardo E. Alvarado León / galvarado@elnuevodia.com Manatí - La probabilidad de que el calentamiento global tenga un impacto directo sobre la calidad y cantidad de las aguas subterráneas de Puerto Rico “es muy real”, aseguró ayer el hidrólogo Sigfrido Torres González, adscrito al Servicio Geológico federal (USGS, en inglés). Torres González presentó sus conclusiones durante la 2da. Magna Cumbre Ambiental, que se celebra hasta hoy en el Teatro Taboas, en Manatí. Según el experto, el... Read Full Story

La Parguera is a small fishing village in the town of Lajas, Puerto Rico; located on the southwest coast of the island. La Parguera is one of four areas in Puerto Rico that has a very unique and remarkable night time phenomenon, a Phosphorescent Bay. When the still waters are disturbed they glow with millions of microscopic organisms known as dinoflagellates which sparkle and create a spectacular light show. This phenomenon occurs only in tropical areas, typically in mangrove-protected bays... Read Full Story