Instituto Nacional de Energía y Sostenibilidad Isleña de la UPR

Dile al Gob. Pierluisi: ¡Proteja la Ley 10 de 2024 y la medición neta en Puerto Rico! En enero de este año, el Gobernador Pierluisi firmó el proyecto de ley P.S. 1064 creando la Ley 10 de 2024. El mismo extiende el programa de medición neta hasta el 2030 en Puerto Rico. Sin embargo, este pasado 10 de abril, la Junta de Supervisión Fiscal (JSF) objetó la aprobación de la Ley 10

Casa Pueblo presenta propuesta para energizar 5,000 viviendas con el sol La implementación de un proyecto piloto que posibilite la creación de 5,000 techos solares en todos los barrios de Adjuntas fue propuesta este miércoles a la secretaria del Departamento de Energía Federal, Jennifer Granholm, por los directores de la entidad comunitaria Casa Pueblo, Alexis Massol...

We are excited to share with students, faculty, and the public that the Honorable Shalanda H. Baker is going to be visiting UTRGV on Wednesday April 12, 2023. Ms. Baker is the Director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the U.S. Department of Energy and Secretarial Advisor on Equity. On that day Ms Baker is going to deliver a keynote titled "Energy Justice: Energy and Equity and Meeting the Moment" in the Ballroom (Edinburg Campus) at 10:30 am.

We hope to see you there!

Lio de Energía on Twitter “Solar, renewable energy helped communities hit by Hurricane Ian survive. https://t.co/yWCMLS7pAw”

Congratulations to Drs. Donner, Rodriguez, Brotzge, and Diaz on your new book!!!

Severe Weather Warnings: An Interdisciplinary Approach offers a comprehensive description and analysis of natural hazard warnings, drawing on perspectives from the social sciences, physical sciences, and interdisciplinary fields such as disaster studies to articulate a distinction between traditional warnings and what might be called interdisciplinary warnings. Traditional warnings approach warning technology, design, and application from a principally scientific and technical perspective. Human factors, while considered, often are of secondary concern. Interdisciplinary warnings, on the other hand, maintain a critical emphasis on the technical merits of warning systems, but also ask, “Will psychological and community factors such as culture and structure shape how the system is used, and, if so, can this information be incorporated into system design preemptively to make it more effective?” Given the absence of systematic work on interdisciplinary warnings, a book-length monograph discussing and synthesizing knowledge from the various fields focused on warnings and warning response is of critical importance to both academics and practitioners. Broadly conceived, the book presents readers with an in-depth overview of warnings, interdisciplinary research, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Book link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-05031-2 -this-book

Event: Climate Justice and Community Resilience

Date 1: Oct. 25th at 5:30 pm (Edinburg Ballroom)
Date 2: Oct. 26th at 5:30 pm (Brownsville BMAIN 2.402)

To register: https://forms.office.com/r/ZzSFuTqKCE

Mr. Ramon Cruz is coming to UTRGV to deliver a keynote speech on Climate Justice and Community Resilience. Mr. Ramon Cruz is the first Latino president of the Sierra Club. He also has over 20 years of experience intersecting the fields of sustainability, environmental policy, urban planning, energy and climate change. He has worked in the public sector as the Deputy Director of the state environmental regulatory agency in Puerto Rico and held senior positions at the Environmental Defense Fund, the Partnership for New York City and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. In 2020, he was elected President of the Sierra Club, the nation’s oldest and largest environmental organization with 3.8 million members and supporters in 64 chapters across the United States.

The sponsors of these events are the Department of Sociology, the Department of Public Affairs and Security Studies, the Program of Environmental Studies, the School of Social Work, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Office of Sustainability. If you are interested in participating, please register.

We hope you join us.

Thx United Humanists

Proyectarán el documental Chimenea de muerte esta noche en Guayama - Voces del Sur El documental Chimenea de muerte, que trata sobre el impacto de la operación de AES será proyectado en Guayama.