Rosa Hilda Ramos
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Rosa Hilda Ramos is the second Puerto Rican
recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize
, a prestigious award given to grassroots environmentalists from around the world and popularly known as the "Green Nobel prize". A housewife and environmental activist based in Cataño, Puerto Rico
, Ramos received the award for helping save the Las Cucharillas mangrove from development. She also successfully battled the area's main air polluter—the government-owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
(PREPA)-- forcing the public utility to dramatically reduce the lever of pollutants discharged into the atmosphere and forcing it to pay a $7 million federal fine.
The 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize, which includes a $150,000 monetary grant, was awarded to seven recipients in San Francisco, California
on April 14, 2008.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize
Goldman Environmental Prize
The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The prize includes a no-strings-attached award of...
, a prestigious award given to grassroots environmentalists from around the world and popularly known as the "Green Nobel prize". A housewife and environmental activist based in Cataño, Puerto Rico
Cataño, Puerto Rico
Cataño is a municipality located on northern coast of Puerto Rico bordering the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent to the north and east by San Juan; north of Bayamón and Guaynabo; east of Toa Baja and west of Guaynabo and is part of the San Juan Metropolitan Area. Cataño is spread over 7 wards and...
, Ramos received the award for helping save the Las Cucharillas mangrove from development. She also successfully battled the area's main air polluter—the government-owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, originally named the Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority or Autoridad de las Fuentes Fluviales was created by Law #83 of May 2, 1941 during the governorship of Rexford G. Tugwell, an FDR "brain-truster".Publicly-owned, PRWRA unified diverse regional and...
(PREPA)-- forcing the public utility to dramatically reduce the lever of pollutants discharged into the atmosphere and forcing it to pay a $7 million federal fine.
The 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize, which includes a $150,000 monetary grant, was awarded to seven recipients in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
on April 14, 2008.