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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dnica Coto

Push to eliminate renewable energy goals in Puerto Rico sparks outrage as outages persist

Puerto Rico Power crisis - (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Puerto Rico legislators on Monday held a contentious public hearing on a governor-backed bill that would eliminate renewable energy goals and extend operations of the island's lone coal-fired plant, long accused of polluting low-income communities.

The bill challenges Puerto Rico's four-year renewable energy push, supported by U.S. federal funding, to help ease chronic power outages on an island trying to wean itself off fossil fuels.

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