{"id":251250,"date":"2024-05-18T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/as-fossil-fuel-plants-face-retirement-a-puerto-rico-community-pushes-for-rooftop-solar\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T14:21:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T14:21:10","slug":"as-fossil-fuel-plants-face-retirement-a-puerto-rico-community-pushes-for-rooftop-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/as-fossil-fuel-plants-face-retirement-a-puerto-rico-community-pushes-for-rooftop-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"As fossil fuel plants face retirement, a Puerto Rico community pushes for rooftop solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n      <iframe style=\"margin: 0 auto 20px; width: 100%; height: 100px; border: none; display: none\" data-project-id=\"Yual8er4aaQbafhcldNK\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" allowtransparency=\"\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"ad-auris-iframe\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-partner-content\">\n        <em>This story was originally published by\u00a0Inside Climate News\u00a0and is reproduced here as part of the\u00a0Climate Desk\u00a0collaboration.<\/em>\n    <\/div>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">The coastal communities of Guayama and Salinas in southern Puerto Rico feature acres of vibrant green farmland, and a rich, biodiverse estuary, the\u00a0protected\u00a0Jobos Bay, which stretches between the neighboring townships. 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