hurricane maria
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Trump abandons Obama-era plan to help climate refugees
The Obama administration was slowly working on a plan to deal with the problem. The Trump administration isn’t interested.
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Without Trump’s help, Puerto Rico’s poorest communities organize their own relief
As one 72-year-old explains, “You can’t wait for the government to help.”
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Puerto Rico had towering landfills and coal ash pollution. Then, Maria hit.
The scale of environmental devastation on the island is still unknown -- and the situation was already pretty bad.
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Puerto Ricans are living climate change right now. Here’s how they describe it.
Island dwellers -- and their loved ones stateside -- detail the situation on the ground, one week after Maria.
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6 reasons post-Maria Puerto Rico could be a Katrina-like disaster
The disaster is especially dire. Here's why.
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Maria has plunged Puerto Rico into a humanitarian emergency
With no power for months, simple sanitation could become a life-threatening issue for island dwellers.
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Harvey, Irma, Maria: This is the hurricane season scientists expected … and feared
Scientists expect more Cat 5 storms in a warmer world -- which 2017 may already be.
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Hurricane Maria poses a catastrophic threat to the Caribbean
Maria is expected to grow stronger as it heads toward the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
