Maria
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Economic uncertainty already hung over the heads of Puerto Rico’s children. Then came Maria.
Part of the hurricane's legacy will be the burden it foisted on the territory's young people.
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One year after Maria, the Puerto Rican diaspora charts a new path forward
At one memorial, a call for Puerto Rican independence. At another, demands that the U.S. government not turn its back on the island.
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We just got our disaster bill and it was $306 billion
The United States was hit by 16 climate and weather events that cost more than $1 billion each.
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Hurricane Maria crushed Puerto Rico farms. This activist wants to grow resilience through food.
"We need to grow our own food to be able to get out of this," Tara Rodríguez Besosa says.
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After the disaster comes disaster fatigue. Here’s how to fight it.
Feeling exhausted or indifferent after so many crises? You’re not alone.
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Obama’s FEMA chief: To rebuild after hurricanes, let’s talk climate change
Craig Fugate has some advice for the Trump administration.
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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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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.
