Puerto Rico
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The U.S. could have avoided Puerto Rico’s water crisis
There are international standards for disaster relief. The government isn't meeting them.
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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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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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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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Hurricanes keep bringing blackouts. Clean energy could keep the lights on.
Irma and Maria are the latest reminders that we really need a new electricity grid
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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.