All posts tagged "hurricane maria"
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CLIMATE
San Juan Mayor Rips Trump As ‘Disaster-In-Chief’ On Puerto Rico’s 100th Day Without Power
December 29, 2017San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz ripped President Trump’s response to Hurricane Maria as nearly half...
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NEWS
FEMA May Force Employees To Return Overtime Pay They Earned While Responding To Hurricanes
December 5, 2017The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has informed employees who have worked extra hours in response...
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NEWS
FL Company Awarded $30 Million To Supply Tarps To Puerto Rico. They Never Delivered One.
November 28, 2017A Florida company that was founded in late August just a month before Hurricane Maria made...
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NEWS
Whitefish Energy Suspends Repairs To Puerto Rico Power Grid Over Payment Dispute
November 20, 2017Whitefish Energy, a tiny Montana company that is under scrutiny over how it was awarded a...
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NEWS
Millions Of Puerto Ricans Lose Power Again After A Line Repaired By Whitefish Fails, Leaving 80% In The Dark
November 9, 2017Puerto Rico lost 25 percent of its power on Thursday after a power line that had...
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Authoritarianism
FBI Launches Probe Into $300M Whitefish Energy Puerto Rico Contract: Report
October 30, 2017The FBI has reportedly launched an investigation into the $300 million no-bid contract awarded to Whitefish...
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NEWS
New York To Send More Utility Crews To Puerto Rico Amid Cancellation Of $300M Whitefish Energy Contract
October 29, 2017New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that his state would be sending additional utility crews and...
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NEWS
Puerto Rican Electric Utility Cancels $300M Controversial Contract With Tiny Energy Company
October 29, 2017Puerto Rico’s state-run electric utility said Sunday it had canceled the controversial $300 million contract to...
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NEWS
Puerto Rico Governor Calls For $300M Whitefish Energy Contract To Be Canceled ‘Immediately’
October 29, 2017Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rossello is calling for the $300 million no-bid contract awarded to the...
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NEWS
Puerto Rico Claims 911 People Died Of ‘Natural Causes’ After Hurricane, Cremated Bodies Without Medical Exam
October 27, 2017Puerto Rico’s government admitted on Friday that 911 people have died following Hurricane Maria, but insisted...
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NEWS
Leaked Document Reveals $300M Whitefish Contract Blocks Government From Reviewing Costs Or Profits
October 27, 2017A leaked document revealing the $300 million no-bid contract awarded to a tiny Montana energy company...
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NEWS
FEMA Says It Did Not Approve $300M Whitefish Contract Even Though Contract Says It Did
October 27, 2017The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released a statement on Friday warning that it never...
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Authoritarianism
Congress Launches Two Investigations Into $300M Puerto Rico Contract Given To Tiny Energy Company
October 26, 2017Two congressional committees and a federal watchdog have launched an investigation into the $300 million no-bid...
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Authoritarianism
Dem Lawmakers Requesting An Investigation Into Fishy $300M Whitefish Energy Deal
October 26, 2017Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office...