All posts tagged "Puerto Rico"
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NEWS
How Corruption Slows Disaster Recovery
June 5, 2018The 2018 hurricane season has now begun. It’s a good time to think about lessons learned...
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CLIMATE
Hillary Clinton: Trump’s Response To Puerto Rico ‘An American Tragedy’
May 31, 2018Hillary Clinton blasted the Trump administration for its response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last...
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NEWS
Puerto Rico Hit By Island-Wide Blackout, And Power May Not Be Restored For Days
April 18, 2018An island-wide power outage struck Puerto Rico on Wednesday, as the territory’s electric grid struggles to...
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NEWS
FEMA Awarded Contractor $156M To Provide 30 Million Meals To Puerto Rico, Only Delivered 50,000: Report
February 6, 2018The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded a $156 million contract to a one-woman business that was...
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NEWS
FEMA To Officially End Food, Water Aid To Puerto Rico Despite Widespread Power Outages
January 30, 2018The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced Tuesday it will “officially shut off” food and water...
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Extreme Weather
Why Puerto Rico’s Death Toll From Hurricane Maria Is So Much Higher Than Officials Thought
January 3, 2018Alexis R. Santos-Lozada, Pennsylvania State University “If you don’t get away from those areas, you are...
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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
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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NEWS
FEMA To Airlift Thousands Of Puerto Ricans To Florida And New York
November 8, 2017The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has offered to airlift Puerto Ricans currently staying in shelters...
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NEWS
TJ Maxx, Marshalls Continue Paying Puerto Rico Workers Despite Closed Stores: ‘It’s The Right Thing To Do’
November 8, 2017TJX Companies, the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods, is continuing to pay its...
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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...