Tag: Puerto Rico

A third of Puerto Rico residents are still without electricity and lack access to potable water four months after the Category 4 hurricane hit.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently estimated complete power restoration by May, leaving 45 percent of the island’s 1.5 million electricity customers in the dark.

“The environment is the clear loser, with calamitous consequences for all Americans."

To repair after disasters – and prevent future ones – we can’t be afraid to spend public money on things people need.

While more disaster capitalists will be lining up, the resilient population of Puerto Rico will build momentum for renewable alternatives to the fossil-fuel power grid that has failed them.

The disaster-relief agency, under fire after Hurricane Maria, won’t release the plan, even as a comparable document for Hawaii remains public.

“We are fighting to make sure that help that goes to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands goes to the people, not to Wall Street."

Financial firms are still fighting to get billions out of the bankrupt island as it tries to rebuild.

If our legislators and central bankers can find trillions of dollars to bail out Wall Street banks, they can find the money to help an American territory suffering the worst humanitarian crisis in its history.

The island needs a revamped electric grid and fast, but privatization is not the answer.