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FEMA has failed Puerto Rico in unimaginable ways, but this is the worst one yet
In the middle of a devastating crisis after the passage of Hurricane Maria, the island of Puerto Rico is still waiting for the Trump Administration to show signs of concern or even recognition of the ...
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Puerto Rico on tenterhooks over Donald Trump’s idea of eliminating FEMA: “It would be another disaster”
While making the caveat that this is extremely premature, mayors and the former executive director of the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience (COR3), Manuel Laboy ...
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Lawsuit Challenges FEMA Funding to Rebuild Puerto Rico’s Fossil Fuel-Dependent Electric Grid
WASHINGTON— Conservation and community groups sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security today over their plans to rebuild Puerto Rico’s centralized electric ...
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Texas disaster spurs Reps. AOC, Velázquez, Schumer to call on FEMA to upgrade Puerto Rico’s electric grid
Chuck Schumer led a group of 14 House and Senate members to sign a letter to FEMA, calling on it to use its planned $9.6 billion investment in Puerto Rico’s electrical grid to help transition the ...
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The governor of Puerto Rico signs emergency declaration of major disaster
The governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez, reported on Saturday the signing of the emergency declaration of a major disaster ... Utuado, Yauco, Guánica, Guayanilla, and Peñuelas so that they can ...