hurricane maria

A Coder and a YouTuber Provide DIY Power for Puerto Rico

A Coder and a YouTuber Provide DIY Power for Puerto Rico

By Tom Cassauwers Before the hurricane came, I was a software engineer. I’d graduated with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design and animation, but here in Puerto Rico there weren’t many jobs in that field, so I taught myself how to code. When I began, I didn’t even know how to make “hello world” appear. […]

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    ‘The Battle for Paradise’: Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism & the Fight for Puerto Rico’s Future

    ‘The Battle for Paradise’: Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism & the Fight for Puerto Rico’s Future

    Six months since Hurricane Maria battered the island of Puerto Rico, the island is the site of a pitched battle between wealthy investors—particularly from the technology industry—and everyday Puerto Ricans fighting for a place in their island’s future. The Puerto Rican government has pushed for a series of privatization schemes, including privatizing PREPA, one of […]

    Climate Refugees in Florida Could Change the Politics There for Generations

    Climate Refugees in Florida Could Change the Politics There for Generations

    By Adam Lynch Marámellys Castro-Pérez is a Puerto Rican refugee living in Orlando with her husband and twins after the one-two punch of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Maria, in particular, scrubbed the island clean of electricity, working toilets and phone service. It dragged Castro-Pérez’s world into the dark ages and pitted the island’s modern, cosmopolitan […]

    Puerto Rico Needs Your Help for Recovery, But Also for Reform

    Puerto Rico Needs Your Help for Recovery, But Also for Reform

    From Jan. 28 to Feb. 7 my wife and I were in Vieques, Puerto Rico, helping as best we could with recovery from Hurricane Maria, which hit on Sept. 20, 2017 almost five months ago. Help is very much still needed. I don’t think I realized how much that is true until I got home […]

    The Trump Effect on Climate News

    The Trump Effect on Climate News

    By Jeremy Deaton All press is good press—except when it isn’t. For those who are happy about President Trump‘s attacks on climate science and policy, this will come as bad news. By shining a spotlight on the issue, Trump drove media coverage of climate change last year. New analysis from Media Matters for America finds […]

    How One State Bridged the Cultural Divide on Climate Change

    How One State Bridged the Cultural Divide on Climate Change

    By Cameron Wake The year 2017 painted a grim picture of coastal storms in the eastern U.S. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria were deadly and destructive harbingers of how climate change contributes to bigger storms with stronger winds, greater extreme precipitation, and higher storm surge due to rising seas. Unfortunately, there’s a long-standing cultural divide […]

    FEMA to Shut Off Food and Water Aid to Puerto Rico

    FEMA to Shut Off Food and Water Aid to Puerto Rico

    UPDATE: Since the release of NPR report and a flood of angry reactions from politicians, FEMA said it never intended to stop giving aid to Puerto Rico and will continue to hand out supplies for as long as necessary. William Booher, an agency spokesman, told the New York Times that Wednesday was not the actual […]