Going solar would provide more reliable power and save lives in Puerto Rico
By Ruth Santiago, lawyer and environmental health advocate Hurricane season is well underway and people in Puerto Rico are very ...
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“America has a ‘resilience deficit’; Will FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 help or hurt?
By: Albert J. Slap, President, Coastal Risk Consulting The U.S. sustained 298 weather and climate disasters since 1980, where overall ...
Conservation efforts and grants helped fisherman in Puerto Rico recover from Hurricane Maria
By Rai Espinoza, Conservación ConCiencia I was just getting Conservación ConCiencia off the ground when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico ...
Our elected officials are bungling the response to Florida’s rising seas
By Tania Galloni, Earthjustice It’s about time: the head of America’s disaster response department, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is ...
We can all take steps to reduce the depression and anxiety caused by climate change and extreme weather
In September, Floridians dodged Hurricane Dorian. Unfortunately, residents of some Bahamian islands were not so lucky. As a category 5 ...