When disaster hits, solar power beats coal

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By Rebecca LeberSep 24, 2018, 6:49 pm349 pts
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Within two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Richard Birt, a Las Vegas fire captain, flew to San Juan on what would be the first of many missions to try to get the island’s…

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