Here are the most baffling things Trump said on his visit to Puerto Rico.
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President Trump visited the U.S. territory on Tuesday, two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated…Congress is prioritizing limiting abortion access over disaster-recovery efforts.
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would ban abortions performed…Devastated Dominica aims to climate-proof the country.
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Dominica branded itself as “Nature Island,” the greenest island in the Caribbean. The…Washington state’s top attorney is taking on the White House
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The attorney general of California is standing at a noisy intersection on the foggy side of San…Despite Trump, states keep getting more energy-efficient.
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An annual assessment of energy-efficiency standards shows that states around the country are pushing…A leaked memo sketches out the Trump team’s PR plan for Puerto Rico.
Oct 2, 2017, 5:57 pm By Kate Yoder
According to Axois, Department of Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert wrote in an email to White…Watch the live Seattle mayoral forum on arts and the environment
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In 1950, the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi posed a question to his lunch companions: Why haven’t…Scott Pruitt took a $14,000 flight to Oklahoma to talk about closing EPA offices
Sep 29, 2017, 6:40 pm By Rebecca Leber
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of…DAPL developer picks up the tab for North Dakota’s policing costs — and it ain’t cheap.
Sep 29, 2017, 5:08 pm By Nikhil SwaminathanDallas-based Energy Transfer Partners wired the state $15 million Thursday to help cover law…Puerto Rico had towering landfills and coal ash pollution. Then, Maria hit.
Sep 29, 2017, 4:01 pm By Yessenia Funes
More than a week has passed since Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, and still little…People leaving Puerto Rico may never return.
Sep 29, 2017, 3:30 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The territory’s population was already shrinking before the hurricane, and now that Maria has…‘Dammit, this is not a good news story,’ San Juan mayor responds to Trump official.
Sep 29, 2017, 3:03 pm By Kate YoderThe White House might be satisfied with federal relief efforts in Puerto Rico, but people who live…Puerto Rico’s infrastructure is so damaged that it can’t distribute aid.
5:04pm By Eve AndrewsOn Thursday, President Trump announced — after much feeble deliberation — that he would waive…Good news! Global carbon emissions stayed flat in 2016.
5:04pm By Nathanael JohnsonThis marks the third year in a row with no increase in CO2 emissions, according to a new report…A week after Hurricane Maria struck, the U.S. Virgin Islands are in shambles.
4:36pm By Kate YoderThe recovery effort trudges along after the Category 4 storm destroyed what Irma spared, flattening…Puerto Ricans are living climate change right now. Here’s how they describe it.
4:26pm By Eric Holthaus
Millions of people in the Caribbean are getting a glimpse of a future that more and more people…Don’t look to Latinos for climate denial. They know Earth is warming — and who’s to blame.
Wed 4:47pm By Yessenia FunesThat’s according to a report released Wednesday by the Yale Program on Climate Change…1.5 million Puerto Ricans don’t have safe drinking water.
Wed 4:34pm By Kate YoderDue to widespread power outages, communities across the storm-battered island have lost running…
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