The #OurPowerPR Solidarity Brigade launched by the Climate Justice Alliance, Organización Boricuá, UPROSE, Black Dirt Farm Collective, Greenpeace, Leap and 25 other partner organizations in the aftermath of Hurricane María, arrive in Puerto Rico this month with three new delegations and 45 people to support “Just Recovery and Rebuild” projects focused on food, labor and energy sovereignty led by grassroots groups in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Telephone Co., which does business as Claro Puerto Rico, has asked the Federal Communications Commission to create $200 million emergency Universal Service Fund to help eligible companies restore services in insular areas affected by Hurricanes Irma and María.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced his administration will begin the privatization of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), which he described as “a deficient and obsolete system of generation and distribution of energy on the island that was evident to citizens during the aftermath of Hurricane María.”
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