In recent weeks, two Puerto Rico government entities have sent out letters to medicinal cannabis clinics, as well as physicians, imposing conditions that could negatively affect the growing sector, this media outlet confirmed.
The Coalition for Energy Cooperation in Puerto Rico, which promotes the cooperative model as an alternative to transform the power system, asked the Senate to stop the fast-tracked process of privatizing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's assets and convene an independent panel of experts to identify the public and private sectors' needs.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency could assign as much as $30 billion to address damage mitigation work in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane María’s destruction, Alejandro De la Campa, director of the agency’s Caribbean Region II, said.