By Víctor Rodríguez Velázquez | Center for Investigative Journalism Far from slowing the pace of construction on Puerto Rico’s coasts to address climate change, as experts have requested, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi’s administration hit the accelerator to approve construction permits along the coasts. During his first year in office, and well into the pandemic, approval of […]
Floods in Germany, wildfires in California, historic droughts in the western United States and Brazil, sargassum tides on the shores of Caribbean beaches, extreme heat in eastern Canada and Great Britain. These are just some of the effects that human life has on the planet. It is estimated that by the year 2100 heat waves […]
When we thought of a pandemic, we never imagined that we would have to experience one in our lifetime. Nor a category 4 hurricane, much less an earthquake. It was an unthinkable scenario for many. In the last 45 months — or three and a half years — Puerto Ricans have lived through all three. […]