publications
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Energy Colonialism Powers the Ongoing Unnatural Disaster in Puerto Rico
By: Catalina de Onís On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María made landfall in Puerto Rico. Blasting theCaribbean archipelago with 155-mile/h winds, this, in many ways,.
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PUERTO RICO RISE(ing) Workshop Summary
This workshop was designed to facilitate a different kind of conversation - one focused primarily on constructing long-term relationships built on the multi-directional flow of.
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Hurricane María: Puerto Rico's Unnatural Disaster
by: Hilda Lloréns, Ruth Santiago, Carlos G. Garcia-Quijano,and Catalina M. de Onís Hurricanes are thought of as natural disasters, but the social and environmental devastation wrought.
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UEP Colloquium: Disaster Response as Transition Management
Cities@Tufts recently sponsored a colloquium with the Tufts Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning as part of their semester-long lecture series. Dr. Cecilio.
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Professor Cecilio Ortiz Garcia talks disaster recovery after Hurricane Maria
On Monday, Sept. 28, prominent Puerto Rican community members and political voices spoke at a webinar organized by the Environmental Studies Department and the company Oxfam.
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Green Energy Colonialism? Local Experts Left Out of Puerto Rico’s Post-Hurricane Energy Planning
At a November listening session hosted by Puerto Rico’s federally appointed fiscal management board, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez professor Ma
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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 2020 MEETING
This synopsis covers NEJAC members’ deliberations during the three-day meeting. It also summarizes the issues raised during the public comment period.
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EPA Annual Environmental Justice Progress Report FY 2020
The FY 2020 Environmental Justice Progress Report (“FY 2020 Report”), mandated by Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, highlights the outcomes the EPA is achieving for communities with environmental justice concerns. These outcomes include accelerating the clean-up of contaminated sites and returning them to productive use, improving air quality in areas out of attainment, financing…