A month ago, at this hour, I had to tell my two daughters - 3.5 years old and 20 months old - that they must remain completely silent. No word, no cry.
It was 7AM, they had just woken up in a dark room with no electricity or food, and five people were shouting outside the window.
.@sanbenito has been after energy utility companies to do better for the past year. There is need, desire, policy, and money to rebuild Puerto Rico’s electric grid sustainably. So why isn’t it happening?
After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico passed policies aimed at building a more resilient, renewable electric grid with the help of $12 billion in federal recovery funds. Five years later, why has so little of it been spent? https://t.co/P6yR6m5QUq
just overheard my 9 yo say to his sister “when im older im gonna be famous like elon musk and have a newsletter written about me every week at the @verge"
We're trying an experiment for our July 13th episode of The Vergecast. Call us with your burning questions and we'll pick the best ones to answer on the show. 866-VERGE11