Puerto Rico Is Harnessing Home Solar Rigs to Stabilize Its Power Grid
Courtesy Sunrun This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Puerto Rico has begun using batteries connected to residents’ rooftop solar panels to provide backup power for its grid, helping prevent blackouts and offering an alternative to fossil fuel-burning peaker plants. It could be the first step toward building one…
Why Puerto Rico Statehood Is So Much More Complicated Than It Is for DC
Ronald Lopez/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.As the partisan bias of the Senate, which favors sparsely populated states with overwhelmingly white populations, has been more broadly recognized, statehood for the District of Columbia and Puerto…
A Puerto Rican Scientists Mourns the Loss of a Legendary Telescope
November 7, 2020: Telescopio de 305 metros del Observatorio de Arecibo en noviembre de 2020…Crédito: University of Central Floridal (Credit Image: © El Nuevo Dia de Puerto Rico via ZUMA Press) Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that…
Puerto Rico’s Leading Newspaper Just Backed Biden in Historic Endorsement
President Donald Trump tosses paper towels into a crowd in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, in 2017.Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Puerto Rico’s leading newspaper, El Nuevo Día, has endorsed Joe Biden in what his campaign says is the first presidential endorsement in…
There’s a 350-Foot Statue of Columbus in Puerto Rico. Indigenous People Want It Gone.
A month after George Floyd’s death, solidarity protests in San Juan, Puerto Rico targeted colonial statues and place names.Ira L. Black-Corbis/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.If all the sculptures in North America got together for a party, only one would stand taller…
The Puerto Rican Flag’s Evolving Colors Say a Lot About the Island’s Relationship With Its Colonial Rulers
Casino developer Steve Wynn and his wife Andrea Hissom, make their way to the Senate Policy luncheon.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call There’s a running joke in Latinx circles about Puerto Ricans and their love for their flag. “How did you know I was Puerto Rican?” reads the caption on a popular meme accompanying a photo of…
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