Today we join a growing chorus of state and federal courts across the United States, singing from the same hymnal, ...

Climate change made both natural disasters worse, said Alex Hall, director of UCLA's Center for Climate Science. With continued use of fossil fuels, climate change makes hurricanes in Puerto Rico ...

The Trump administration’s climate policies jeopardize research in disaster-prone Puerto Rico As one of the regions most affected by the global climate crisis, local scientists are struggling ...

Climate change will sap 18.3% of Puerto Rico's economic activity unless it takes substantial steps to adapt to expected changing weather and environment, a study says.

Puerto Rico filed suit against ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, Shell, ConocoPhillips, and other energy companies over climate change. Oil and gas giants face another lawsuit over their role in climate ...

Puerto Rico is particularly vulnerable to climate disasters, but its colonial relationship with the United States prevents it from protecting itself.

Puerto Rico is at least the third local government to sue the oil industry this year in an effort to hold energy producers financially accountable for the effects of climate change.

Puerto Rico withdrew its $1 billion climate lawsuit against the oil and gas industry on Friday following the Trump administration’s move to block two states from seeking legal damages for ...

Puerto Rico is in the dark—literally and figuratively. On New Year’s Eve 2024, the lights went out across the island while families prepared to celebrate. Roughly 1.4 million customers lost ...

Trump’s public policy against climate change also wreaks havoc at UPR in Humacao, where the U.S. Forest Service put on hold a funding request submitted by the Transdisciplinary Institute for ...