Posted on 04/17/2023 1:17:52 AM PDT by Libloather
A lawsuit filed Tuesday in the District of Columbia alleges that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security did not properly consider renewable energy in rebuilding Puerto Rico’s power grid, making the island further susceptible to future climate disasters.
The complaint, filed by a coalition of 10 community and conservation groups, accuses the federal agencies of misappropriating billions in federal recovery funds by conducting an incomplete environmental analysis.
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FEMA, the lawsuit alleges, has not properly considered sources such as rooftop solar and storage in rebuilding the grid, which was knocked out last September by Hurricane Fiona. The storm was the latest of several that have battered the island in recent years, most notably 2017’s Hurricane Maria.
Puerto Rico passed a law in 2019 targeting 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. However, in January, Genera PR - a division of an American liquefied natural gas firm - received a contract to handle power generation on the island.
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“The direction promoted by FEMA and the state government to restore the outdated and polluting electrical infrastructure in Puerto Rico is contrary to the need to mitigate and adapt to climate change,” Federico Cintrón Moscoso, program director of El Puente de Williamsburg’s Latino Climate Action Network in Puerto Rico, said in a statement.
“It extends the life of fossil fuels and halts any progress toward renewable energy. It perpetuates inequality against environmental justice communities disproportionately impacted by climate change,” he continued. “There are other alternatives, and we demand a change of direction that promotes real solutions and climate justice.”
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Bkmk
“It perpetuates inequality against environmental justice communities disproportionately impacted by climate change,”
Why are they forcing the poor and POCs to live down by the waterfront? That should be reserved for the wealthy people to build their beachfront mansions and elaborate seaside condos./s
EC
This is nonsense.
How about suing the EPA for failing to consider the economic impact of regulations, as they are supposed to do.
Pay for them yourselves.
This is a racket. FEMA will settle, the lawyers will split it all. Rinse and repeat.
Just picturing how a herd of windmills or hills covered with solar panel would fare in a hurricane and how long it would take to restore power to the island if you rely on those things.
We need to rid ourselves of this place.
Sure. Because the people had 10-20 years to wait for a proper electric grid and would have been patient about waiting...right? Green freaks seem to believe NO ONE ELSE HAS RIGHTS! Except them. And their mindset will not change until the People get up in their faces with fists raised and tell them no more of this qwap. Period.
I think you are being optimistic here. They will never change.
Everybody knows solar panels and windmills are strong and easily stand up to hurricanes.
These envirokooks would achieve faster “environmental Justice” if they insisted the government steer the storms away from PR in the first place.
“improperly failing”
Does this mean there is a proper way to fail?
As the included pic might prove, wind and solar are probably more likely to suffer damage from wind and flying objects in a hurricane than normal electrical infrastructure.
Hanging might be considered too humane for deceitful purveyors of the green insanity.
With appropriate apologies for a link that exceeds the normal FR page limits. Guess I could have reduced the size of the link If I remembered how to do that.
Yeah, why should Puerto Rico have reliable energy when the rest of us are forced into depending on unreliable wind and solar?
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