One day before President Donald Trump took office in 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a public warning that climate change had caused Puerto Rico’s climate to warm by more ...

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 ...

But Puerto Rico is so hot this week that it’s baffling some weather experts, who warn that other parts of the world will likely experience similar extreme heat this year as climate change and an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...