While pushing for a shift to green energy, sunrisemvmt also said in the wake of Hurricane Fiona that 'the catastrophic flooding and loss of power are the result of colonial policies that put profit over the people' of Puerto Rico.
While pushing for a shift to green energy, the Sunrise Movement also said that"the catastrophic flooding and loss of power are the result of colonial policies that put profit over the people of PR."Progressive U.S. lawmakers and green groups on Monday pointed to the damage and blackout Hurricane Fiona caused across Puerto Rico to demand immediate climate action along with relief efforts that center the needs of the U.S. territory's people.
Highlighting the island-wide blackout, Food & Water Watch declared on Twitter Monday that"this is a climate emergency, and it is unacceptable.""We want our customers to know that LUMA has been and will continue to work around the clock to restore power to Puerto Rico following the island-wide outage that began early Sunday afternoon," Gómez said.
"In addition, water service is not available to over 750,000 customers or more than two million people and there is no estimated time for restored power and water service for the rest of the people of Puerto Rico.
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar on Monday called for bold U.S. relief efforts in Puerto Rico, noting that the island"has been through so much—from centuries of colonialism to a debt crisis to Hurricane Maria and now Fiona."an emergency declaration for Puerto Rico, which authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to"identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment, and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts" of the current crisis.
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