Puerto Rican Climate Activist: Aid Being Unfairly Distributed & Superfund Sites Continue to Overflow
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#35YP3)
President Donald Trump said his administration deserves a "10 out of 10" for its response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico. But over 1 million people on the island still lack clean drinking water, and residents say they are suffering from eye infections and gastrointestinal diseases as a result of exposure to contaminated water. We speak with Puerto Rican environmental activist Elizabeth Yeampierre, who co-wrote a piece with Naomi Klein headlined "Imagine a Puerto Rico Recovery Designed by Puerto Ricans."