{"id":243367,"date":"2024-01-16T14:35:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T14:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/shining-light-on-energy-inequity-in-puerto-rico\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T15:52:35","slug":"shining-light-on-energy-inequity-in-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/shining-light-on-energy-inequity-in-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"Shining light on energy inequity in Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n      <iframe style=\"margin: 0 auto 20px; width: 100%; height: 100px; border: none; display: none\" data-project-id=\"Yual8er4aaQbafhcldNK\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" allowtransparency=\"\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"ad-auris-iframe\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">When Eduardo Lugo hears trucks rumble by his home in southwestern Puerto Rico, there is a moment when he wonders if it\u2019s the sound an earthquake makes just before it hits. An associate professor of psychology at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag\u00fcez, Lugo says this type of traumatic trigger is just one of the legacies of living through years of devastating hurricanes and earthquakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">When the power goes out, people often lose access to water, food spoils, Lugo says, \u201cIt\u2019s like a domino effect for people. And it\u2019s definitely affecting people\u2019s mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">The last several years have brought disasters to the island that have killed and displaced thousands of people, and highlighted fissures of inequality that did not heal when the power came back on. \u201cWhenever some sort of natural disaster affects Puerto Rico,\u201d Lugo says,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/sponsored\/shining-light-on-energy-inequity-in-puerto-rico\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read full article originally published on grist.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Eduardo Lugo hears trucks rumble by his home in southwestern Puerto Rico, there is a moment when he wonders if it\u2019s the sound an earthquake makes just before it hits. 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