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FEMA Report Acknowledges Failures in Puerto Rico Disaster Response
FEMA acknowledged for the first time it failed to properly prepare for last year’s hurricane season.
July 13, 2018
As Scott Pruitt Resigns, Look Back on How He Came to Lead the EPA
Revisit FRONTLINE’s reporting on how Pruitt came to lead the agency he once fought against.
July 5, 2018
Lawmakers Call for Probe of Federal Response to Puerto Rico Hurricane
Lawmakers introduced a bill today to establish a commission to investigate the federal response to the hurricane that devastated Puerto Rico last year, citing reporting from FRONTLINE and NPR on the disaster.
June 14, 2018
After Maria, Thousands on Puerto Rico Waited Months for a Plastic Roof
For 25 years, the Army Corps of Engineers has installed temporary roofs on storm victims’ homes after disasters, part of a key emergency response program called “Operation: Blue Roof.” But in the wake of Hurricane Maria, that system broke down.
May 2, 2018
How the Response To Hurricane Maria Compared to Harvey and Irma
FEMA has defended its efforts in Puerto Rico, but a FRONTLINE/NPR investigation found that the response to Maria lagged behind the actions taken following Harvey and Irma in several key ways.
May 1, 2018
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Blackout in Puerto Rico
FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the humanitarian and economic crisis in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
May 1, 2018
The Last Generation
Explore an island nation threatened by climate change through the eyes of three children who call call it home. FRONTLINE and The GroundTruth Project present "The Last Generation."
April 6, 2018
Mailings to Teachers Highlight a Political Fight Over Climate Change in the Classroom
A rare back-and-forth of direct mailings to teachers demonstrates how classrooms have emerged as a battleground in the American political war over climate change.
March 23, 2018
After Trump's State of the Union, Get the Backstory on 5 Key Issues
From MS-13, to opioids, to North Korea, explore FRONTLINE's reporting for the backstory on five of the issues President Trump touched on in his speech.
January 31, 2018
A Coal Executive's "Action Plan" For Trump Is Made Public
Coal executive Bob Murray says he gave the Trump administration a three-and-a-half page "action plan," and that the president had already “wiped out page one.” On Tuesday, a U.S. Senator provided a copy of the memo to "The New York Times."
January 10, 2018
As "Climate Change" Fades from Government Sites, a Struggle to Archive Data
Nearly one year into the Trump presidency, a makeshift coalition is grappling with how to preserve mass amounts of federal climate information that many researchers fear is at risk.
December 8, 2017
A Dispatch from Bonn: How Germany Uses Morality to Teach Climate Change
Over the last 15 years, teaching climate change has become a central aim of the German education system. And German schools don’t simply teach the scientific concepts underpinning climate change, but urge students to think about how to fix it.
November 22, 2017