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By Katherine Rapin for Next City.Broadcast version by Trimmel Gomes for Florida News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration For two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, Lucy's Pizza was the only restaurant open in the central mountain town of Adjuntas. The town's 18,000 residents, like those on the rest of the island, were entirely without electricity. "No one has power, you can't get gas, it's difficult to make food, so everyone came here to eat," says owner Gustavo Irizarry. " ...

A New York nonprofit group is petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to abide by a law passed in 1968, which addresses how the FDA is supposed to inform people about non-ionizing radiation. This type of radiation is commonly found in wireless devices, like cellphones and WiFi routers. ...

The Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition says a record number of bills related to environmental justice were filed in this year's legislative session. But only one was signed by Gov. Joe Lombardo. ...

Virginia's Air Pollution Control Board has voted to leave the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. RGGI is a cooperative effort among multiple states to cap and reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from their power sectors. But Virginia has moved in a different direction - becoming a growing hub for data centers, which are known for their high electricity use. ...