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prima:“Concerning and dangerous”: EPA rolls back climate regulations, posing serious threat to Puerto Rico

The federal government’s decision to discard scientific evidence is compounded by a reduction in resources to enforce the still-existing environmental statutes

February 23, 2026 - 3:49 PM

Extreme heat is one of the manifestations of climate change that is most noticeable in Puerto Rico and is expected to be exacerbated by the deregulation policy. (Nahira Montcourt)

Without an approved state adaptation plan, the revocation—by the administration of Donald Trump —of the “endangerment finding” that laid the legal foundation for limiting polluting emissions that accelerate climate change once again puts Puerto Rico in a precarious position, where the population, due to its sociodemographic characteristics, is particularly vulnerable to temperature fluctuations and coastal erosion.

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