Marketplace Tech

Puerto Rico’s power grid fails again. What innovations could help?


Listen Later

When Hurricane Fiona recently hit Puerto Rico, the storm brought wind, water and major flooding to the island. Local authorities are still assessing the damage, but so far we know that some people died, others lost their homes and just about everyone lost electricity. Unfortunately, we’ve been here before. After Hurricane Maria in 2017, billions of federal dollars went to Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory. Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams speaks with Julio López Varona, co-chief of campaigns at the advocacy group Center for Popular Democracy, about whether that technology investment did anything.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Marketplace TechBy Marketplace

  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4

4.4

76 ratings


More shows like Marketplace Tech

View all
Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,602 Listeners

The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,832 Listeners

Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,844 Listeners

Marketplace by Marketplace

Marketplace

8,779 Listeners

Left, Right & Center by KCRW

Left, Right & Center

5,119 Listeners

Marketplace Morning Report by Marketplace

Marketplace Morning Report

935 Listeners

Marketplace All-in-One by Marketplace

Marketplace All-in-One

1,387 Listeners

Marketplace Tech by Marketplace

Marketplace Tech

1,280 Listeners

Science Friday by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Science Friday

6,443 Listeners

Make Me Smart by Marketplace

Make Me Smart

5,499 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,984 Listeners

The Indicator from Planet Money by NPR

The Indicator from Planet Money

9,571 Listeners

Composers Datebook by American Public Media

Composers Datebook

10 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

16,425 Listeners

Piano Puzzler by American Public Media

Piano Puzzler

36 Listeners

Short Wave by NPR

Short Wave

6,569 Listeners

Consider This from NPR by NPR

Consider This from NPR

6,460 Listeners