The Biden administration will not allow a foreign diesel ship to offload fuel to power Puerto Rico’s electric power plants despite the fact that one million Puerto Ricans are without power. The Jones Act was passed to placate unions and prohibits foreign ships from delivering fuel to US ports.
The Biden administration is under increasing pressure to approve a federal waiver to permit a foreign diesel ship to enter a port in Puerto Rico, but administration officials have emphasized that they need to ensure the move would be …