This story is from my favorite reporter (and also my little sister) about Professor Mkhaimar Abusada from Gaza and now teaching at Northwestern as part of the agreement that the administration came to with the student protestors. "Here in Evanston, I love to walk by the lake, maybe for one simple reason: It reminds me of Gaza’s beach. That’s what I used to do when I was in Gaza. … So this is part of soul healing, I guess." https://www.wbez.org/education/2024/11/07/a-scholar-from-gaza-says-the-lake-shore-reminds-him-of-home

Energicity's Power Leone launched another solar minigrid to power Kalangba Town in #SierraLeone https://sierraloaded.sl/news/juldeh-jalloh-solar-mini-grid-facility-kalangba-town-port-loko/

Meeting human needs first should not be something that needs to be stated. "John Sabo, a water resources expert at the Bywater Institute at Tulane University, echoed the sentiments of some residents, saying: “Whenever you have a water shortage, you have got to look for basic human need first.”" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/12/louisiana-water-crisis-fossil-fuel-plant-venture-global-lng

"Community solar and storage could help power California toward its goals for clean energy, grid reliability, energy equity and affordable housing — but only if regulators don’t allow the state’s biggest utilities to undermine it." #solar #energy
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/the-fight-over-california-community-solar-everyone-vs-the-utilities?utm_campaign=canary-social&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1693916254

#Freetown & #SierraLeone face a great challenge with the #climateemergency. The country is vulnerable to sea level rise, changing monsoon patterns, and heatwaves. The fall of the Cotton Tree which has stood for 400 years highlights how much the climate is changing.
"Sierra Leone’s environmentalists say that the tree’s collapse should be a wake up call for the urgency of the threat posed by climate change to Freetown."

"Gas generators get caught with their plants down." Great article on why gas plants are being penalized in #PJM for performance during winter months. #wind #electricity
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/08/gas-generators-get-caught-with-their-plants-down/

This is a great video on #solar water heaters & why they never took off like in other countries. I didn't know that in the early part of the 20th century places like #California & #Miami had extensive solar water heater installations.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/video-why-dont-we-all-use-solar-water-heaters