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Foreign Aid from top donors drops even as need soars

Wed, 2020-07-22 10:03 — mike kraft

AP Exclusive: Aid from top donors drops even as need soars JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new snapshot of the frantic global response to the coronavirus pandemic shows some of the world’s largest government donors of humanitarian aid are buckling under the strain:... AP NEWS

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new snapshot of the frantic global response to the coronavirus pandemic shows some of the world’s largest government donors of humanitarian aid are buckling under the strain: Funding commitments, for the virus and otherwise, have dropped by a third from the same period last year.

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Puerto Rico's Storm of Misery

Wed, 2017-11-08 08:16 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Devastation in Puerto Rico - CBS News

cbsnews.com - by Steve Kroft - November 5, 2017

Many Puerto Ricans have endured the longest blackout in American history following a direct hit from Hurricane Maria. Due to a multitude of factors, some say the lights won't be coming back on anytime soon.

It's safe to say that of all the places in the country, the one that is suffering the most right now is the hurricane-ravaged island of Puerto Rico . . . For the past 46 days, most of them have been without power, the longest blackout in American history. FEMA says it has distributed more food and water there than any disaster its ever been involved in.

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Solar Experiment Lets Neighbors Trade Energy Among Themselves

Sun, 2017-03-19 20:51 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Patrick Schnell, a participant in the Brooklyn Microgrid, with solar panels on his roof in Gowanus.
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nytimes.com - by Diane Cardwell - March 13, 2017

. . . In a promising experiment in an affluent swath of the borough, dozens of solar-panel arrays spread across rowhouse rooftops are wired into a growing network. Called the Brooklyn Microgrid, the project is signing up residents and businesses to a virtual trading platform that will allow solar-energy producers to sell excess-electricity credits from their systems to buyers in the group, who may live as close as next door.

The project is still in its early stages — it has just 50 participants thus far — but its implications could be far reaching.

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Grenada's Pledged Greenhouse Gas Reductions to UNFCCC

Wed, 2017-03-15 08:49 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Grenada's Pledged Greenhouse Gas Reductions to UNFCCC
http://www4.unfccc.int/Submissions/INDC/Published%20Documents/Grenada/1/Grenada%20INDC.pdf

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) as Communicated by Parties
http://resiliencesystem.org/intended-nationally-determined-contributions-indcs-communicated-parties

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As Solar Booms, Utilities Look to Build New Business Models With Strategic Investments

Tue, 2017-03-14 19:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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utilitydive.com - by Herman K. Trabish - March 14, 2017

Beyond simply contracting for solar, utilities are increasingly investing in the sector to ‘position themselves to be the utility of the future'

Solar energy is becoming a generation resource so ubiquitous that utilities are looking beyond simply contracting for new capacity and are increasingly moving into the sector themselves.

Solar added a record-breaking 14,762 MW of capacity in 2016, nearly doubling its 2015 growth. The resource added 39% of all new U.S. generation capacity in the year, making it the leader among all resources for the first time.

Growth was dominated by utility investment in 2016, a trend that’s expected to continue, according to a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association and GTM Research.

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