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Solar Saving Lives in Emerging Economies (Remixed)
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:46:26
Publish Date: 2025-04-16 18:54:00
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In Sierra Leone, solar power is saving lives—literally. A neonatal intensive care unit that once faced constant blackouts is now powered by a solar microgrid with lithium-ion batteries. The result? A surge from 10 newborns a month in 2013 to 140 today, with hundreds of lives saved each year thanks to reliable, renewable power.

(Sorry, we had to remix this episode twice! James does NOT have a brain tumor.)

Watch Michael Liebreich's documentary from his Cleaning Up YouTube channel: https://www.patreon.com/posts/solar-hospital-126744571?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

A historic win for climate accountability: the UN's maritime agency has passed the first international emissions cap for global shipping.

Also this week: New research shows that cleaner air boosts solar power generation.

Plus: A U.S. jury has ordered Greenpeace to pay $660 million in damages over its role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. 

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