World:
¶ “‘Cuba’s Healthcare System Is Being Pushed To The Brink By US Blockades,’ Says Health Minister” • Cuban officials say the debilitated healthcare system has been pushed to the brink of collapse by the US blockading the country’s oil supply. For one example, authorities say that ambulances are struggling to find fuel to respond to emergencies. ” • [Euronews]
Pediatric hospital in Cuba (Ambm1969, CC BY SA-4.0, cropped)
¶ “Scientists Change How El Niño Is Labeled To Keep Up With Spike In Temperature” • A study calculated that an unusual recent twist in the warming and cooling cycle that includes El Niño and its counterpart La Niña can help explain the scientific mystery of why Earth’s already rising temperature spiked to a new level over the past three years. [ABC News]
¶ “Haskoning Has Won Elwind Design Contract” • Haskoning Nederland will conduct initial technical and conceptual design studies for the Elwind joint Estonia-Latvia state-run offshore wind project. The aim of the study is to establish a general technical concept to define the project scope. The array is planned to have at least 1 GW capacity. [reNews]
Offshore wind farm (Elwind image)
¶ “Human Chain Demands Priority For Rooftop Solar” • Civil society members and community representatives demanded that rooftop solar energy technology be declared a national priority to ensure Bangladesh’s sustainable energy security, environmental protection, and the desired transformation of the power sector. [Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]
¶ “‘Solar Sheep’ Help Rural Australia Go Green” • Australian farmer Tom Warren put in solar panels where his sheep had been grazing. Installing a 20-MW solar array added income from solar power. It also made a difference because the income he got from wool increased by 15%. The wool was better and cleaner than it had been without the panels. [The Straits Times]
Sheep under solar panels (Andy Li, CC0 1.0)
US:
¶ “The US Is Still Bleeding Coal Jobs, Trump Or No Trump” • Trump has been promising more jobs for coal workers since his first run at the White House in 2015. It all went swimmingly after he took office in 2016, or at least that’s how Trump depicted things in his 2018 State of The Union address. He did badly then. And he’s doing badly now. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Hegseth’s Blacklists Target Academia And Cleantech, Not National Security Threats” • The self-styled “Secretary of War” has already gone after “woke” Harvard. Now, a leaked memo shows that he is not stopping there. The “Moderate to High Risk Schools” on a threatened blacklist include a long list of top colleges and universities. [CleanTechnica]
Great Dome of MIT (MIT image)
¶ “Cultural Architects, Trojan Horses, And Another EV Startup To Challenge Tesla” • As Tesla CEO Elon Musk invents new ways to send the Tesla brand scurrying over to the Dark Side, it leaves plenty of room for other EV makers to fill in the gap. And that is especially true of electric pickup trucks. Here comes the startup 1854 Motors, in Massachusetts. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “US Lab Is Turning Nuclear Waste Into Electricity” • Right now, untreated nuclear fuel stays radioactive for about 100,000 years. However, by using a process called transmutation, scientists can turn that waste into different materials that are much easier to handle. This could drop the storage time from 100,000 years to just 300 years. [Tomorrow’s World Today]
Niobium-tin particle accelerator cavity (Jefferson Lab image)
¶ “Plant Species Near Extinction Rebounded And Is Thriving After A Solar Power Project Was Installed” • A rare desert plant in Nevada, the threecorner milkvetch, increased from just 12 known plants to 93 after a large solar power project was built nearby. The project was designed in a way that allowed the plant to grow in greater numbers than it had. [Earth.com]
¶ “SunZia Wind And Transmission Progresses As The Largest US Wind Energy And Transmission Buildout” • Experts among grid operators and energy planners believe SunZia’s transmission capacity could reach an incredible 3,000 MW. Developer Pattern Energy anticipates that commercial operations of the facility will begin in 2026. [Energies Media]
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