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Off Grid: Electric mPower (Power Africa). Photo credits: USAID in Africa (Flickr)

Articles, Energy Transition, News & Comments, Solar April 23, 2025

For Climate and Livelihoods, Africa Bets Big on Solar Mini-grids

Posted by: Victoria Uwemedimo and Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine, March 12, 2025 Nigeria is pioneering the development of small, off-grid solar panel installations to bring…

Fossil Fuels, Nature & Environment, Oil June 22, 2023

For weary Niger Delta residents, shocking oil pollution report offers little hope

A new report commissioned by the Bayelsa state government in Nigeria holds international oil companies like Shell, TotalEnergies, and ExxonMobil responsible for spilling at least…

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

World Rainforest Day

Rainforests cover only 2 percent of the planet’s surface area but are responsible for more than 25% of all Western medicine and house more than 50% of the world’s plant and animal species.