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Frontline health clinics adapt to climate challenges with assistance from a free resource

NC Health News

The tool kit was produced in 2022 through a collaboration between Americares , a nonprofit that provides health-focused aid in response to disasters, and the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Climate change does not affect all of us equally.

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In the wake of disasters, rural health could end up running on sunshine 

NC Health News

In 2023, Duke Energy had installed a microgrid of solar panels and lithium-ion batteries to restore power quickly in case of emergency. It wasnt as luxurious as a typical grid-powered home, said Sara Nichols, energy and economic program manager for the Land of Sky Regional Council, a multi-county, local government organization.