Rio de Janeiro Favelas Prove Potential of Solar Energy in Low-Income Areas
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on human rights and socio-environmental justice in the favelas for RioOnWatch.
“People say solar energy is only for the rich. That’s a lie, and we prove it right here. Small businesses, institutions, and cooperatives located in the favelas of Babilônia and Chapéu-Mangueira have shown the world that solar energy is possible in poor areas,” states Valdinei Medina. Born and raised in Chapéu-Mangueira, he currently lives in its neighboring community, Babilônia, both situated in Leme, a beachfront area in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone. Dinei, as he is known, is one of the local leaders that form RevoluSolar, a non-profit association dedicated to solar energy installations, vocational training courses and environmental education in the two favelas.
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KETCHIKAN (KDN) â The Ketchikan Emergency Operations Center charted two new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, according to an evening press release.
 Both individuals were symptomatic, according to the EOC statement. One case was determined to be a close contact to a known positive, and one case is under investigation as to the source. The contact investigations are ongoing.
 Of Ketchikan s cumulative 407 cases, eight were considered active in the community on Thursday.
The local test positivity rate was 1.17%, unchanged from Wednesday. Results were pending from 34 tests, down from 43 tests on Wednesday, according to the EOC. Tests conducted on or before Tuesday at the Berth 3 drive-up testing site had been processed by Thursday. Individuals who were tested during that time and had not been contacted by local health officials received a negative test result.
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