With stifling heat in CA, what are the energy equity risks for Imperial County, the hottest place in the country? @Rahul_a_bej uses #EEPDataInsights to look at intersecting vulnerability: high energy burden, seniors living alone, and people with a disability.

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Access to rooftop solar is relatively high: median income for adopters is $53,000 vs. $113,000 nationally, but still 2.5x county median income. How should this data shape a just transition in Imperial County? #EnergyEquityProject #EEPDataInsights

Single-parent HH make up an increasingly high percentage of census tracts with excessive energy burdens. Powered by EEP data energyequityproject.com Created by Rahul Agrawal Bejarano Code: github.com/Energy-Equity-… *thanks Sanya Carley and David Konisky for this: energyjustice.indiana.edu/doc/ejl-energy…

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Excited to announce the release of my first R package, PPGISr: An R package for Public Participatory GIS github.com/GLISA-umich/PP…, which includes a user-friendly online version derek-van-berkel-shiny.shinyapps.io/PPGISr/

My testimony on racial disparities in the People's Gas rate case in Chicago got picked up! Thanks Christie Hicks EDF for getting the word out. energynews.us/2023/07/06/cit…

Energy Equity Project is hiring a Community Partnerships Manager! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/238…

Join us for our weekly science webinar with guest Dr. Jessica Gephart @jagephart UW SAFS for her talk on the role of aquaculture in sustainable diets. 📌 It’s happening this Thursday 2/22 at 11 am Pacific. Details: bit.ly/3MwTzmm

The Energy Equity Project (EEP), a collaborative initiative housed at SEAS, is making strides in supporting a just transition to a cleaner & more resilient energy system. SEAS lecturer & EEP Project Manager Justin Schott details recent project successes: seas.umich.edu/news/energy-eq…

Great Lakes region as a climate haven? Yes, but the devil is in the details. Michigan certainly looks like a winner, but like anywhere, work is always needed to improve things in some spots. Derek Van Berkel U-M SEAS greatlakesecho.org/2024/03/18/are…

I was part of a group of academics who convened to propose policy solutions to extreme heat, which now kills upwards of 1,500 Americans / year, twice as deadly as just a decade ago. LIHEAP is a small overlooked piece of the puzzle. fas.org/accelerator/ex… fas.org/publication/li…

📈 By using remotely sensed observations + #climate models, researchers including HDSI Faculty Affiliates Christopher Golden + Peter Huybers found that the years-long drought currently gripping southern Madagascar is caused by human-driven #climatechange: nature.com/articles/s4161…

Join us today or Friday for the #CSEd Discussion Group! We will be discussing "Avoiding the Turing Tarpit: Learning Conversational Programming by Starting from Code’s Purpose" by Kathryn Cunningham, Barbara Ericson, Rahul Agrawal Bejarano, and Mark Guzdial. buff.ly/3uKy5wh