Join us this spring as eight visiting speakers tackle a breadth of questions related to energy, society, and the environment! March 11 at 5:30 pm — Dina Gilio-WhitakerEnvironmental justice in Indian Country and moving...
Category - Public health
Schatz Center
SFSS webinar 9/3 — Safer breathing: reducing the risk of airborne COVID 19 infection
The SARS-2 virus is contained in fluid particles that are emitted from the respiratory tracts of people with COVID-19 when exhaling, talking, coughing, and singing. In this webinar, Mark Nicas will introduce the basics...
Energy needs for covid-19 clinics
Among the many challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic is the need to provide testing in regions with little to no access to an electrical grid. The most common approach for COVID-19 diagnostic testing involves collecting...
SFSS webinar 4/23: The global burden of backup generators
Between 1-2 billion people can’t access a reliable power grid. In some communities, the grid is unstable, with power outages that total hundreds to thousands of hours each year. In others, the grid is unaffordable...
Three questions for Deepti Chatti
Dr. Deepti Chatti joined the Schatz Energy Research Center this fall as a faculty associate, and is an Assistant Professor in Humboldt State’s Environmental Studies department. Maia: What is the role of social...
Maia Cheli
The dirty footprint of the broken grid
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT Between 1-2 billion people live without reliable access to an electrical grid. Homes and businesses in these communities suffer outages that last from hundreds to thousands of hours each year —...
