Its = possessive (its solar panels, its crew) It's = it is (it's ridiculous that a journalist doesn't know this)
he's a meteorologist....and a broadcaster. I'm sure he didn't even write this article himself.
Still, that is no excuse. People should learn how write correctly in a professional environment.
"...how to write...." i meant
Im (with no apostrophe) sure it was a typo!!
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