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#ClimateAcrossAmerica

NOVA's national Climate Across America initiative has been made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, deepening its efforts to build the capacity of local PBS stations to tell climate solution science stories that have an impact in their communities.


In our second story as part of NOVA’s Climate Across America initiative, reporter Abagael Giles explored innovative local solutions to climate change through biodigesters. Methane is a super potent greenhouse gas and is abundant on farms with large amounts of livestock. Some farmers are capturing that biogas and burning it in a generator to make electricity.


Climate change is making weather more extreme — in Vermont and across the country. In a lot of places, the electric grid is pretty exposed. Our poles and wires were built for less stormy times. And that’s a problem, as Vermont and other places look to power more and more of our heat and transportation with electricity from renewable sources.


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