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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Cows release a super potent greenhouse gas when they burp and when their poop breaks down. It’s called methane, and a lot of farms in Vermont and around the country are trapping it to make electricity or natural gas. We partnered with NOVA to find out how it all works. -
Nationwide, our power grid was built for less stormy times. So how do we make our grid more reliable at the same time we’re trying to make it cleaner? Some people say creating “microgrids” could help.
