Sunblocked: Resistance to Solar in Farm Country
For the U.S. to meet its clean energy goals by 2050, the Department of Energy projects that the country needs more than 10 million acres of solar development. Most of that is expected to be built in...
View ArticleIt's Not Easy Going Green
When they were invented in the ’90s, renewable energy certificates were meant to stimulate the green energy market. Back then, building wind and solar farms was way more expensive than it is today. The...
View ArticleIt's Not Easy Going Green
When they were invented in the ’90s, renewable energy certificates were meant to stimulate the green energy market. Back then, building wind and solar farms was way more expensive than it is today. The...
View ArticleSunblocked: Resistance to Solar in Farm Country
For the U.S. to meet its clean energy goals by 2050, the Department of Energy projects that the country needs more than 10 million acres of solar development. Most of that is expected to be built in...
View ArticleIt's Not Easy Going Green
When they were invented in the ’90s, renewable energy certificates were meant to stimulate the green energy market. Back then, building wind and solar farms was way more expensive than it is today. The...
View ArticleIt's Not Easy Going Green
When they were invented in the ’90s, renewable energy certificates were meant to stimulate the green energy market. Back then, building wind and solar farms was way more expensive than it is today. The...
View ArticleNYC Immigrant Affairs Commissioner; Where Did You Catch COVID?; State Sen....
Coming up on today's show: Manuel Castro, commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, discusses the city's response amid the arrival of asylum seekers who have been bussed from red...
View ArticleBill McKibben on the Climate Bill
Bill McKibben, environmental activist, founder of Third Act and author of many books, most recently, The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood...
View ArticleEpstein-Barr Virus and MS, Agrivoltaics, Ag School Influence, Social Cues...
Scientists Are Working On A Universal COVID VaccineAs the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spike around the U.S., there are scientists working not on variant-specific boosters, but on...
View ArticlePfizer Vaccine Approval, Making Solar Power For Everyone. August 27, 2021,...
Pfizer’s Vaccine Is Now Fully Approved. What’s Next For The Pandemic?This week, the COVID-19 vaccine marketed by Pfizer finally received full FDA approval, moving out of the realm of “emergency use” to...
View ArticleLorde – "Oceanic Feelings" (Weekly Music Roundup)
Lorde – "Oceanic Feelings" (Weekly Music Roundup)New Zealand singer Lorde became a global pop star at 16. Now 24, she seems less interested in making hits, and more interested in trying new things. Her...
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In Puerto Rico, New York Council Members Press for More Federal Support
In the mountainside community of Adjuntas, about an hour and a half from San Juan, the energy grid is still down. Like many other parts of Puerto Rico, residents have been coping in the dark since...
View ArticleBucking National Trend, the Solar Sector Slips in New Jersey
According to a new survey by the Solar Foundation, jobs in the solar power industry in the United States have increased at least 20 percent per year for the past four years. That survey says the solar...
View ArticleBetter Living Through Solar Energy
This is a rebroadcast of an interview that originally aired on December 3, 2015. In Harness the Sun: America's Quest for a Solar-Powered Future, Philip Warburg explores America's solar revolution....
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Solar plane leaving U.S. for Europe after yearlong stay
June 10th 2016: Andre Borschberg flies over the Statue of Liberty the 14th leg of Round the World Journey and marks the final US leg. Photo by Solar ImpulseAfter a yearlong stay in the U.S., Solar...
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Debate over solar rates simmers in the Nevada desert
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioBY SAM WEBERWith more than 300 days of sunshine a year, Nevada seems like the perfect place for rooftop solar.And with the help of state and federal incentives, the...
View ArticleWorking Towards a Solar-Powered Tomorrow, Today
In Harness the Sun: America's Quest for a Solar-Powered Future, Philip Warburg explores America's solar revolution. Beginning with his solar-powered home in New England, he introduces readers to the...
View ArticleRefocusing the Gun Control Debate. Arthur Miller's "A View From the Bridge"
ProPublica reporter Lois Beckett explains how in the wake of mass shootings, the gun control debate fails to address victims of gun murders. Phoebe Fox, Mark Strong, and Nicola Walker discuss starring...
View ArticleSolar Power Capacity in New York Grows by 300 percent
Solar power capacity in New York State tripled between 2011 and 2014, according to state figures.More than 314 megawatts of solar energy were installed in that period. The governor's office says the...
View ArticlePower Cart
Mouna Andraos is an artist and web designer who’s always been fascinated by street vendors since her childhood in Lebanon. She created a working portable generator that uses a crank and a solar cell to...
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