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Energy Week #323: 6/20/2019

Florida has legalized driverless cars. An 84-year-old drove a Tesla to the Arctic Ocean. Greenland lost two billion . . .

Energy Week #322: 6/13/2019

The US energy storage market is up 232% in the first quarter, from last year. GE lost almost $200 billion betting on . . .

Energy Week #321: 6/6/2019

The Trump administration says fracked gas is made up of “Freedom Molecules.” China might cut exports of rare earth . . .

Energy Week #320: 5/30/2019

Students staged another worldwide strike. Half the new buses in the world are electric, and nearly all electric buses . . .

Energy Week #319: 5/23/2019

Offshore wind farms got overwhelming approval in the Connecticut House of Representatives. Washington Governor Jay . . .

Energy Week #318: 5/16/2019

The UK has gone without coal for days, but Ireland has gone longer. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant will close. . . .

Energy Week #317: 2/9/2019

The UK declared that we are in a climate emergency. Green Mountain Power plans to have 100% renewable energy by 2030. . . .

Energy Week #316: 5/2/2019

A proposed gas-fired plant in Indiana failed to get permits because the utility had not considered less expensive . . .

Energy Week #315: 4/25/19

Greta Thunberg met Pope Francis. Central banking regulators warn banks to get real about climate change. Bernie says . . .

Energy Week #314: 4/18/19

Farmland and solar panels make a good match, for both. Washington state is going 100% renewable. Green Mountain Power . . .

Energy Week #313: 4/11/19

Tesla sales are up 110% for the first quarter. CO₂ is at the highest level in 3 million years. Harbour Air is will . . .

Energy Week Extra #312 : Microgrid Working Group

This is a meeting of the Brattleboro Energy Committee's Microgrid Working Group. It starts with an explanation for . . .

Energy Week #311: 04/04/19

The world's largest battery may be built in Florida. Deutsche Telecom has increased its renewables goal from 20% by . . .

Energy Week #310: 03/28/19

ExxonMobil could lose privileges with the EU parliament. The Navaho ended a bid to save a coal-burning power plant and . . .

Energy Week #309: 03/21/19

The Trump administration concedes that coal is collapsing. Students went on climate strike worldwide. A huge coal . . .

Energy Week #308: 03/14/19

More states are going to 100% renewable energy. Industrial consumers in Pennsylvania oppose a nuclear bailout there. . . .

Energy Week #307: 03/07/19

Voters decide Lake Erie has legal rights. Bills for 100% renewable energy are put forward in several states. There are . . .

Energy Week #306: 02/28/19

Renewable energy beats nuclear for carbon reduction. There are electric cars in our future. Bernie is running on a . . .

Energy Week #305: 02/21/19

Los Angeles is canceling gas-fired power plants. Chicago, with plenty of access to nuclear plants, is going 100% . . .

Energy Week #304: 02/14/19

We are on track for a 3°C temperature rise by 2100, the UN says. The Green New Deal has been released. New car . . .

Energy Week #303: 02/07/19

A huge solar+battery project is going into New York state. A polar vortex does not prove climate change is not . . .

Energy Week #302: 01/31/19

Green companies consistently outperform non-green peers. An all-renewable grid is superior to one with mixed . . .

Energy Week #301: 01/24/19

Business leaders say climate is their biggest threat. Keene, NH, is going 100% renewable. Idaho's Republican governor . . .

Energy Week #300: 01/17/19

Over 600 groups back the Green New Deal. Vermont Yankee has been sold for decommissioning. Oceans are warming faster . . .

Energy Week #299: 01/10/19

Tesla is crushing sales records. GM has sold over 200,000 electric vehicles. More coal-fired power plants were closed . . .

Energy Week #298: 01/03/19

Arctic temperatures are rising. New Jersey wind farms are moving ahead. GMO plants might clean the air. Greenfield has . . .

Energy Week #297: Special on AllEarth Rail

Guest Nick Charyk tells us about a passenger rail startup in Vermont. AllEarth Rail is the brainchild of David . . .

Energy Week #296: 12/20/18

Climate change is on track for 3ºC. Two US utilities are going to 0% fossil fuels. US emissions are rising. Companies . . .

Energy Week #295: 12/13/18

Carbon emissions hit a record high. Solar installs worldwide surpass fossil fuels'. Batteries installations are . . .

Energy Week #294: 12/6/18

About 40% of the world's coal plants are unprofitable. It looks like we could be at the brink of climate catastrophe. . . .

Energy Week #293: 11/29/18

An oil shortage is coming, according to the UN's International Energy Agency. The 4th National Climate Assessment says . . .

Energy Week #292: 11/21/18

Developers bid on 350 MW of offshore windpower for Rhode Island. AES has committed to a 70% reduction in carbon . . .

Energy Week #291: 11/15/18

Voters rejected initiatives to limit fossil fuel use. Keystone XL was halted again. Replacing coal with renewables . . .

Energy Week #290: 11/08/18

Jobs will be created in southern New England with offshore wind farms. The Supreme Court is not blocking the Climate . . .

Energy Week #289: 11/01/2018

A lawsuit says Exxon misled its investors about dangers of climate change. Solar systems are being installed in . . .

Energy Week #288: 10/25/18

US emissions fell as coal plants closed. Climate Kids lawsuit is on hold. Switching away from fossil fuels could save . . .

Energy Week #287: 10/18/18

Denmark will ban cars with internal combustion engines. Global warming made Hurricane Michael strong. Wind and solar . . .

Energy Week #286: 10/11/18

Mexico could go to 100% renewables to save money. The DOE wants to subsidize coal. Wind power does not cause global . . .

Energy Week #284: 10/4/18

Battery installations are growing far faster than the industry expected. Renewables are projected to grow, while other . . .

Energy Week #283: 09/27/18

The natural gas industry may be blindsided by renewables. Renewable generators survived Hurricane Florence much better . . .

Energy Week: #282, 9/20/2018

North Carolina is paying the price of climate denial. Dozens of explosions and fires happened in Massachusetts because . . .

Energy #281: 9/13/18

The administration's coal-friendly power plan will hurt people's health. There is a lot of money to be made, and a lot . . .

Extra with Guy Payne

Guy Payne joins the cast of Energy Week.

Energy Week #280, 9/6/18

The Hoover Dam could be converted to store energy. Tesla batteries saved two Australian states during a power . . .

Energy Week #279, 8/30/18

Windpower is doing well and may do better in the U.S. Sweden will reach its 2030 renewables goals in 2018. Climate . . .

Energy Week #278, 8/23/18

We are not prepared for climate change. The US East Coast has more offshore wind potentialthan we need. Students' . . .

Energy Week #277, 8/16/18

Wind and solar power do not need a lot of water, and that is important. Renewable energy companies are having a hard . . .

Episode #276: August 9, 2018

Impelled by drought and heat, one California wildfire is the worst in the state history. The New York Times has . . .

Energy Week Extra: with Valerie Stuart

Valerie Stuart, representing Brattleboro's District 1 in the Vermont House of Representatives, talks about the state's . . .

Energy Week #274: 08/02/18

Environmental protections are evaporating under the current administration. China is extending its lead over the US. . . .

Energy Week #273: 07/26/18

We have a trade war. UK emissions have not been lower since Victoria was queen. Scientists found the human . . .

Energy Week #272: 07/19/18

Bhutan is going for negative net carbon emissions. We have seen record heatwaves, worldwide. China and the EU have . . .

Energy week #271: 07/12/18

Sweden will reach its 2030 climate target this year. Trump's plan to save coal could kill one person for every two . . .

Energy Week #270: 7/5/18

Scientists are not finding support for the idea that human health is negatively affected by wind turbines. A new kind . . .

Energy Week #269: 6/28/18

Solar tariffs have gone up. A plant to make steel without fossil fuels is being built. Some conservatives want a . . .

Energy Week #268: 6/21/18

VW is hit with more fines over diesel emissions cheating. Solar energy is cheaper despite tariffs. The Boring company . . .

Energy Week #267: 6/14/18

The United States is subsidizing fossil fuels. China is offering less support for solar power. Pope Francis appealed . . .

Energy Week #266: 6/7/18

MidAmerican will be the first large U.S. utility to have 100% renewable electricity. AT&T has a goal of zero waste. . . .

Energy Week #265: 5/31/18

New Jersey committed to 3,500 MW of offshore wind power. Massachusetts and Rhode Island both awarded contracts for . . .

Energy Week: 5/24/18 (#264)

For 400 consecutive months, which is over 33 years, the earth’s temperature has been above average. The National Park . . .

Energy Week: 5/17/18

All new houses in California will have solar systems. Battery maker SimpliPhi had a blockbuster year. Tourism has big . . .

Energy Week: 5/10/18

Vermont state and Federal subsidies for renewable energy are down. Carbon dioxide is at 410 ppm. In the US, renewables . . .

Energy Week: 5/3/18

Fossil fuels continue to decline. China is leading in manufacture of electric vehicles. North Korea is dealing on . . .

Energy Week: 4/26/18

The UK went without coal for days. The most powerful wind ever turbine has been installed at Aberdeen. Companies are . . .

Energy Week: 4/19/18

Solar and wind with storage are starting to beat gas. The are beating nuclear soundly. The Gulf Stream has slowed a . . .

Energy Week: 4/12/2018

Google says it is 100% renewable. Apple says it is also. The EPA is rolling back fuel efficiency standards. The Trump . . .

Energy Week: 4/5/2018

The cost of renewable energy just keeps going down. FirstEnergy is closing its three nuclear plants; it is also . . .

Energy Week: 3/29/18

Congress is preserving renewable support, sort of. Chevron believes in climate change. So does BP, which wants a . . .

Energy Week: 3-22-18

Nanawood is coming. Massachusetts has $1.4 billion for climate change preparedness. The Liberal Party, which does not . . .

Energy Week: 3/15/18

China has taken a growing lead over the US for renewable energy. Weather threats are growing. Young Republicans are . . .

Energy Week: 3/8/18

There have been heatwaves in the winter Arctic, as Europe was in the deep freeze. Trump's attacks on foreign imports . . .

Energy Week Extra: SEON's Weatherization Program

SEON director Guy Payne talks about SEON's Weatherization Program, which will be at the Strolling of the Heiffers in . . .

Energy Week: 3/1/18

Europe may be cold, but the Arctic is far too warm. New Hampshire's moose and loons are in trouble. The Asia-Pacific . . .

Energy Week: 2/22/18

The US Director of National Intelligence warned the Senate about "abrupt" climate change. The first floating wind farm . . .

Energy Week: 2/15/18

We lost 9,800 jobs in the solar industry in 2017, and 232 of these were in Vermont. Windpower is the second biggest . . .

Energy Week: 2/8/18

New Hampshire rejected the Northern Pass. An ordinary man gave his village cheap and reliable power. Tesla and South . . .

Energy Week: 2/1/18

Organizations are working to reduce the effects of the tariff on solar panels, but Central Maine Power is going ahead . . .

Energy Week: 1/25/18

Climate change will be before town meetings in Vermont. Norway will switch to electric planes for some routes. Climate . . .

Energy Week: 1/18/18

China is dealing with pollution, and so is London. Of fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewable resources, renewables . . .

Energy Week: 1/11/18

We are in trouble. The seas are rising, but its oxygen levels are falling. Cocoa plants are likely to become extinct . . .

Energy Week: 1/4/18

2017 set a number of weather records. California's wild fires continued. Congress is making Puerto Ricans pay taxes . . .

Energy Week: 12/21/17

Natural gas is beginning to lose ground. Nuclear power is too costly. The Republicans passed a tax plan that Democrats . . .

Energy Week: 12/14/17

GE is cutting jobs overseas. There are more wildfires in California, and they are bad. Companies are rebuilding Puerto . . .

Energy Week: 12/7/17

The last coal mine in the Ruhr Valley is closing. Tesla's record-breaking battery is putting power on the grid in . . .

Energy Week: 11/30/17

A new record price has been set for solar electricity in Mexico - 1.77¢/kWh. The energy storage market is set to . . .

Energy Week: 11/22/17

At COP23, 25 countries joined an alliance to end the use of coal. Elon Musk introduced us to a new truck and a new . . .

Energy Week: 11/16/17

COP23 is underway in Bonn, and most Americans are represented by state and local governments, but the official US . . .

Energy Week: 11/9/17

PetroChina has lost $800 billion in market value. The “War on Coal” is over, but coal is still losing. A cellular . . .

Energy Week: 11/2/17

Organic Valley will be 100% renewably powered. NextEra has a number of very large solar sites planned in New . . .

Energy Week: 10/26/17

Puerto Rico's grid is being rebuilt by Tesla and others, but one company that had two employees when the hurricane hit . . .

Energy Week: 10/19/17

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s decision to “withdraw” the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, but a lot of companies and . . .

Energy Week: 10/12/17

The American Wind Energy Association is endorsing market-based energy solutions. Energy Secretary Rick Perry wants to . . .

Energy Week Extra: SEON's Sustainable Home Tour and More

SEON director Guy Payne tells us about SEON's Annual Sustainable Home Tour, which will take place on October 14th. Guy . . .

Energy Week: 10/5/17

Rick Perry's DOE wants to subsidize coal and nuclear plants. The fossil fuels industry is costing the US about $240 . . .

Energy Week: 9/28/17

Nicaragua will sign the Paris Climate Accord, leaving only the US and Syria out of it. San Francisco and Oakland . . .

Energy Week: 9/21/17

Hurricane Harvey is leading to lawsuits over climate change damages. Kodiak Island has a lot to teach us. Species are . . .

Energy Week: 9/14/17

France is phasing out fossil fuels. Scotland is phasing out fossil fueled cars by 2032. A 20-MW solar array may go up . . .

Energy Week: 9/7/17

Hurricane Harvey was horrible. A new ship is installing floating wind turbines. Farmers are making money harvesting . . .

Energy Week: 8/31/17

Exxon's bluff calling for critics to prove they downplayed climate change has been called. An MIT study said 200,000 . . .

Energy Week: 8/24/17

The US has lost about half its wheat crop because of drought in the upper Midwest. The Rocky Mountain Institute says . . .

Energy Week Extra: Hempfully Green 8/17/17

Hempfully Green Healing House Inc founding partner Emily Peyton joins George and Tom for a special Energy Week Extra . . .

Energy Week: 8/17/17

Canadian oil workers put out of work by industry declines are finding jobs in wind power. Wildfires are a growing . . .

Energy Week: 8/10/17

Climate change will damage crops more than expected. Los Angeles County is replacing its buses with electric models. . . .

Energy Week: 8/3/17

The country's largest wind farm is being built in Oklahoma. Royal Dutch Shell is making itself fit for lower oil . . .

Energy Week: 7/27/17

Major transmission company Transgrid says 100% renewable energy is both feasible and affordable. Vermont Governor Phil . . .

Energy Week: 7/20/17

Opponents of the Keystone XL pileline are blocking it with solar panels. The world's largest solar array is being grid . . .

Energy Week: 7/13/17

Big American car makers are selling more electric cars. Morgan Stanley predicts big reductions in global power sector . . .

Energy Week: 7/6/17

Construction of a coal-burning power plant with carbon capture has been stopped because it was $3.6 billion over . . .

Energy Week: 6/29/17

Vermont will keep working to meet the Paris Climate Agreement, along with numerous other states. ExxonMobil, Stephen . . .

Energy Week: 6/22/17

Maasai women have broadened their product lines beyond installing PVs on thatched roofs. Oil revenues remain low. DONG . . .

Energy Week: 6/15/17

States and cities are taking up meeting the Paris Climate Agreement without the federal government. The cost of . . .

Energy Week 6/8/17

Donald Trump said the US will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, giving up US leadership on energy and climate . . .

Energy Week: 6/1/17

Donald Trump has been trying to keep up viewer ratings by delaying decisions on staying in the Paris Climate . . .

Energy Week: 5/25/17

Solar plus batteries has set a new record for low price in New Mexico at 4.5¢/kWh; this is lower than the price of the . . .

Energy Week: 5/18/17

Hanover, NH, is going 100% renewable. Rex Tillerson has signed a document asserting the importance of climate change. . . .

Energy Week: 5/11/17

Nuclear and fossil fuels are fighting over subsidies and tax credits. Trump is getting a lot of advise from a lot of . . .

Energy Week: 5/4/17

About 50% of the biggest US companies have renewable energy targets. Oil discoveries are at their lowest levels since . . .

Energy Week: 4/27/17

Eos has super low cost batteries - if you order five years early. Vermont's renewable energy is second only to . . .

Energy Week: 4/20/17

A German company bid to put in an offshore windfarm with a subsidy of zero. Nuclear power's problems grow. EPA chief . . .

Energy Week: 4/13/17

States, cities, businesses, scientists, and the general public are taking up the slack on climate change. A coal . . .

Energy Week: 4/6/17

Vermont's biggest solar array so far has been approved. Iowa has low electric prices because of wind power. Leading . . .

Energy Week: 3/30/17

A conservative is pushing for a carbon tax. Donald Trump has okayed the Keystone XL pipeline and is doing away with . . .

Energy Week: 3/23/17

Donald Trump is proposing deep cuts for the EPA and DOE programs. Other cuts include supports for out-of-work miners. . . .

Energy Week: 3/16/17

Elon Musk offered to fix South Australia's grid problems with a $300 million battery; Tesla would do the job in 100 . . .

Energy Week: 3/9/17

Oil companies are giving up on Canadian tar sands. After years of drought, California is getting much too much rain. . . .

Energy Week: 3/2/17

 The Standing Rock protest has been cleared. California has the largest chemical battery in the world. A study says . . .

Energy Week: 2/23/17

A new Drive train for delivery vans reduces fuel requirements to 20% or less of what they were. Cities are going 100% . . .

Energy Week: 2/16/17

Seattle cut ties with Wells Fargo because of the Dakota Access Pipeline. A lot of wind power was installed last year. . . .

Energy Week: 2/9/17

Solar power costs are falling. The US DOE's Sunshot initiave to reduce the cost of solar was started in 2011 with a . . .

Energy Week: 2/2/17

Renewable energy shows great jobs growth in the United States and worldwide. The Trump administration is working to . . .

Energy Week: 1/26/17

China is building lots of solar, but almost no nuclear plants. The first 1.5 GW of a huge windfarm in Wyoming has been . . .

Energy Week: 1/19/17

Researchers say the Northeast is warming faster than other states in the Lower 48. Governor Cuomo is calling for a . . .

Energy Week: 1/12/17

One of the world’s largest ocean circulation systems may not be as stable as believed. Tesla is mass producing . . .

Energy Week Extra: The Top Stories of 2016

Top stories of 2016: Solar Impulse II finished a flight around the world powered by sunlight. Half our nuclear plants . . .

Energy Week: 1/5/17

Solar power is the least expensive available in many places. A road in France is paved with solar cells. . . .

Energy Week: 12/22/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. Middlebury College is 100% carbon neutral. Arctic ice is melting . . .

Energy Week: 12/15/16

Tom and George talk about energy, climate change, and increasing levels of folly from Donald Trump. Twenty-one . . .

Energy Week: 12/8/16

OPEC is limiting output, providing no one cheats, which they always do. Alberta is auctioning wind power and paying . . .

Energy Week: 12/1/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. Donald Trump contradicts himself. The renewable energy, even with . . .

Energy Week: 11/21/16

Tom and George continue the conversation on Energy. China has responded to Donald Trump's assertion that climate . . .

Energy Week: 11/17/16

Tesla's batteries just got more powerful, without a price hike. Analysts say Trump cannot stop action on climate . . .

Energy Week: 11/10/16

TransCanada's hydro dams on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers are being sold. VW got caught cheating on emissions, . . .

Energy Week: 11/3/16

Global wildlife populations have fallen by 58% since 1970, largely because of fossil fuels. Iberdrola Renewables is . . .

Energy Week: 10/27/16

Next Kraftwerke is running a virtual power plant. Fitch Ratings and Bloomberg foresee a meltdown in the oil and gas . . .

Energy Week: 10/20/16

A huge 15 GW of embedded power awaits connection in the UK. SolarReserve wants to build a solar project in the desert . . .

Energy Week: 10/13/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. The Paris COP21 agreement is now international law, possibly due . . .

Energy Week Extra: SEON's Sustainable Home Tour

Guy Payne of SEON joins Tom and George to talk about the October 15 Sustainable Home Tour.

Energy Week: 10/6/16

Some golden eagles have thrived while living in wind farms. The UK has signed a contract for the Hinkley C nuclear . . .

Energy Week: 9/29/16

George and Tom talk about energy and climate change. A $11.8 billion market for biogas is hidden in plain sight. Lake . . .

Energy Week: 9/22/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. On average, costs of renewable power have dropped below those of . . .

Energy Week: 9/15/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. An irrevocable change is happening moving us to renewable energy. . . .

Energy Week: 9/8/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. Costa Rica just keeps running on renewable power, it has gone . . .

Energy Week: 9/1/16

Cost Rica has gone 113 days without using fossil fuels to generate electricity. Crystal Serenity, a passenger ship is . . .

Energy Week: 8/25/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. Wind and solar generated electricity are hitting record low . . .

Energy Week: 8/16/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. A schoolgirl has invented a super absorbent polymer made from . . .

Energy Week: 8/11/16

Apple will sell electricity, and Australia will have the world's largest microgrid. Nuclear power is losing money . . .

Energy Week 8/4/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. Politics, at both the state and national levels, gets some . . .

Energy Week: 7/28/16

Tom and George present news they can about energy and climate change. Entergy is supporting those in New York who wish . . .

Energy Week 7/21/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. Batteries may get the same renewable incentives as solar power. . . .

Energy Week: 7/14/16

Tom and George continue the conversation on climate change and energy. Offshore wind power costs are going down, as . . .

Energy Week: 7/7/16

Tom and George continue talking about energy and the environment. The time for the baseload power plant paradigm is . . .

Energy Week: 6/30/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. Solar Impulse 2 landed in Spain, after crossing the Atlantic on . . .

Energy Week Extra: Wind power

George and Tom talk about wind power and conspiracy theories. 

Energy Week: 6/23/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. Three nuclear reactors have been scheduled by their owners to . . .

Energy Week: 6/16/16

The US got 19.2% of its electricity from renewable sources in March. Bloomberg says we are nearing peak fossil fuels . . .

Energy Week: 6/9/16

Tom and George talk about microgrids and batteries, fossil fuels and nuclear power, climate change and droughts. . . .

Energy Week: 6/2/16

Tom and George talk about climate change and renewable energy. 8.1 million people are employed in renewable power . . .

Energy Week: 5/26/16

Renewable energy is setting new records. Nuclear power is looking for handouts. The cost of oil and gas is expected to . . .

Energy Week: 5/19/16

Climate change has been happening faster since 1998, despite what some politicians say. Nuclear power plant owners are . . .

Energy Week: 5/12/16

George and Tom talk about energy and climate change. There has been a major fire in Alberta, causing 88,000 of . . .

Energy Week: 5/5/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. Renewable generation accounted for 98.6% of all new capacity in . . .

Energy Week: 4/28/16

Talking about energy and climate change, we start with suspension of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, bankruptcy for . . .

Energy Week Extra: Sustainable Energy Funding Program

Larry Sprague of the Sustainable Energy Funding Program talks about their work of putting funding together with . . .

Energy Week: 4/21/16

Tom and George are joined by guest Larry Sprague of the Sustainable Energy Funding Program in discussing the week's . . .

Energy Week 4/14/2016

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. Wind and solar power are crushing the fossil fuel industry. The . . .

Energy Week: 4/7/16

Solar and wind power have far more potential to supply the country's demand than what we need. Tesla has pre-sold . . .

Energy Week: 3/31/16

China is not only shutting down old coal-burning power plants, it is stopping building new ones. An inexpensive new . . .

Energy Week: 3/24/16

Atmospheric carbon dioxide has gone to new heights, and February had the most abnormally high temperatures on record. . . .

Energy Week: 3/17/16

George is joined by guest Sean Auth for this week's show. Among the topics covered are a possible increase in the . . .

Energy Week 3/10/16

Tom and George talk about the news of climate change and energy. A trainload of snow had to be shipped to Anchorage . . .

Energy Week: 3/3/16

Tom and George talk about methane emissions and a crashing oil and gas industry, new laws and old coal plants, . . .

Energy Week: 2/25/16

It's official - NASA says 2015 was the hottest year on record. Austria is building virtual power plants. Al Gore is . . .

Energy Week: 2/18/16

George and Tom talk about the US Supreme Court and the CLean Power Plan. Solar power is hitting grid parity in nearly . . .

Energy Week: 2/11/16

Tom and George talk about the oil glut and its causes, low oil prices, high oil inventories, and a declining industry. . . .

Energy Week Extra: Greater Good Energy Solutions

Shavon Prophet and Steve Sapowski of Greater Good Energy Solutions join Tom and George to talk about solar thermal . . .

Energy Week: 2/4/16

Tom and George are joined by guests Shavon Prophet and Steve Sapowski. They all talk more about a glacier that melted . . .

Energy Week: 1/28/16

Tom and George talk about the decline of Arctic ice and the fall of the price of oil. Birds are dying because of . . .

Energy Week: 1/21/16

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. The week's news includes much about falling prices of oil and . . .

Energy Week: 1/14/16

There is a methane emergency in California. SolarFest is coming back. The London Array set new production records. . . .

Energy Week Extra: The Top Stories of 2015

George and Tom are back for the annual 'Best of' edition of Energy Week as they gather their top picks for . . .

Energy Week: 1/7/16

Tom and George talk about the new on energy and climate change for the past two weeks. China has provided power for . . .

Energy Week: 12/22/15

Tom and George talk about the news of energy and climate chage. Congress extended tax credits for solar and wind . . .

Energy Week: 12/17/15

George and Tom talk about energy and climate chage. The results of the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) are a subject . . .

Energy Week Extra: Walter Gustafson of VPIRG

Walter Gustafson of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) joins Tom Finnell and George Harvey, talking . . .

Energy Week: 12/10/15

Tom and George host Walter Gustafson from VPIRG talking about energy, climate change, and the action at the Paris . . .

Energy Week Extra: Sascha Deri of altE Store

Sascha Deri, co-founder and CEO of altE Store, talks with George about enery, climate change, batteries, solar power, . . .

Energy Week: 12/3/15

George and guest Sascha Deri of altE Store talk about climate change and energy. Subjects range from rocket stoves to . . .

Energy Week: 11/25/15

Tom and George continue the discussions on energy and climate change. Green Mountain Power has hit its net metering . . .

Energy Week: 11-25-2015

Tom and George continue the discussions on energy and climate change. Green Mountain Power has hit its net metering . . .

Energy Week: 11/19/15

George and Tom talk more about climate change and energy. The UK is supporting fracking and nuclear. The US Senate . . .

Energy Week: 11/12/15

George and Tom talk about climate change and energy. We celebrate the 50th anniversary of when scientists presented . . .

Energy Week: 11/5/15

BCTV's Roland Boyden subs in for George on this edition of Energy Week, joining Tom to talk about Wind Power . . .

Energy Week: 10/29/15

Tom and George talk about the news of energy and climate change. Melting permafrost is creating "drunken forests." . . .

Energy Week: 10/22/15

George and Tom talk about energy and climate change. The UK is subsidizing nuclear power, ignoring the fact that free . . .

Energy Week: 10/15/15

Tom and George talk about the troubles of coal companies, Scottish wind turbines, natural gas, nuclear power, and more.

Energy Week: 10/9/15

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. The coal industry is in deep decline, and the oil and gas . . .

Energy Week Extra: Solaflect 10/1/15

Jonathan Teller-Elsberg joins Tom and George to talk about an innovative solar photovoltaic system designed and . . .

Energy Week: 10/1/15

George and Tom talk about news of energy and climate change. There is more about deception at Volkswagen. And there is . . .

Energy Week: 9/24/15

Tom and George talk about developments in the news on energy and climate change. This was a week with a theme, which . . .

Energy Week: 9/17/15

Big changes have happened in Australia. Ohio business want a return to state support for renewables. Steven Strong's . . .

Energy Week: 9/10/15

George and Tom talk about the woes of the coal industry, the cost of transmission lines, spikes wholesale power prices . . .

Energy Week: 9/3/15

Tom and George talk about energy politics and its effects on the rest of the world. Another subject is a new kind of . . .

Energy Week: 8/27/15

Tom and George talk once again about energy and climate change. Islamic leaders call for work on climate change and . . .

Energy Week: 8/20/15

Tom and George talk about the ins and outs of energy and climate change. Among the topics are wireless charging lanes . . .

Energy Week: 8/13/15

George and Tom talk about the Clean Power Plan, political candidates, a new Vermont wind farm, anaerobic digesters, . . .

Energy Week: 8/6/15

Tom and George talk about one nuclear plant that might close, another that will probably never be built, a faltering . . .

Energy Week: 7/30/15

Tom and George talk about energy and climate change. Among the things discussed are a small biomass plant for combined . . .

Energy Week: 7/23/15

Tom and George talk about the number of climate deniers MSNBC found in a poll of climate scientists (4 out of 17,000), . . .

Energy Week: 7/16/15

Tom and George explore this week's energy and climate news: Wildfires, caused by hot and dry weather, have plagued . . .

Energy Week: 7/9/15

Tom and George talk about the news of energy. Whether it is solar, wind, biodigesters, or coal-burning dinosaurs, . . .

Energy Week: 7/2/2015

Tom and George talk with guests Daniel Hoviss, Jonathan Teller-Elsberg, and Katrina Wilson about the energy news of . . .

Energy Week Extra: Solarize Dummerston 7/2/15

Tom and George host guests from Solarize Dummerston. They include Daniel Hoviss, of Solarize Dummerston; Jonathan . . .

Energy Week 6/25/2015

George and Tom talk about the Pope, Lake Mead, health issues resulting from climate change, the politics of the United . . .

Energy Week: 6/18/15

Tom and George bring the news of energy and climate change. More and more countries are signing up to be part of the . . .

Energy Week Extra: Turning Point Gratitude Project - Permaculture

Guests Cimbria Badenhausen, Susan Walker, and Jedediah Popp talk about permaculture, sustainability, and the earth, . . .

Energy Week: 6/11/15

Tom and George talk about farms of floating offshore wind turbines for Hawai'i, huge orders for the Tesla Powerpack . . .

Energy Week Extra: Chris Martenson and Peak Prosperity

Guest Chris Martenson tells Tom and George about dangers to the electromagnetic grid, the economy, and our way of . . .

Energy Week: 6/4/15

Tom and George talk about climate change and energy. In this week's show, we see Big Oil admit climate change is real . . .

Energy Week Extra: Brattleboro Solar Summer 5/28/15

George and Tom are joined by Paul Cameron, Brattleboro's Energy Coordinator, in a discussion of Brattleboro Solar . . .

Energy Week: 5/28/15

Tom and George talk about the news of the week. The oil minister of Saudi Arabia says his country will switch to 100% . . .

Energy Week Extra: Northeast Biodiesel and Coop Power 5/21/15

Guests Diego Angarita and Phil Cherry join Tom and George to discuss Greenfield's Coop Power and its new biodiesel . . .

Energy Week 5/21/2015

Tom and George talk about a range of things from Tesla's batter to a ferry boat in Norway. Two guests join us from . . .

Energy Week Extra: Special on Microgrids 5/14/15

Microgrids can give use the power to power ourselves. They can give us security in unsecure times, while helping save . . .

Energy Week: 5/14/15

George and Tom present a week's news in an hour. The world's nations are ahead of schedule preparing for talks on the . . .

Energy Week: 5/7/15

George and Tom talk about General Motors giving up on coal, and solar becoming the least expensive energy source for . . .

Energy Week 4/30/15

Here is this week's look at the world's energy news. New battery technology, new microgrids, and new data about the . . .

Energy Week 4/23/15

Tom Finnell and George Harvey speak to the ins and outs of energy news. Big businesses are getting involved in climate . . .

Energy Week 4/16/15

Tom Finnell and George Harvey review the world of energy once more. This time they have a lot of help from Michael . . .

Energy Week: 4/9/15

Tom and George examine the deep inner meanings of energy trends in a changing world, and come up laughing. Vermont . . .

Energy Week: 4/2/15

Tom and George try to keep up with the latest events in the world of energy and climate change. This week, we see . . .

Energy Week: 3/26/15

You can watch the coal industry begin to unravel and hear projections of doom and gloom for the whole fossil fuels . . .

Energy Week: 3/19/15

George and Tom chronicle the changing times, in which humble home solutions to personal energy problems are becoming a . . .

Energy Week: 3/12/15

George and Tom continue their romp through the news of Energy and Climate Change with a list of over twenty news . . .

Energy Week 3/5/15

Keeping a careful eye on some of the most exciting developments in history, Tom Finnell and George Harvey gab, laugh, . . .

Energy Week 2/26/15

Energy, climate change, the state of the nation, science, and the US Navy are all subjects of discussion, as George . . .

Energy Week: 2/19/15

Once more, George and Tom take a look at the exciting news relating to energy and climate change for the week. They . . .

Energy Week: 2/12/15

Reporting on the woes of Global Warming and the War Against Renewable Power, Tom and George again laugh at danger and . . .

Energy Week: 2/5/15

Cruising through the news on energy and the climate, George Harvey and Tom Finnell look closely at the most difficult . . .

Energy Week: 1/29/15

Tom Finnell and George Harvey reveal the innermost workings of the world of energy. Used car batteries will one day be . . .

Energy Week: 1/22/15

News on energy and climate change, in which George gets passionate about politics and Tom looks on and laughs.

Energy Week: 1/15/15

An hour dealing with a week's news about energy, renewable power, and sustainable living in the 21st century. We track . . .

Energy Week: 1/8/15

George Harvey and Tom Finnell are back for another hour analyzing the news on energy, climate change, and global . . .

Energy Week Extra: The Top 20 Stories of 2014

George and Tom take a romp through the top twenty energy stories of 2014. These are the big stories that impact the . . .

Energy Week: 1/2/15

George Harvey and Tom Finnell take a look at the week's news on Energy and Climate Change. In only one hour, George . . .

Energy Week: 12/23/14

George Harvey and Tom Finnell cover the week's news on energy and climate change, drawing the conclusion that the . . .

Energy Week 12/18/14

George Harvey and Tom Finnell deal with the complexities of climate change, plunging oil prices, environmental damage, . . .

Energy Week: 12/11/14

Tom Finnell and George Harvey record the fall of the fossil fuel industry on a day-by-day basis, with much mirth in . . .

Energy Week: 12/4/14

Tom Finnell and George Harvey talk about amazing events in the week's news for energy and global warming. 

Energy Week Extra: Thomas Fricke 11/26/14

Tom and George talk with Brattleboro resident Thomas Fricke, who operates an amazing sustainable business on the other . . .

Energy Week: 11/26/14

Tom and George are back with a new batch of news. Different sources say different things. Fox News says renewable . . .

Energy Week: 11/20/14

Keystone XL was blocked - for now. The fund that funded Solyndra is making the taxpayer money. China has committed to . . .

Energy Week: 11/13/14

Tom Finnell is back! And with his recovery of his health, Energy Week can recover from its humorless doldrums!

Energy Week: 11/6/14

Host George Harvey sums up the week's energy-related news from across the globe, with a look at the future of EVs . . .

Energy Week: 10/30/14

George Harvey is back for another edition of his weekly talk show, summarizing a week's worth of headlines from . . .

Energy Week: 10/23/14

Join host George Harvey as he culls down more than a thousand energy-related articles from the previous week into a . . .

Energy Week: 10/16/14

Join Energy Week host George Harvey as he tackles another week's worth of Energy related headlines from all accross . . .

Energy Week: 10/9/14

Join hosts George and Tom as they cull through another week's worth of energy-related headlines from across the globe, . . .

Energy Week Extra: Bensonwood 10/2/14

Engineers Chris and Rheannon of the custom timberframe design firm Bensonwood Inc present on how the company is . . .

Energy Week: 10/2/14

Joined by custom timberframe pioneers Bensonwood engineers Chris and Rheannon, Energy Week hosts George and Tom work . . .

Energy Week Extra: NE Coalition 9/25/14

Ned Childs and Clay Turnbull of the nuclear-free affinity group the New England Coalition join George and Tom in this . . .

Energy Week: 9/25/14

Ned Childs and Clay Turnbull of the nuclear-free affinity group the New England Coalition join George and Tom in going . . .

Energy Week Extra: Community Wind 9/18/14

Local Eco-Engineer Tad Montgomery joins the Energy Week crew for an hour-two special to discuss the Solarize Windham . . .

Energy Week: 9/18/14

Making his second appearance on the program local Eco-Engineer Tad Montgomery joins the Energy Week crew in going . . .

Energy Week: 9/11/14

Join hosts George Harvey and Tom FInnell as they break down a week's worth of energy-related news from across the . . .

Energy Week: 9/4/14

Hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell are back for another week of energy-related headlines from across the . . .

Energy Week Extra: Nuclear Waste Special 8/28/14

CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Staff Physicist Steve Reucroft and Alex Fay of the NPPP (Nuclear . . .

Energy Week: 8/28/14

George Harvey breaks down another week of energy-related news from across the globe, this time with the help of CERN . . .

Energy Week Extra: Windham County Senate Candidates (D) - 8/21/14

Democratic Senate hopefuls for Windham County join George and Tom for this special second-hour special of 'Energy . . .

Energy Week: 8/21/14

Energy Week hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell are joined by area healthcare guru Jown Bownman as they look through . . .

Energy Week Extra: Tad Montgomery - 8/14/14

Local Eco-Engineer Tad Montgomery joins the Energy Week crew in this hour-two special as they break down the myths and . . .

Energy Week: 8/14/14

Local Eco-Engineer Tad Montgomery joins the Energy Week crew in going through a week's worth of news from around the . . .

Energy Week Show and Tell: 8/7/14

Join hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell for this hour-two special of their popular weekly talk show highlighting the . . .

Energy Week: 8/7/14

Energy Week hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell pack another hour full of the week’s biggest energy headlines from . . .

Energy Week: 7/31/14

Energy Week hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell present another week's worth of energy-related news from across the . . .

Energy Week: 7/24/14

Energy Week hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell are back for another edition of their weekly series highlighting the . . .

Energy Week: 7/17/14

Catch up with Energy Week hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell as Green Mountain Power's Jenn Cortez joins them for . . .

Energy Week Extra: Jenn Cortez, GMP - 7/17/14

Green Mountain Power's Jenn Cortez joins Energy Week hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell to break down the details of . . .

Energy Week: 7/10/14

The area entrepraneurs behind the 'Smart Heat Pump' concept at Glow join Energy Week hosts George Harvey and Tom . . .

Energy Week Extra: Glow, Smart Heat Pumps - 7/10/14

Jake Saper and Thomas Hand, the area entrepraneurs behind the 'Smart Heat Pump' concept at Glow, sit down with Energy . . .

Energy Week: 7/3/14

Hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell return, dynamic weekly series in tow, dosing the cable airwaves with their the . . .

Energy Week Extra: SolarFest - 6/26/14

Members of SolarFest join the Energy Week crew in studio for this second-hour special to discuss their plans for the . . .

Energy Week: 6/26/14

Members of SolarFest Inc join hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell in going through the week's energy-related news, . . .

Energy Week: 6/19/14

Energy Week: 6/19/14

Energy Week Extra: Steve Reucroft, CERN - 6/12/14

Renowned physicist Steve Reucroft of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) joins the Energy Week team . . .

Energy Week: 6/12/14

This first hour edition of this popular weekly BCTV series includes commentary from internationally renowned physicist . . .

Energy Week: 6/5/14

PEG Access hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell are back for new edition of their dynamic weekly series, packing . . .

Energy Week: 5/29/14

Brattleponics founder Mark Crowther joins hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell to sort through another week's worth of . . .

Energy Week Extra: Aquaponics

Area specialist Mark Crowther joins the Energy Week team for an in-depth special on the age-old practice of aquaponics . . .

Energy Week: 5/22/14

Backed by an unmatched arsenal of knowledge, along with the technical ingenuity of partner-in-crime Tom Finnell, area . . .

Energy Week: 5/15/14

Back before the BCTV cameras for another edition of 'Energy Week,' the most dynamic of dynamic duos George Harvey and . . .

Energy Week: 5/8/14

Hosts George Harvey and Tom Finnell are back for another edition of 'Energy Week' as they break down energy-related . . .

Energy Week: 5/1/14

Back for another content-rich episode, area blogger George Harvey and partner-in-crime Tom Finnell brief the masses on . . .

Energy Week: 5/1/14 Special - Sunnyside Solar

Members of the local renewables business Sunnyside Solar Carol Levin and Dave Bonta join the Energy Week crew to . . .

Energy Week 4/24/14

Area blogger George Harvey and video engineer Tom Finnell are back for another edition of the quirky PEG Access smash . . .

Energy Week: 4/17/14

Area blogger George Harvey and video engineer Tom Finnell are back for another edition of the quirky PEG Access smash . . .

Energy Week Extra: 4/10/14

Energy Week engineer Tom Finnell takes the reigns on this special hour-two extended edition of Energy Week, and he and . . .

Energy Week: 4/10/14

Back for another content-rich episode, area blogger George Harvey and partner-in-crime Tom Finnell brief the masses on . . .

Energy Week: 4/3/14

Back for another content-rich episode, rea blogger George Harvey and partner-in-crime Tom Finnell brief the masses on . . .

Energy Week: 3/27/14

Area blogger George Harvey teams up with video engineer Tom Finnell to bring to BCTV this weekly, hour-long program . . .

Energy Week: 3/20/14

Energy Week: 3/20/14 ---      Area blogger George Harvey teams up with video engineer Tom Finnell to bring to BCTV . . .

Energy Week: 3/13/14

Energy Week: 3/13/14    Area blogger George Harvey teams up with video engineer Tom Finnell to bring to BCTV this . . .

Energy Week: 3/6/14

Energy Week: 3/6/14. Guests: Little Green Hydro- Micro HydroArea blogger George Harvey teams up with video engineer . . .

Energy Week Extra: 1/30/14 - SEON Special

SEON (Sustainable Energy Outreach Network) executive director Guy Payne joins program host and GeoHarvey blogkeeper . . .

Energy Week: 1/30/14

Guest: Guy Payne SEON (Sustainable Energy Outreach Network) executive director Guy Payne joins program host and . . .

Energy Week: 2/27/14

Area blogger George Harvey teams up with video engineer Tom Finnell to bring to BCTV this weekly, hour-long program . . .

Energy Week: 2/20/14

Area blogger George Harvey teams up with video engineer Tom Finnell to bring to BCTV this weekly, hour-long program . . .

Energy Week: 2/13/14

 Area blogger George Harvey teams up with video engineer Tom Finnell to bring to BCTV this weekly, hour-long program . . .

Energy Week: 2/6/14

Area blogger George Harvey teams up with video engineer Tom Finnell to bring to BCTV this weekly, hour-long program . . .

Energy Week: 1/23/14

Guest: Paul Cameron Brattleboro Energy Coordinator Paul Cameron joins the dynamic duo in BCTV's studios for another . . .

Energy Week: 1/16/14

Guest: Jason Cooper Local green real estate entrepreneur and Coop Power steering committee member Jason Cooper joins . . .

Energy Week: 1/9/14

Guest: Leslie Sullivan Sachs of the Safe and Green Campaign joins Brattleboro daily blogger George Harvey and his . . .

Energy Week: 1/2/14

Brattleboro daily blogger George Harvey and his engineer local activist Tom Finnell usher in a new year with a double . . .

Energy Week: 12/19/13

Guest: Leslie Sullivan Sachs of the Safe and Green Campaign joins Brattleboro daily blogger George Harvey and his . . .

Energy Week: 12/5/13

Reading nearly a thousand energy articles each week, Brattleboro daily blogger George Harvey teams up with local . . .

Energy Week: 11/21/13

Reading nearly a thousand energy articles each week, Brattleboro daily blogger George Harvey teams up with local . . .

Energy Week: 11/14/13

Reading nearly a thousand energy articles each week, Brattleboro daily blogger George Harvey teams up with local . . .

Energy Week: 11/8/13

Reading nearly a thousand energy articles each week, Brattleboro daily blogger George Harvey teams up with local . . .

Energy Week: 12/12/13

Reading nearly a thousand energy articles each week, Brattleboro daily blogger George Harvey teams up with local . . .