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The Uncertain Future Of Energy R&D
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The election of Donald Trump has raised questions about the future of federal funding for energy research and development. We dig into the numbers.
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The election of Donald Trump has raised questions about the future of federal funding for energy research and development. We dig into the numbers.
Energy and climate change have barely received any attention in this election season dominated by the largely issue-less Presidential race. But down the ballot, there are some important races and measures to watch today. Here’s a brief summary.
Questions over the country’s energy future surfaced in the Presidential debate Sunday night. It was a surprising five minutes of policy discussion in a tense debate that focused on character attacks.
Colorado’s Secretary of State announced that two controversial oil and gas initiatives didn’t get enough signatures to make it on the November ballot. Inside Energy looks at the numbers behind the story.
Why don’t we have wireless electricity? To find out, we went back a hundred years to a man named Nikola Tesla and his dream to send electricity around the world without wires.
How can Wyoming diversify its economy? That’s the question we posed to attendees at our recent live event in Laramie. Here are some of their suggestions.
How much energy did it take to make your dinner? Our food takes a lot of fossil fuel to produce. From the field to grocery stores and your kitchen, our food system demands more electricity each year. Inside Energy and Harvest Public Media teamed up to look at where that energy goes and how some are trying to curb the industry’s appetite for electricity.
As part of our series Feasting On Fuel, Grant Gerlock of Harvest Public Media looks at farmers who are turning to renewables to lessen their reliance on fossil fuels.
Up to a fifth of our nation’s total energy use goes into growing, transporting, processing and eventually preparing our food, but those energy inputs are often hidden. In this first story in the Inside Energy and Harvest Public Media collaboration Feasting on Fuel, we look at one place they’re not.