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When your utility buys its power has a lot to do with the price spikes you're seeing. -
Host Mikaela Lefrak speaks with the head of Vermont's Climate Action Office about the Inflation Reduction Act. -
At a rally on Thursday, climate activists demanded that state officials expand New Hampshire鈥檚 renewable energy resources. They criticized Governor Chris Sununu for accepting donations from fossil fuel companies. -
The Indiana bat has been on the federal endangered species list since the 1960s. Vermont鈥檚 Champlain Valley is at the extreme edge of this bat鈥檚 range 鈥� and a new discovery in Hinesburg this month has bat wildlife officials excited. -
The aviation startup Beta Technologies has signed a 75-year lease at the Burlington International Airport. But the company may avoid paying rent to the city for nearly four decades. -
Host Mikaela Lefrak will speak with energy experts about how heat pumps can cool your house and reduce fossil fuel dependence. -
In this encore rebroadcast, host Mikaela Lefrak discusses electric vehicles, driving a gas vs. electric car, and Vermont's EV infrastructure. -
A company in South Burlington wants to revolutionize the future of flight. Beta Technologies is part of a fast-growing industry working to build electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Beta has grown rapidly in the past five years. But the company is still several years away from launching its product, and it faces obstacles ahead. -
The state is updating the solar net metering rules, but the Public Utility Commission did not make structural changes to how incentive payments are formulated 鈥� as some advocates called for. -
Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with a Vermonter who found a threatened orchid species in Chittenden County, and a state botanist about the flower's significance.
