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energyNOW! is a television news magazine devoted to exploring America’s energy and climate challenges, and what's being done about them.

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Countering Climate Change, from the Heartland to the Great Barrier Reef
By energyNOW !, September 03, 2011
This week's video from energyNOW! explores potential solutions in two very different locations -- America’s heartland and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef....
Cleaning Up Transportation With Natural Gas and Electric Bikes
By energyNOW !, August 27, 2011
New natural gas findings by Israel could drastically shift the country's reliance on imported fuels, while the U.S. struggles to develop a nationwide natural gas infrastructure for alternative-......
Protecting Today's Electical Grid -- and Tomorrow's Smart Grid
By energyNOW !, August 20, 2011
Eight years ago, the U.S. suffered the biggest electrical blackout in its history. What is being done now to prevent future outages and protect the grid against other threats?...
How to Clean Up the Carbon Mess
By energyNOW !, August 06, 2011
The latest episode of Energy Now! focuses on coal-fired power plants -- how did we get so dependent on coal, is it possible to make it cleaner, and when will we get beyond coal?...
The Promise and Peril of Shale Gas Fracking
By energyNOW !, July 30, 2011
Tapping the energy stored in a rock formation called the Marcellus Shale has been an economic boon to Pennsylvania, but is the state -- and the planet -- paying an environmental price?...
Inside the Military's Green Energy Mission
By energyNOW !, July 23, 2011
The latest episode of Energy Now looks at how the DoD is trying to trim its $15 billion annual energy bill, the Air Force's use of the country's largest solar array, and and the Army's first......
Energy Efficiency From the Baseball Stadium to Washington's Birthplace
By energyNOW !, July 16, 2011
This week's episode of EnergyNOW looks at the Seattle Mariners' stadium waste efforts, how to charge up with a solar-power bikini and how renewables are keeping George Washington's birthplace......
The Future of Vehicles: Next-Gen Engines, EVs & Green Jet Fuels
By energyNOW !, July 09, 2011
Much-needed upgrades to the century-old internal combustion engine, the predecessors to today's EVs, and the first-ever trans-Atlantic biofuel jet flight, on this week's episode of EnergyNOW....
A Look Behind Unstable Gas Prices & Attempts to Fix Them
By energyNOW !, July 02, 2011
The latest video from EnergyNOW! looks at the ever-climbing price of gas at the pump and potential solutions, from the President's release of Strategic Reserves to a car that gets 82 miles per......
Greening Buildings, from the Empire State to the Sunflower State
By energyNOW !, June 25, 2011
This week's episode of Energy Now! looks at the creation of sustainable buildings, from the well documented Empire State Building project to the post-tornado green reconstruction of Greensburg,......