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Could Hydrogen Be Our Energy Future?
Season 1
Episode 5
Countries are excited about hydrogen as a way to reduce their CO2 emissions, but costs need to come down and continued technological and manufacturing developments will be required for hydrogen to compete. Dr. Julio Friedmann, a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, and Dr. Steve Hamburg, the Chief Scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund, discuss
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Plastic and other pollution, sea level rise, coastal erosion and potential solutions.
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Can the US overcome budget, schedule, capital, industry and supply chain challenges?
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How forests and other plants absorb one-quarter of human-emitted CO2 each year.
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The global importance of the region’s oil, and its moves to diversify into other energies.
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Experts debate the future of solar and wind energy, with surprising takeaways.
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Can we have abundance with less environmental impact? Or must we reduce consumption?