A Race Against Time / National Geographic Digital Media.

[Place of publication not identified] : National Geographic Digital Media, [2017]

New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.

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A Race Against Time focuses on renewable energy sources, especially solar. David Letterman travels to India to investigate the populous country's efforts to expand its inadequate electrical grid, as its economy booms, and to supply electricity for the first time to 300 million citizens. He finds that there the country will double the amount of dirty coal that it burns unless it can receive assistance in transitioning quickly to solar and other renewable technologies. He interviews Prime Minister Narendra Modi, travels to rural villages where few can afford power and explores the US potential in bringing renewable energy to India. In Florida and Nevada, Cecily Strong finds former officials and other insiders in the two sunny states who reveal how utility companies and politics are blocking the growth of solar energy and clean energy jobs in the US.

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April 02, 2020

9 - 12, Academic/AP

Outdated Power Infrastructure in New Delhi (4:57); India's Power Grid (3:52); Fight Over Solar (5:27); No Power (4:00); Nationwide Issue (4:32); Neighborhood Utility (3:49); Rolling Back Solar Energy (2:53); Booming Economy (4:21); Energy in Florida (3:18); Solar Energy in India (2:39); Fighting Back Against Utility Companies (5:31); Interview with the Prime Minister (4:30); Credits: A Race Against Time (0:09);

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