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Charging EVs - Green Sense Minute

Can EVs handle midwest winters? Consumer Guide Automotive publisher Tom Appel discusses the challenges of charging electric vehicles in cold weather.

Charging EVs in the Cold: Tom Appel

Tom Appel, publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive, discusses the challenges, myths, and facts of charging electric vehicles in the deep freeze, and why EV owners should be educated about batteries and preconditioning.

Training Urban Farmers - Green Sense Minute

Eliza Fournier, the urban farm director at the College of Lake County, talks about where the next generation of modern farmers will be trained.

Eliza Fournier: Sustainable Farming

Eliza Fournier, the urban farm director at the College of Lake County, discusses revitalizing north suburban Waukegan, and offering accessible, affordable, nutrient-dense food. She also describes how her agricultural background has helped her create sustainable programs and help young farmers.

Josh and Rebecca Tickell: Common Ground

Rebecca and Josh Tickell are the directors of the documentary Common Ground, which connects the dots between agribusiness farming and how to make our food system more sustainable. The film includes celebrity narrators and presents a solution for creating a resilient, regenerating, healing food system that can last for generations. They want people to know how we can stabilize the climate and we can grow nutrient dense food and we can save the American farmer.

Common Ground - Green Sense Minute

Josh and Rebecca Tickell are the directors of the documentary Common Ground. They want their film to inspire people to regenerate the food system and make it more sustainable.

Maria Gallucci on Steel - Green Sense Minute

Canary Media reporter Maria Gallucci explains why it's important for steel companies to invest in technology to improve the environment and human health.

Can the Steel Industry change?

Maria Gallucci, a reporter with the nonprofit newsroom Canary Media, says the steel industry is a hard business, requires a lot of capital, and involves a complex polluting manufacturing process. She discusses the challenges and technical solutions for decarbonizing steelmaking and making it more sustainable.

Tom Appel: EVs in the new year

Vehicle expert Tom Appel has been with the Green Sense Show for 10 years! And now that the new year is starting, he discusses what to expect in '24, reflects on last year's trends, and explains how Consumer Guide Automotive reports and analyzes the automotive industry. He also explains how consumers can discern fact from fiction when it comes to electric vehicles, including Tesla claims, charging stations, and much more.

How green are EVs? - Green Sense Minute

Are electric vehicles really more eco-friendly? EV expert and Consumer Guide Automotive publisher, Tom Appel, compares gas and electric vehicles.