Terra: Our World - Energy Alternatives - Episode 6 (ITV)

1980

Peabody Award-winning, ten-part series about the environment, aimed at students in grades 6-8. This episode discusses nuclear power in the aftermath of the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown and alternative power sources such as solar and geothermal and fuel derived from plants. Includes a visit to The Geysers in California, the world's largest geothermal field, containing a complex of 18 geothermal power plants. Featured authorities: Donald Lipschutz (Union of Concerned Scientists), Sen. George McGovern, Jan Miller (Pacific Gas & Electric spokesperson), Dr. James MacKenzie (Council on Environmental Quality), Dr. Lance Crombie (microbiologist). Narrator: Connie Chung.

Maryland Public Television; Maryland. State Department of Education. Division of Instructional Television

Broadcasting, Communications

North America; United States of America

Public Broadcasting

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