National

Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and Congressman Peter Welch visit Efficiency Vermont, the nation’s first statewide energy efficiency utility, to participate in a roundtable discussion with energy leaders and local consumers. Chair Sutley highlights the Administration’s efforts to help businesses and households conserve energy, reduce pollution, and save money through efficiency measures, including the Green Button initiative that is empowering consumers by giving them easy and secure access to information about their energy usage. In his State of the Union address, President Obama set a new goal of cutting our economy’s energy waste in half over the next 20 years, and his proposed FY2014 budget includes a $200 million Energy Efficiency Race to the Top challenge to support state governments that implement effective policies to cut energy waste.

Nationally known blogger and social media pro, Amy Sample Ward offers tips and strategies for successful navigation through the high seas of social media and the internet.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) holds a Town Hall meeting with Danish Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen to discuss how the people of Denmark enjoy some of the best health care, education, and environmental protection in the world.  The questins is posed: Are there lessons that the United States can learn from Denmark?  More information: www.sanders.senate.gov

Worcester, MA could be almost anywhere in America. But when a foreign invasive pest - the Asian longhorned beetle - was discovered to be killing Worcester's maple trees, the city took decisive action to halt the spread of the beetle, protecting trees across New England from certain death.

Lurking in the Trees is a film production of The Hamburger Company. Its sponsors include The US Department of Agriculture - Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, The US Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, The Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forest Insects and Diseases, and the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. These organizations are united by their desire to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive forest pests. To learn more, please visit Vermont Invasives website.