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Plugging into Trees
Rampant fires are a well-known risk of overgrown forests, and efforts are underway in Colorado to tap excess trees as a source of electricity, instead of clear-cutting them.
Eric Whitney from member station KRCC in Colorado Springs reports on efforts to turn forest waste into electricity by chopping up dead trees and vegetation and mixing the chips in coal fired power plants.