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Florida Community Seeks Energy Independence With Sun's Power

PBS NewsHour

Florida may be called the Sunshine State, but it is no stranger to the damaging impacts of climate change.

In this video report, Miles O'Brien of the PBS NewsHour profiles the Florida community of Babcock Ranch, which is trying to take advantage of all that sunshine, billed as the country's first solar-powered town.

This story originally appeared on the The PBS NewsHour and JAX PBS and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.