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Property Brothers<\/em> co-host and home-renovation expert Jonathan Scott journeys all across the U.S. to uncover why clean, renewable energy isn\u2019t available to all. While traveling to learn both the obstacles and opportunities for achieving energy freedom, Jonathan talks with conservatives fighting for solar freedom; sits down with farmers struggling to make ends meet; engages coal workers desperate for a new, healthy means of making an income; the Navajo Nation who built a utility-scale solar plant; religious leaders who made a desperate attempt to help meet their community\u2019s energy needs; and politicians at the forefront of the battle for energy freedom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jonathan Scott\u2019s Power Trip<\/i><\/b> illuminates the obstacles and opportunities that exist in creating a system that gives the public a wider choice when it comes to sourcing energy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Updates: <\/em><\/strong>Read about some of the latest developments<\/a> in sustainability since the filming stopped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Property Brothers co-host and home-renovation expert Jonathan Scott journeys all across the U.S. to uncover why clean, renewable energy isn\u2019t available to all. 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