NBC News • 8th October 2024

Evangelical environmentalists push for climate votes as election nears: 'Care for God's creation'

When groups of evangelical students canvass for climate votes at their Christian colleges later this month, they’ll have a tagline: “Love God, Love Your Neighbor, Vote for Climate!” It’s the first such in-person campaigning on campuses that the nonpartisan group Young Evangelicals for Climate Action has organized since it launched in 2012.The volunteers — members of chapters at six Christian colleges — aim to draw connections between communities affected by the climate crisis and the Christian d...

NBC News • 31st August 2024

West Virginia has one of the country's worst voter turnout records. Will this election be different?

Over the last three decades, West Virginia’s voter participation has been well below the national average. In 2020, the coal-rich state had the second-lowest citizen voting rate in the country, after Arkansas, according to the U.S. Census.Several researchers studying community engagement in West Virginia said its narrow job market and the influence of the coal, oil and gas industries on its economy may be contributing to the low numbers.“We bleed our young talent away from the state,” said Samue...

NBC News • 20th June 2024

A record-breaking number of mosquitoes are carrying West Nile virus around Las Vegas

A record-breaking number of mosquitoes in and around Las Vegas are carrying West Nile virus, sparking warnings from local health officials who say the public should take precautions to avoid getting bit. West Nile virus can cause fever, headaches, vomiting and diarrhea and is fatal in about 1 of 150 cases.

NBC News • 13th May 2024

Big banks still funnel hundreds of billions into the fossil fuel industry, report shows

Over $700 billion in loans and underwriting flowed into companies conducting business in fossil fuels last year, funneled by 60 of the world’s largest private banks, according to a report released Monday by several environmental groups.

NBC News • 3rd April 2024

Total Eclipse: Countdown to History

Al Roker and Savannah Sellers look at the excitement building for the total solar eclipse, Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the science behind the phenomena with a surprise guest, and a behind-the-scenes peek at how eclipse glasses are made.

Stay Tuned • 18th March 2024

This Louisiana town lost 90% of its population. Is climate change to blame?

Some locals call Cameron, Louisiana a ghost town. A series of hurricanes have devastated the area, forcing almost 90% of the population to relocate. This summer is expected to be a particularly volatile hurricane season. Rising sea surface temperatures arising from global warming are making hurricanes strengthen faster than ever before — a major problem for people living near the Gulf Coast.

NBC News • 18th March 2024

Battered by hurricanes and tired of rebuilding, 90% of population has left this coastal town

CAMERON PARISH, La. — Seven days a week, Tressie LaBove Smith makes the two-hour round trip from Lake Charles to what’s left of her Cajun restaurant in Cameron, Louisiana, an unincorporated town perched along the stormy Gulf Coast. Business once boomed at Anchors Up Grill, which opened in 2014 as Cameron's only sit-down restaurant. In 2020, Hurricane Laura destroyed the restaurant along with most of the town.

TODAY.com • 27th December 2023

Al Roker shares exclusive look at high-tech weather center in NY

TODAY’s Al Roker shares an exclusive first look at New York’s first-of-its-kind weather and climate emergency alert network, which monitors and synthesizes as much weather data as possible to be better prepared for weather-related emergencies.

NBC News • 30th November 2023

U.N. establishes fund for developing nations affected by climate change

Delegates from the almost 200 nations attending the global COP28 climate summit in Dubai reached a breakthrough agreement on Thursday that establishes a fund for loss and damage in developing countries affected by climate change. The fund will funnel voluntary contributions from developed countries to low- and middle-income nations struggling to cope with billions of dollars in damages from climate-exacerbated drought, extreme weather and sea-level rise. António Guterres, the United Nations se

NBC News • 28th November 2023

Whitmer signs package to push Michigan to 100% clean energy by 2040

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a sweeping clean energy package Tuesday that would make Michigan the second swing state to go 100% clean energy by 2040, a move widely applauded by climate advocates but criticized by some environmental justice groups.

NBC News • 22nd November 2023

U.N. looks to bring order to carbon markets scrutinized by environmentalists

A breakthrough agreement could open doors for companies and policymakers looking to jump-start the international carbon credit system, which has come under increasing scrutiny by environmental advocates who say the credits allow firms to sidestep real climate action.

NBC News • 6th November 2023

Hot topic: Researchers push to reduce fire risk from lithium-ion batteries

The lithium-ion battery is a near-ubiquitous technology with a serious flaw: They sometimes catch on fire.

NBC News • 19th October 2023

As temperatures rise, songbirds struggle to keep young healthy, researchers find

Songbirds like cardinals and sparrows follow the same schedule every year. In spring, they build nests and raise their young from nestlings to fledglings — but as springtime temperatures get warmer due to climate change, scientists have observed bird populations struggling to keep their offspring alive.

NBC News • 5th October 2023

Africa’s first carbon-removal plant stokes questions about responsible climate solutions

A greener and more equitable future — that’s the idea behind a first-of-its-kind plant to be built in Kenya that could remove up to 1 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year.

NBC News • 14th September 2023

California bill would force large companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions

A first-of-its-kind bill that would require large companies operating in California to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions passed the state Senate this week despite strong opposition from some business interests.

NBC News • 13th September 2023

'Peak oil' could be on the horizon, but new fossil fuel projects are pushing ahead

Demand for fossil fuels is set to peak by the end of the decade, according to a new projection from the International Energy Agency — but it might not be enough to curb the worst impacts of climate change or outpace new fossil fuel projects.

NBC News • 25th August 2023

With boos, a pushback on climate denialism at the first GOP debate

The Republican Party’s varied and evolving ideas on how to address climate change were front and center Wednesday night at the first Republican presidential debate. Still at issue, however, is just how much Republican leaders accept the overwhelming scientific consensus around global warming. Following an audience question on climate change, Fox News moderator Martha MacCallum asked for a show of hands on who among the candidates believed in human-induced climate change. Only former Arkansas G

NBC News • 16th August 2023

U.S. hurricane deaths concentrated in vulnerable counties, research finds

People in socially vulnerable counties have accounted for the vast majority of deaths from hurricanes in the U.S. over the past 30 years, according to a wide-ranging study that drew on decades of data.

NBC News • 11th August 2023

With students back in classrooms, schools work to deal with ongoing heat

In Phoenix, which recorded daily highs at or above 110 F for 31 consecutive days in July, daily heat index is also carefully monitored by schools, said Michael Mannelly, chief financial officer of the Phoenix Elementary School District, which opened classrooms during the first week of August.

NBC News • 6th August 2023

A Mississippi community takes on a U.K. energy giant over pollution concerns

Drax Group has been the subject of years of effort by local residents, environmentalists and state regulators to rein in emissions from its Gloster wood pellet plant. Some are running out of patience.