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Air travel is picking up steadily as more Americans get vaccinated. While that's good news for the industry, it's bad news for climate change prevention efforts. Miles O'Brien looks at efforts to reduce airplane emissions and help airlines fly greener skies, with reporting done in tandem with the international journalism project called, "Covering Climate Now," and co-produced by PBS NOVA. Read the Full Transcript Air travel is picking up steadily as more Americans get vaccinated. But while that may be good news for the industry, it's bad news for the creation of more emissions and climate cha...

Covering Climate Now 2021 Covering Climate Now is a project co-founded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation aimed at strengthening the media’s focus on the climate crisis. WBUR is one of 400+ news organizations around the world that have committed to a week of heightened climate coverage in the lead-up to Earth Day 2021.

Event Location Ticket Price   Climate change was a pillar of President Biden’s 2020 campaign. Since entering the White House, he has already rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement and signed a number of executive agreements to further tackle climate change at home and abroad. On Earth Day, President Biden will hold a Leaders’ Climate Summit led by John Kerry, special presidential envoy for climate, to outline emissions reductions, green energy investments and more. How will these new commitments impact Massachusetts? Miriam Wasser, reporter for WBUR's environment team, will moderate a pa...

Miles O'Brien visited a community billed as the country's first solar-powered town. It is the latest report in our ongoing coverage about climate change and its consequences and part of a major journalism collaborative called Covering Climate Now. Miles O’Brien: It's first light, and one of the largest solar arrays in the Sunshine State is starting another 150-megawatt day. Syd Kitson: Miles O’Brien: Developer Syd Kitson showed me the crown jewel of his sustainable town. It could signal the dawn of a new era in the fight against the climate change crisis. Syd Kitson: It's 700,000 panels o...

How a Texas TV reporter gained the confidence to cover climate change When you’re a local journalist, like me, you become a collector of useful tidbits. A keeper of facts about your community. After a while, you end up knowing a little about a lot. Because of that, when big news happens, local reporters can quickly make sense of what’s happening. But unlike the coverage of breaking news—which we do with ease—providing context for the big, ongoing stories of our time can give us heartburn. That’s particularly true with climate change. That’s why I’m collaborating with Covering Cl...