Report: CNBC Eliminates Climate Desk, No More Dedicated Staff Covering Climate Change
CNBC has reportedly shut down its climate desk and will no longer have dedicated journalists covering climate change.

CNBC has reportedly shut down its climate desk and will no longer have dedicated journalists covering climate change.
Private jets. Private yachts. Multiple holidays a year. Garages full of luxury vehicles. Investments driving – and profiting from – fossil fuel industries. These are just some of the factors that combine to see global elites, who comprise one percent of the planet’s population, emit the same amount of carbon as the world’s poorest two-thirds, or five billion people, an analysis published Sunday by the nonprofit Oxfam International details.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) criticized the climate deal announced between the U.S. and China by arguing China will never follow its commitments just because the U.S. reduces emissions and that expecting
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is in Nepal as part of a flying four-day visit and paused Monday to issue the latest in a long string of dire climate warnings, declaring there is no future on the planet for fossil fuel.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, aka climate worriers Harry and Meghan, departed on a private jet to enjoy some Caribbean solitude after attending a conference that claimed “climate change” is damaging children’s mental health.
More than four in ten people in France would back a lifetime limit of four flights per person, according to a survey from the CSA.
During an interview with NPR’s “Here and Now” on Monday, White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi responded to a question on where the White House is getting money for the American Climate Corps given that money for the idea
Chris Packham has come under fire after claiming that it is “ethical” to break the law in order to advance the climate change agenda.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander stated that President Joe Biden is dealing with a “collision of his pro-labor position” and “his climate efforts as it relates to electric vehicles”
Roads will be blocked, cities shut down, airports targeted, marches begun and chanting, lots of chanting, will combine Friday as climate protesters around the world rally to demand an immediate end to fossil fuel use.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “First Move,” Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry reacted to groups like Just Stop Oil blocking traffic or vandalizing artwork by stating, “that militancy will grow if people in positions of responsibility do
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned humanity the world’s climate is breaking down, delivering his terrifying appraisal just weeks after declaring “the era of global warming has ended, the era of global boiling has arrived.”
Economic success must have a price and a global tax on carbon emissions can help redress Africa’s chronically low Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rates, Kenya’s President William Ruto declared Tuesday as the first Africa Climate Summit began.
During portions of an interview with Bloomberg released on Thursday, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that “we have to find an accommodation” with how the U.S. and China treat each other, and while China is awful on security, the economy,
During an interview with CNN International Correspondent Paula Newton that was aired on Friday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “Amanpour,” Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry acknowledged that unless China moves off coal completely, we cannot meet climate goals. Kerry
During an interview with NPR’s 1A podcast released on Monday, White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi stated that President Joe Biden has “not been afraid to use emergency tools where they’re justified” on climate, and his use of executive power has
During an interview with The Weather Channel on Tuesday aired on Wednesday, President Joe Biden said that, “Practically speaking,” he’s “already” declared a national emergency on climate change. He stated that, as part of this practical emergency declaration on climate,
World leaders must act as “ringmasters” to transition the global economy away from fossil fuels, the U.N.’s top climate scientist said.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that Republicans have shifted their position on climate legislation in part because they’re more pro-manufacturing than they were before but they’ve taken an “extreme position” on the issue. Brooks
Biden’s deputies are delaying government against Chinese-manufactured fentanyl in the hope of getting a climate deal, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) declared in an August 2 op-ed for Newsweek.
Amidst apocalyptic news coverage, Greece’s climate change minister admitted that the majority of the wildfires were a result of arson.
U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry concluded his flying three-day trip to Beijing on Wednesday with his reported admission no agreement with China, the world’s single largest producer of greenhouse gases, has been reached on further actions to slash carbon pollution.
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry touched down in China on Sunday after flying to Beijing aboard a carbon-spewing jet for yet another series of talks with the world’s single largest producer of greenhouse gases.
During an interview with NPR’s “Marketplace” podcast released on Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen praised China’s “substantial” climate investments, which she said have led to technological breakthroughs that can benefit American climate efforts and could be “transferrable around the world
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry stated that green transition investment has been undercut by the fact that money managers “have a fiduciary responsibility, an obligation to the people they manage it
Volker Turk, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, declared Monday the planet is “[…] burning. It’s melting. It’s flooding. It’s depleting. It’s drying. It’s dying,” as he evoked a “dystopian future” for all unless “climate change” is addressed.
Greta Thunberg was bodily removed from a multi-day port-blocking by police as they cleared space for fuel trucks to get through.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday demanded the world start phasing out oil, coal and gas energy sources with immediate effect, further cautioning fossil fuel companies to “cease and desist” measures that aim to “knee-cap” climate progress.
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg said Friday skipping classes as a way to draw attention to “climate change” is no longer an option for her as she is graduating from high school but that doesn’t mean she will be silent.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said that he plans to vote against the debt ceiling bill and one reason is because of the bill’s “significant impact…on fighting climate, which is the biggest issue
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) argued that “there is no issue more important” than combatting climate change, stated that we will have to move away from fossil fuels, and said that “You’ve got to
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that he doesn’t regret that the green provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act may end up exceeding their projected cost and “we still have a long way to
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued a warning of almost Biblical proportions Sunday, noting a planet wracked by “climate change trends” that continued through 2022, driving food insecurity and mass migration along with a host of other maladies for mankind from droughts and floods to famine and heatwaves.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry stated that even the global climate agreements reached at the United Nations meetings at Glasgow and Sharm el-Sheikh are “not acceptable” because even if everyone met the
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry argued that while there are many serious issues between the United States and China, “we have a clock that’s ticking on climate more immediately. And we
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Ajay Banga, President Joe Biden’s nominee for World Bank President, argued that the U.S. and World Bank shouldn’t view China as a competitor in the developing world, “we need
A simulation based on apocalyptic images designed to highlight “the disastrous effects of climate change” had the opposite impact on those who viewed it and failed to shift attitudes, a study from Singapore Management University details.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) stated that Goldman Sachs’ estimate that the climate provisions in the “Inflation Reduction Act” will cost three times what they were initially estimated proves that Democrats were
On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Last Call,” host Brian Sullivan stated that with the solar industry, “it’s either buy from China with potential human rights violations or pray the U.S. solar industry can ramp up fast enough to meet demand, something
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher reacted to this week’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report by stating that he thinks an environmental “disaster is coming” and that “the world is coming to an end.” But noted