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- From the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy to the upheaval caused by drought in the Middle East, this groundbreaking documentary event series provides first-hand reports on those affected by, and seeking solutions to, climate change.
- When Navy medic Kenneth Morgan returned home to Detroit, it reminded him of a war zone. Kenneth struggled with PTSD and Detroit homeowners struggled to stay in their homes. Then lifelong Detroiter Gloria Jean Lowe began working together with Kenneth and the city's other veterans to make homes greener, more energy efficient and affordable. The veterans proved themselves to be not only fit for the job, but found that the new sense of community is helping their PTSD. Watch this wonderful story of We Want Green Too.
- When a corporation decided to drop a massive polluting factory in the middle of a historically black community, residents decided enough was enough. See how local grandmother, Sharon Lavigne, is rallying the community to fight back.
- Residents of Appalachia have been defending their communities from the construction of the dangerous and polluting Mountain Valley Pipeline for years. Now one of their local senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, is trying to fast-track the pipeline as part of a must-pass bill to fund the federal government. Watch how these residents turned activists have been forced to fight back.
- When a corporation decided to drop a massive polluting factory in the middle of a historically black community, residents decided enough was enough. See how local grandmother, Sharon Lavigne, is rallying the community to fight back.
- Hawaii is the most isolated land on the planet, relying on imported coal and oil to produce energy. That's made power so expensive, it's forcing residents of the small island of Molokai to leave. Some families that live on native homesteads have no electricity at all, relying on dangerous propane. But the community there has figured out a solution: community solar. To get it, they'll need your help.
- Eighteen-year-old activist Quannah Chasinghorse traveled all the way from her home in Alaska to NYC on a mission: protect the sacred Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is a breeding ground for caribou that sustain Quannah's people, the Han Gwich'in. But the caribou are much more than just sustenance for the Gwich'in- they are essential to the culture and way of life.
- When the small town of East Palestine was shaken awake by a massive chemical train derailment, residents knew they had to leave their homes immediately. But just two days after the accident, they were told it was safe to return. It wasn't long before rashes, headaches, and nosebleeds began. As the situation worsened, and spun out of control, residents decided they had to come together to find out the truth. What really happened in East Palestine? To support those looking for answers, go to HelpEastPalestine.us.
- Jobs in the solar industry can lift people out of poverty, but Black and brown communities are often overlooked. Job Partnership is changing that by training people and connecting them to clean energy careers in Peoria, Illinois. Thanks to Illinois People's Action, historic new legislation called the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) will ensure this important work continues.
- Actress and activist Nikki Reed explores what some believe to be the ultimate solution for climate change: putting a price on carbon. Former "Daily Show" correspondent Aasif Mandvi sets off on a quest to understand just how much of a threat climate change poses to endangered species. He travels to Kenya's wildlife preserves to meet the people on the front lines of conservation efforts.
- 2014–201650mTV-PG8.5 (28)TV EpisodeJoshua Jackson travels to the Philippines and Australia's Great Barrier Reef to investigate the impacts of climate change on our world's oceans and the millions of people who rely on their ecosystems for their livelihood.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger sets out to explore the military's relationship with a changing climate, including how our armed forces are dealing with an increasing number of climate-related disasters.
- Even though coal plants are shutting down across the country, coal remains a major source of energy, and burning it emits toxic pollutants and climate-altering carbon dioxide.
- If nothing is done to curb carbon emissions, Miami is in danger of being underwater by the end of the century. Jack Black is there to find out if and how the city can survive rising seas.
- Harrison Ford investigates the effects of Indonesia's palm oil industry. Don Cheadle visits a Texan town that has been economically devastated by drought. Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas Friedman examines the role of climate change in Syria's volatile state.
- In episode six, America Ferrera profiles prominent climate change skeptic James Taylor of the Heartland Institute as he crusades against clean energy, and investigates the battle over the future of renewable energy in the US. New York Times columnist Mark Bittman returns to conduct a yearlong investigation into natural gas, which has been touted as "America's energy source" and a way towards a cleaner, greener future. Is it true?
- 2014–201655mTV-PG7.5 (26)TV EpisodeIn episode seven, three stories provide insight into the economic costs and opportunities of global warming. Jessica Alba meets three members of Climate Corps-an innovative MBA-focused program developed by The Environmental Defense Fund - as they try to convince America's top corporations that sustainability can actually boost their bottom lines. Having traveled in episode one to investigate drought in Syria, Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas Friedman finds himself in Egypt to explore how what happens in the wheat fields of Kansas plays out on the volatile streets of Cairo. MSNBC's Chris Hayes returns to reveal an intimate story about life after Superstorm Sandy, with the most economically vulnerable trying to survive the impacts of climate change.
- In episode eight, Matt Damon takes viewers on an investigation into the impact of extreme heat on human health and mortality. With a focus on startling new research from leading scientists and researchers, Damon uncovers the ways in which climate change and rising temperatures are becoming a public health emergency locally, nationally and globally. Michael C. Hall journeys to the low-lying deltaic country of Bangladesh where rising seas are expected to submerge 17% of the nation. Hall explores the prediction that by 2050, the migration of upwards of 150 million people worldwide will be the single most worrisome impact of our climate-changed future. Pulitzer Prize-winner Thomas Friedman concludes his investigation of three Middle Eastern nations-Syria, Egypt, and now Yemen-to witness how climate change can be a stressor that can take a volatile political situation and push it over the edge.
- In the season finale, Michael C. Hall concludes his journey to Bangladesh where rising seas are expected to submerge 17% of the nation. After traveling to Christmas Island in episode three, M. Sanjayan returns to further address and question some of the top climate scientists in their fields as they collect key data unlocking the past and future of our planet's changing climate. His destination: Tupungatito, the northernmost historically active stratovolcano in the southern Andes.
- In episode two, Harrison Ford continues his investigation into the global effects of the palm oil industry and further explores the corruption that has ravaged the Indonesian landscape resulting in the country being one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases through deforestation. Meanwhile, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joins an elite team of wild-land firefighters-known as the "Hot Shots"-as they battle a new breed of forest fires, one made more deadly by climate change. He also discovers another killer wiping out trees at an even faster rate than forest fires.
- In episode three, MSNBC's Chris Hayes shadows climate change skeptic, Republican Congressman Michael Grimm, for a year in Staten Island in the wake of Superstorm Sandy and questions what he might have learned about climate change in the process, and conservationist M. Sanjayan travels to the ends of the earth-including Christmas Island-to question some of the world's top climate scientists as they collect key data unlocking the past and future of our planet's changing climate.
- In episode four, 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl travels to Greenland to investigate the effects of global warming in the Arctic; Down south, Ian Somerhalder travels to North Carolina to listen in on both sides of the evangelical community's debate over climate change. Somerhalder finds himself entrenched in the middle of not only a religious debate, but a familial one. The father: a megachurch preacher who doesn't believe in climate change. The daughter: an activist trying to shut down the local coal-fired power plant.
- In episode five, Olivia Munn profiles climate-conscious governor Jay Inslee of Washington State, and together they discuss the issues he's faced since being elected. Meanwhile, New York Times columnist Mark Bittman probes New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the topic of man-made climate change during the rebuilding of his state's coastline post-Superstorm Sandy. Christie used to acknowledge the scientific consensus on climate change, but steadfastly refused to discuss it during the rush to rebuild.