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From powering towns with electricity to supplying people with food and water, rivers are the lifelines of modern civilization. But relentless heat waves and drought have caused the vital waterways to dry up. A global special report on the water emergency affecting billions around the world. NBC Correspondents Steve Patterson, …

Conference on Ethical Perspectives on Health Impacts of Climate Change, hosted by The Nordic Committee on Bioethics and NordForsk at Umeå Folkets hus 22 September 2022. Topics include Arctic well-being, global health, ecocide, climate justice, and more Read more about the The Nordic Committee on Bioethics here : https://ncbio.org/. Program: …

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Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, and no one is safe from it. Around the world, health care providers say said they are already seeing the effects of climate change on their patients. Warmer global temperatures have led to more frequent and longer heat waves, which …

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard has relinquished his ownership in the business and directed its profits to fight climate change. In a news release Chouinard said, “We’re making Earth our only shareholder.” NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda shares more details. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews …

Climate change isn’t something that will happen in the far-off future — it’s already harming us now. Ultimately, climate change will affect everyone’s health and well-being, and vulnerable groups like seniors and kids will be hurt most of all. Learn how climate change is a public health issue in this …

President Biden announced new executive actions to address climate change on Wednesday. “So my message today is this. Since Congress is not acting as it should … this is an emergency,” the president said, making an exception for some Democrats with him in Massachusetts. “And I will, I will look …

Senate Democrats are one step closer to passing a sweeping tax, climate change, and health care bill now that Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema voiced her support. The last Democratic holdout agreed to vote for the package after party leaders altered some of its tax proposals, giving Democrats enough votes to …

In our news wrap Wednesday, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on legislation for health care costs, climate change, deficit reduction and more. Also, President Biden left isolation after testing negative for COVID, the WHO urged precautions for monkeypox, and two former …

The United Nations’ latest, most in-depth scientific report on climate change warns the dangers are imminent and growing more acute with millions of people around the world potentially losing access to clean water, and facing starvation and disease.  » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews …