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Al Roker Coverage

It was announced Tuesday that Al Roker will be returning to the TODAY show this Friday, after dealing with medical issues since November.

Al Roker returns to TODAY show

Elizabeth Gardner and Al Roker talk climate change

WRAL meterologist Zach Maloch speaks with NBC's Al Roker about possible solutions to the climate challenges brought on by severe weather.

<p>PENCE VISITED THE SPOT IN 2019. &gt;&gt; AS WE COUNT DOWN TO EARTH DAY ON FRIDAY, NBC NEWS IS ROLLING OUT A WEEK OF STORY'S DEDICATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT. NBC NEWS TODAY'S WEATHER MAN, RESIDENT CLIMATE EXPERT, AL ROKER JOINS ME NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'LL SEE THIS WEEK. AL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. &gt;&gt; HEY, THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK. &gt;&gt; YOU KNOW, THE NETWORK IS COVERING ANOTHER WEEK LONG SERIES ON CLIMATE. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR LEADING UP TO EARTH DAY. AND AS WE GET OUR LIVES BACK TO NORMAL AFTER NEARLY A TWO-YEAR HIATUS, WHAT HAS CHANGED IN OUR CLIMATE AND WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THIS YEAR? &gt;&gt; WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING, ZACH, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND I KNOW YOU REPORTED ON IT WE SAW WHEN YOU IT TOOK HUMAN A EFFECTS AWAY THE PLANET HEALED ITSELF PRETTY QUICKLY BOUNCE BACK. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE COME OUT OF THERE, YOU KIND OF COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND WE'RE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE WERE WITH GREENHOUSE GASES AND POLLUTION SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT SOLUTIONS. WHAT CAN WE DO NOW TO TRY TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE PLATFORMS OF NBC NEWS AND OUR INITIATIVE ON THE TODAY SHOW TODAY, CLIMATE. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE SOLUTIONS. BIG AND SMALL. HOW WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TO HELP TRY TO SLOW DOWN CLIMATE CHANGE. &gt;&gt; AND WE'RE TALKING CLIMATE CHANGE THAT THINKING OF THOSE SOLUTIONS GOING ELECTRIC SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE GREATEST SOLUTION THAT THERE IS OUT THERE TRYING TO LIMIT ARE WAS IT LANDS ON FOSSIL FUELS? IS THERE ANYTHING NEW AND EXCITING YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK IN TERMS OF ELECTRIC. SO ZACH, HERE IS THE WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT JUST YOUR USUAL SUSPECTS LIKE ELECTRIC CARS, BUT ELECTRIC AVIATION. THERE'S A COMPANY THAT'S DEVELOPED A PLANE, A SMALL PLANE THAT CAN TAKE SMALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE, KIND OF SHUTTLING THEM FROM POINT A TO POINT B SMALL DISTANCES, BUT THAT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. THE ICONIC YELLOW SCHOOL BUS, WHAT YOU THOSE ARE ALL FOR THE MOST PART, THE FALL OF POWERED BY FOSSIL FUEL. BUT IF WE COULD SWITCH THOSE OVER 2 ELECTRIC THAT COULD MAKE IT A HUGE DIFFERENCE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THESE SOLUTIONS. IN FACT, BOSTON, THEY WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT CHANGING OVER THEIR FLEET COMPLETELY TO ELECTRIC BY 2030. SO IF CITIES BIG AND SMALL CAN MAKE CHANGES LIKE THAT, THAT COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL THOSE STORIES THIS WEEK AGAIN. AL ROKER JOINING US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND AGAIN, BE ON THE LOOKOUT.</p>

Climate in crisis: A look at potential solutions with Zach Maloch and Al Roker

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NBC weather anchor Al Roker and WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner discuss climate change and how it has impacted the U.S. in recent years.

GAMES PUT ON BY SCIENTISTS AND TECH PROFESSIONALS. THERE ARE PROGRAMS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. >>> TO NATURAL SCIENCES.ORG FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REGISTER. >>> BIRTHDAY IS THURSDAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING RELATED TO CLIMATE. THE U.S. AND CHINA AGREED FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS WAS REACHED BY JOHN TERRY AND HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART DURING TALKS IN SHANGHAI DESPITE RISING TENSIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES. WASHINGTON AND BEIJING SAID THE CLIMATE CRISIS MUST BE ADDRESSED WITH SERIOUSNESS AND URGENCY. THEY AGREED TO WORK TOGETHER. THIS WEEK, NBC NEWS IS KICKING OFF THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE HERE IS TO SEE THE IMPACT OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS, AND HOW IT HAS A IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS MORNING, AL ROCHER HAS A NEW TALK WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES. >> CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAVING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR EXISTING, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSPORTATION, CARDS, LARGER VEHICLES ARE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR. >> AL ROKER IS HERE WITH US LIVE THIS MORNING. AL ROKER, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, ELIZABETH. GOOD MORNING . >> GOOD MORNING. I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART. YOU HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE WHERE WE TAKE THE EARTH DAY WEEK AND TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. OVER THE YEARS, MANY ISSUES HAVE CHANGED. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT MAKES THIS SO IMPORTANT. WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU? >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. I THINK WE REALIZE OVER 70% OF PEOPLE IN POLLING SAID CLIMATE CHANGE IS A DANGER AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE ARE REACHING A TIPPING POINT, WHERE IF WE DON'T TAKE DRASTIC ACTION, WE WILL REACH A POINT WHERE WE CANNOT REVERSE THESE CLIMATE CHANGES, OR SLOW THEM DOWN. LIKE YOU HAD IN THAT STORY ABOUT THE U.S. AND CHINA AGREEING ON SOMETHING, THAT SOMETHING IS CLIMATE, YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION. >> WITH THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION, THINGS ARE CHANGING. ONE OF THOSE, THE NEW EPA ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL REAGAN, WHO YOU HAVE AN INTERVIEW HEARING WITH HIM TODAY. WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THAT? >> WHAT IS INTERESTING THAT I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME, CLIMATE IS FRONT AND CENTER IN ALL LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT. IT IS NOT JUST AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. IS AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IT IS IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, IT IS ALL THROUGHOUT THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THE CLIMATE TOUCHES ON SO MANY DIFFERENT ASSETS OF OUR LIFE THAT WE CANNOT KEEP IT IN ONE PLACE. THE EPA IS WRITING HEARD ON ALL OF THIS. MICHAEL REAGAN IS THE FIRST BLACK MALE ADMINISTRATOR, AND HE REALIZES THAT CLIMATE IS REALLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS ABOUT THE INEQUITIES AND JUSTICE. THERE IS SOME ANYWAYS TWO DIFFERENT WAYS HOW THIS TOUCHES. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT WITH HIM TODAY. >> I KNOW ANOTHER THING YOU WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IS GM'S NEW FACILITY WHERE THEY WILL MAKE MORE ELECTRIC CARS. SO MANY EXCITING THINGS YOU WILL TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK. WE CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR YOUR INTERVIEWS AND THE STORIES. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> THANK YOU, ELIZABETH. >> VIRTUAL CLIMATE SUMMIT HOSTED BY THE UNITED STATES ON EARTH DAY, WHICH IS THURSDAY. PRESIDENT BIDEN INVITED 40 WORLD LEADERS TO PARTICIPATE TO PUT THE U.S. BACK AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE GLOBAL EFFORT

In the NBC News special series, "Climate in Crisis", Al Roker traveled to Greenland where he flew with
NASA on a first-of-its-kind Oceans Melting Greenland mission, which examined the role the ocean plays in melting glaciers.  

Al Roker Coverage

Al Roker returns to TODAY show

Climate in crisis: A look at potential solutions with Zach Maloch and Al Roker

Elizabeth Gardner and Al Roker talk climate change

Al Roker explores the impact of climate on ocean levels