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The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

Re-air! Definition Breakdown: Climate Change & Global Warming 🌎

The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

Small But Mighty Media

Education For Kids, News, Kids & Family

4.5 β€’ 889 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 26 August 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

🌎 How is Netflix cutting the amount of air pollution it produces and electricity it uses in half? 🌑 Jacob and Olivia from the Curious Kid Podcast explain the differences between Global Warming and Climate Change. What is the Greenhouse Effect, and how are people contributing to the rapid rise of the Earth's temperature? πŸ‘§πŸΎ Let's learn about Mari Copeny who, at 8 years old, garnered national attention after writing a letter to President Obama about the toxic drinking water crisis in her hometown of Flint, Michigan. Now 13, how is Mari continuing to fight for environmental improvement? β˜€οΈ Plus! The Trivia Question of the Day! πŸ’― Want even more awesome content from The Ten News? Join The Ten'ers Club today! πŸ†“ Enter for a chance to win a FREE t-shirt from The Ten News online store πŸ“ Sign up for The Ten News-letter! πŸ“Έ Join us on Instagram πŸ‘§πŸΎ Meet 13-year-old Mary Copeny, aka Little Miss Flint, who's making positive change for the benefit of the Earth and its people! ✍️ Visit our website for a list of sources used for this episode and a full episode transcript Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Hey, Tenors. Just a quick note from the team that we are taking a week off to get ready for the start of our second season.

0:07.5

We hope you'll enjoy this re-earing of one of our favorite episodes from this year.

0:12.9

And we will be back on Thursday, September 2nd, to kick off our brand new season.

0:19.8

Season 2. Yes, What? Catch you then.

0:23.4

10. 9. 8, 7, 6. 5, 4, 3, 2. 1.

0:29.8

From cutting carbon emissions to clean water activism. In the next 10 minutes, we'll get the lowdown on how to protect our planet.

0:38.8

I'm Bethany Van Delft, and this is the 10 News.

0:46.9

April 22nd is Earth Day, so we're kicking off a whole month of stories about climate change and other environmental issues, starting with

0:55.3

a little good news for all you screen lovers out there. Digital streaming service Netflix

1:00.9

says it plans to cut the amount of air pollution it produces and electricity it uses in half

1:07.7

by the year 2030. Excellent. The company plans to invest in planting trees and protecting forests.

1:15.6

Plant life is so important because it captures carbon dioxide, which is really bad for the atmosphere.

1:22.6

Netflix also plans to use local film crews when it shoots its TV shows and movies around the world.

1:30.1

That way, they don't have to send lots of people on long flights,

1:33.6

which adds to air pollution.

1:36.0

And the company's already made sure all its film crews only use LED lights,

1:41.4

which don't use up very much energy.

1:43.7

So you can breathe a little easier when you binge Kid Cosmic from now on.

1:48.0

Okay, let's do this.

1:54.0

Global warming can be kind of hard to wrap your head around.

1:57.0

So that's why we asked Jacob and Olivia Rosenzweig of the Curious Kid podcast to explain

2:03.5

what's going on and what we can do about it. Over the last year or so, we've been confronted with

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