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Report: CNBC Eliminates Climate Desk,
No More Dedicated Staff Covering Climate Change

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 11/24/2023 12:08:23 AM

CNBC has reportedly shut down its climate desk and will no longer have dedicated journalists covering climate change. The Comcast-owned business news cable network hasn’t publicly commented on the decision, which was first reported by Bloomberg Green journalist Akshat Rathi. Rathi cited a LinkedIn post by recently laid-off CNBC “climate innovation and technology” reporter Catherine Clifford, who recounted a conversation she had with her “editor’s boss.” “As part of wider newsroom headcount reductions, there would no longer be any staff at CNBC dedicated to covering climate, this boss said,” Clifford wrote. ” The climate desk was being dismantled and my position covering climate tech and innovation

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Omen55 11/24/2023 12:20:58 AM (No. 1603959)
It's getting cold on that subject.
26 people like this.

Reply 2 - Posted by: Strike3 11/24/2023 12:30:53 AM (No. 1603963)
Horrors, now we are all going to burn up if we aren't constantly reminded of the dangers of ignoring their science and the need to spend billions of dollars to cool the Earth down.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Catherine 11/24/2023 1:27:08 AM (No. 1603969)
I'll be glad if they just stop making up heat indexes and feels likes with the temperature. Just report what it actually is.
32 people like this.

Reply 4 - Posted by: jinx 11/24/2023 6:28:41 AM (No. 1604015)
The weathermen and women talk about climate change everyday. They let us know each day what the weather is going to be. Why would they pay anyone else to spout that political garbage called Climate Warming.
18 people like this.

Reply 5 - Posted by: Krause 11/24/2023 7:11:16 AM (No. 1604027)
Wow. That’s the left’s most important issue in the whole world. And MAGA people.
14 people like this.

Reply 6 - Posted by: ironchefw 11/24/2023 7:47:16 AM (No. 1604049)
Careful, They might start prioritizing "Gender Change" over "Climate Change".
16 people like this.

Reply 7 - Posted by: volksford 11/24/2023 8:13:56 AM (No. 1604069)
Now that was a real money making gig..........covering an unproven theory , learn to code !
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Rumblehog 11/24/2023 8:24:46 AM (No. 1604076)
Next up - getting rid of the "Socialism Desk" by firing their leftist "talking heads" on payroll.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: red1066 11/24/2023 9:14:15 AM (No. 1604115)
Maybe CNBC finally realized like the most people, that climate change wasn't real.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Rather Read 11/24/2023 9:41:56 AM (No. 1604143)
If only the Weather Channel would give it a rest. I got so sick and tired of them saying this is the Hottest Year In The History Of The World!!!! How do they know? The thermometer wasn't invented until the 1700's.
17 people like this.

Reply 11 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 11/24/2023 9:48:06 AM (No. 1604156)
I suspect every desk will make sure climate is mentioned as the cause in all reports.
8 people like this.

Reply 12 - Posted by: Zigrid 11/24/2023 10:19:25 AM (No. 1604193)
Looks like Kerry is out of a job....no worries...he's stolen enough climate money to last for a while....
10 people like this.

Reply 13 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 11/24/2023 10:21:56 AM (No. 1604194)
Wait a minute - - wait just a minute! There were fires in Canada - - and a flood in a valley north of Florence, Italy. Doesn't that prove man-made climate change? I'm pretty sure it does.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: mc squared 11/24/2023 11:27:21 AM (No. 1604238)
As viewers and revenues dry up, they're eliminating the useless crap that holds no one's interest.
5 people like this.

Reply 15 - Posted by: DVC 11/24/2023 11:42:34 AM (No. 1604254)
Can't sell that scam any more?
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Reply 16 - Posted by: southernboy 11/24/2023 11:46:44 AM (No. 1604259)
#10...Exactly! One of their headlines the other day was: "Earth's hottest day in 100,000 years!"
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Lawsy0 11/24/2023 12:33:05 PM (No. 1604294)
There is little chance that the truth about our climate has reached that far up the chain. Truth is, it has never been in our hands to control the climate. That is a pipe dream of idiots.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: EQKimball 11/24/2023 12:44:03 PM (No. 1604298)
Does this mean the end of snow is no longer on the calendar? The polar bears will live? Acid rain is not killing off the fish? What are we supposed to believe? Oh, the humanity!
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Luandir 11/24/2023 3:56:24 PM (No. 1604365)
As someone who has suffered multiple "reductions in force," I can understand Ms. Clifford's feelings. Sadly, this is part of the business cycle: when an organization sees its revenues diminishing, it has to cut what it feels to be its least productive operations. CNBC has just demonstrated where its priorities lie.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: 24tea@Mag 11/24/2023 10:59:23 PM (No. 1604536)
Please eliminate completely. Gore, Kerry, the UN and other liberals have become rich touting climate change and costing taxpayers millions.
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