David Schechter
@DavidSchechter
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National Environmental Correspondent @CBS News and Stations. Host of #OnTheDotCBS.
Dallas, TX
Joined March 2009
Brian Shepherd is teaching visitors how to fish on the historic waters of the Beaverkill River in New York’s Catskill Mountains — but, as he says, it's not just about catching fish. It’s about preservation. Climate change is putting the river at risk. Recent research shows that
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A major issue facing U.S. rivers is contamination by sewage and other pollution, but a @CBSNews investigation found some minority communities are impacted twice as much. While rebuilding can be cost-prohibitive, @DavidSchechter looks at a natural solution in Philadelphia.
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A new study found that mountain glaciers are melting more than twice as rapidly as in the early 2000s. CBS News' @DavidSchechter traveled to Norway to meet with a scientist tracking their decline.
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"No president in history has done more to tackle climate change and cut the nation's greenhouse gas emissions," says CBS News' @DavidSchechter of President Biden's climate legacy, as President-elect Donald Trump promises to slash the Biden administration's climate regulations.
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If you're traveling this holiday season you may notice some airports branding themselves as sustainable and environmentally friendly. @DavidSchechter looks into the role of airports and airplanes to reduce carbon emissions and improve renewable energy.
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In Georgia, solar installer Clay Copeland sees economic opportunity in renewable energy as the Inflation Reduction Act fuels growth, despite Republican Congressman Buddy Carter voting against it. With 70% of Americans concerned about climate change, questions arise about whether
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My fellow journalist, you may be interested in this…The nexis of politics and climate change and how to cover it.
📣Journalists! Join us for our Climate on the Ballot virtual summit, featuring a variety of panels and interactive roundtable discussions for international, national and local journalists covering the 2024 US election. https://t.co/o0jG2tVDCf 🧵Learn more about the panels below
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Some other things I learned… The BLT is underrated. The number one ingredient in mayo is soybeans. Who knew?!?!?
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It’s the hottest part of summer in Texas and across the South. Why don’t more ambulance services follow the gold standard of treating overheated patients? @CBSNews @MedStarEMSInfo @K_S_Institute @zachmfoundation
National recommendations call for cooling heat stroke patients before transporting them to the hospital, but as @DavidSchechter found out, only 11 states require ambulance services to follow this life-saving protocol.
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The best of climate reporting! Congratulations to all the winners.
🥁 📣 We are THRILLED to announce the 2024 CCNow Journalism Award winners! 👀 this thread to see this year’s best of the best in climate journalism. We’re starting off strong with our esteemed Journalists of the Year...
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.@NOAA: May 2024 was Earth’s warmest May on record. It was also the globe's 12th month in a row of record-high temperatures. Get the latest global May 2024 #climate report: https://t.co/easQmY6KKj
#StateOfClimate
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I hope they don’t need that pill back.
How hot is too hot for humans? Researchers at @penn_state have discovered that heat and humidity can be dangerous to our bodies at much lower temperatures than previously thought. @DavidSchechter has more on how experts say the heat is damaging our bodies.
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.@CBSNews national climate correspondent @DavidSchechter talks about climate change, plus how CBS’s approach to storytelling is unique and strives not to bore or distract viewers through a team and multi-platform effort. https://t.co/Ut0fQzE6zL
thewellnews.com
WASHINGTON — David Schechter is a master at making the biggest story of our time tangible and relatable to everyone from the youngest viewer to the most hardened of mature skeptics. And perhaps never...
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The Mauna Loa Observatory, in Hawaii, which has recorded #carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere for more than 60 years, just reported the highest one month jump in CO2 ever -- due to consumption of #fossilfuels. https://t.co/rnVFgFmKFT
@Scripps_Ocean @NOAAClimate #climate
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
New record for largest 12-month gain in carbon dioxide concentration ever observed The monthly average concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory in...
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🗓️ Tune in tomorrow at 12pm ET for a master class in local climate reporting from @KaitlynMcGrath, @HeyHelina, @sfkale and @DavidSchechter. RSVP here: https://t.co/C97LmF5hCb
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Looking forward to this one.
👩🏽💻 Calling all local journos! Join us May 7 at 12pm ET for a webinar on effectively covering climate change for your local audiences. @DavidSchechter will moderate the discussion with panelists @HeyHelina and @sfkale. RSVP: https://t.co/zgecyVQ2wd
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Thanks for sharing, Andy. It’s a story that I can’t quite shake.
What a valuable and sobering @CBSNews story on the "elevator to extinction" for species experiencing #climatechange in ecological cul-de-sacs (some vertical, others horizontal, all hemmed in). Team: @DavidSchechter, @GraceMarie_35, @HaleyRushNews, @TWholf, @chancehorner. As
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When I got to the top of the mountain with Dr. John Wiens, who’s been studying these lizards for a decade, I didn’t really have words for the finality — this population ceases to exist after 3 million years! There aren’t words. Thank for sharing @jeffgoodell.
To escape the heat, these lizards slowly migrated to higher, cooler elevations (aka sky islands). That worked for a while. But when the sky islands got too hot, they died. Moral of the story: adaptation has limits -- for lizards, and for humans.
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As a reporter, I’ve never experienced anything quite like this. A tiny lizard with a big story to tell us about climate change — and our future. #climate
Just outside the town of Bisbee, Arizona, a sub-population of Yarrow’s spiny lizards has lived in the mountains for 3 million years. But rising temperatures caused by climate change may have pushed this group of lizards into extinction, a scientist told @DavidSchechter.
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See you there!
Despite this lizard’s tiny size — it has a huge story to tell about climate change and the very future of the planet. @DavidSchechter shares how these unique lizards are getting forced out of their home in the Arizona mountains, tomorrow on CBS Mornings.
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