WATCH: Cities prepare for future influx of new residents fleeing climate change. @HallieJackson reports.

.@JoshNBCNews reports on how plugging abandoned methane wells, which threaten both the climate and drinking water, are creating new green jobs.

2 degrees Celsius. The goal of the Paris Climate Agreement: To keep global temperatures from warming 2 degrees above preindustrial levels. But we're accelerating towards that milestone. This #EarthDay, @alroker has the data - and explains the impacts. https://t.co/U4UZMH5vN5

2020 declines in carbon emissions were staggering. Can we keep it that way? https://t.co/n7I8HOm33x My latest for #EarthDay

TONIGHT on @NBCNightlyNews: @RichardEngel reports on Syria's oil crisis and takes a look at the environmental impacts of war. Tune in for the latest in our series Climate Challenge at 6:30 pm ET / 5:30 pm CT (check your local station listings).

ALL THIS WEEK: We're reporting reporting on the impact of climate change and potential solutions. Join us for our series on the Climate Challenge tonight at 6:30 pm ET / 5:30 pm CT (check your local listings). Watch @LesterHoltNBC's report from Houston: https://t.co/rt2WjfJi9r

“I get the clean energy. Nobody wants to see our planet get ruined. We don’t want it to be our fault, but it’s definitely not all on us. It just seems like we’ve always been under attack, more so than anybody else,” Gary Campbell, a WV miner, told me. https://t.co/x6vtBiJTv1

“It’s an honor and a privilege.” Watch @alroker’s full interview with @EPAMichaelRegan about the impact of climate change, President Biden’s climate agenda, and being the first Black man to lead the EPA. “This agency won't lose a step because of Black leadership,” Regan says.

Japan's cherry blossoms see earliest bloom in 1,200 years as climate warms, according to Osaka University researchers, who compiled historical data using the diaries of emperors, aristocrats, governors and monks. https://t.co/CQVgwHE0Bs

.@NBCNews Exclusive: Texas officials circulated climate skeptic's talking points pointing finger at wind & solar power during last month’s storm

NEWS: The EPA is getting rid of all the current members of two key science advisory panels picked during the Trump years & will "reset" the panels with new members. Previous members can still apply to re-join

.@HayesBrown: President Biden’s offshore wind energy plan is what the climate — and economy — needs. I cannot wait to see how the GOP and conservative media manage to take this smart, popular idea and try to turn it into something sinister.

MASSIVE damage path with wedge #tornado in Brent, Alabama looks to be a mile-wide at least as tornado widened to the east of Highway 5. Hardwood trees shaved off just above the ground. Centreville just East. Long road of recovery ahead. @RadarOmega_WX

At least 5 people were killed in tornadoes that swept through Alabama on Thursday, and a city in Georgia reported "heavy damage" from weather early Friday.

Despite suggestions to the contrary, @ClimateEnvoy Kerry is NOT meeting tomorrow with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua. The two will be among many participants at a previously announced ministerial, but aren't meeting meet one-on-on tmrw, @StateDept says, though they do speak

President Biden has a big decision to make ahead of the global climate summit he's hosting next month: How big to go in his new US pledge to the Paris agreement:

The blizzard as arrived! Big sticky flakes now coming down in #Denver #cowx

.@JohnKerry, speaking to Munich Security Conference, says only 1 or 2 countries are actually meeting their Paris agreement commitments and even if everyone were, it would only limit climate change to ~3.7 degrees -- not nearly enough, he says

U.S. rejoins Paris climate agreement. Now comes the daunting part.

"Just trying to survive": Carla Brailey, Houston resident and Vice Chair of @texasdemocrats, shares her ordeal of losing power and heat and dealing with a burst water pipe in her home, while caring for her daughter and parents.