2023: 435 segments amounting to 1,032 minutes of coverage
Special properties
includes morning news, nightly news, and Sunday morning political shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC, and the Sunday morning political show on Fox
Supplementary notes
The source searched transcripts in the Nexis database for: ABC's Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and This Week BS’ Mornings, Evening News, and Face the Nation; NBC’s Today, Nightly News, and Meet the Press; Fox Broadcasting Co.’s Fox News Sunday; and PBS NewsHour for any of the terms and any derivations of the following terms: climate change, global warming, changing climate, climate warms, climate warming, warming climate, warmer climate, warming planet, warmer planet, warming globe, warmer globe,global temperatures, rising temperatures, hotter temperatures, climate science, climate scientist, Paris climate, climate accord, Paris accord, climate agreement, Paris agreement, climate deal, climate crisis, green new deal, climate conference, climate plan, COP 26, carbon emissions, greenhouse gases, or net zero.
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Broadcast TV news monthly climate change airtime U.S. 2023-2024
In 2024, the majority of climate news coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox combined was aired in June, with *** minutes in total covering the topic. The main driver for climate coverage in that month was the summer heatwave impacting citizens across the United States.
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Media Matters for America. (March 6, 2024). Monthly number of minutes climate change coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox broadcast news programs in the United States from 2023 to 2024 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/1308495/broadcast-tv-news-climate-change-segments/
Media Matters for America. "Monthly number of minutes climate change coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox broadcast news programs in the United States from 2023 to 2024." Chart. March 6, 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 27, 2026. /statistics/1308495/broadcast-tv-news-climate-change-segments/
Media Matters for America. (2024). Monthly number of minutes climate change coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox broadcast news programs in the United States from 2023 to 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2026. /statistics/1308495/broadcast-tv-news-climate-change-segments/
Media Matters for America. "Monthly Number of Minutes Climate Change Coverage on Abc, Cbs, Nbc, and Fox Broadcast News Programs in The United States from 2023 to 2024." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 6 Mar 2024, /statistics/1308495/broadcast-tv-news-climate-change-segments/
Media Matters for America, Monthly number of minutes climate change coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox broadcast news programs in the United States from 2023 to 2024 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1308495/broadcast-tv-news-climate-change-segments/ (last visited July 27, 2026)
Monthly number of minutes climate change coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox broadcast news programs in the United States from 2023 to 2024 [Graph], Media Matters for America, March 6, 2024. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1308495/broadcast-tv-news-climate-change-segments/
