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Title: Support THIRTEEN on Giving Tuesday
Runtime: 0:31
Date posted: 6 months ago
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THIRTEEN is one of America’s most respected and innovative public media providers. Part of The WNET Group, THIRTEEN is a unique cultural and educational institution that harnesses the power of television and electronic media to inform, enlighten, entertain and inspire. The flagship public television station of the New York City tri-state area and the most-watched p...

The Industry That's Changing Air, Water, and Health | THIRTEEN

Title: The Industry That's Changing Air, Water, and Health | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 41:25
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: The docu-series Phantom Threat dives into the “natural” gas industry's role in shaping public perception of the fuel, as well as the work of frontline communities, climate leaders and scientists to uncover the truth about its risks. It features activists working to expose the negative climate, environmental and health impacts of gas throughout its entire lifecycle – from its extraction from the ground to its use in producing plastic to its consumption in homes.

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Methane:
What do you know about natural gas? While people concerned about the climate are familiar with the harms of carbon-dioxide (CO2), many are still unaware that natural gas is actually methane, a fossil fuel, that when released into the atmosphere, warms the planet 80 times more than CO2 in the short-term. Yet, fossil fuel companies have been fighting efforts to curtail the gas despite it being a s...

How Indigenous Kelp Farming is Restoring a Long Island Bay | THIRTEEN

Title: How Indigenous Kelp Farming is Restoring a Long Island Bay | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 21:30
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: The Shinnecock Kelp Farmers are a multi-generational collective of Indigenous women and members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation. They are using knowledge gained over more than 10,000 years of being in relationship with the sea to cultivate the seaweed called kelp, which is capturing carbon and nitrogen that has poisoned the waters of Shinnecock Bay and beyond.

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Tela Troge, Beverly Gwathney, and Denise Silva-Dennis joined Gianna Volpe to talk about how the organization was founded and what the process of kelp farming means to them individually. They're leading the way in caring for and restoring delicate ecosystems by returning to traditional knowledge.
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Indigenous People Are Protecting the Four Elements

Title: Indigenous People Are Protecting the Four Elements
Runtime: 0:58
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: For people whose existence is inseparable from their native land, the climate crisis is not a tale of the future; it’s the present. “In Their Element: Earth, Air, Fire, Water” is a four-part docuseries that spotlights Indigenous leaders who are protecting the four natural elements that sustain life.

A 2022 production of THIRTEEN and Nexus Media News.

Black Farmers Keep Farming Traditions Alive

Title: Black Farmers Keep Farming Traditions Alive
Runtime: 1:16
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Anita Chitaya, a farmer and activist from Malawi, travels to the U.S. and meets with Black farmers who are proactively responding to climate change. At the Black Dirt Farm Collective and Mt. Pleasant Acres Farm in Maryland and D-Town Farm in Michigan, members prioritize small, sustainable farming, while honoring traditions passed down from generation to generation to provide healthy food for their communities.

#shorts #farming #climatechange #sustainablefarming

Indigenous People on the Frontlines of Earth, Air, Fire & Water | THIRTEEN

Title: Indigenous People on the Frontlines of Earth, Air, Fire & Water | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 26:41
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: The four-part docu-series "In Their Element: Earth, Air, Fire, Water" spotlights Indigenous leaders who work to protect these elements that sustain life. For people whose existence is inseparable from their native land, the climate crisis is not a tale of the future; it’s the present.

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Earth:
Along Louisiana’s bayou, Pointe-au-Chien tribal land is rapidly disappearing. The ancestral homeland is part of the Mississippi Delta, where the loss of wetlands coastline amounts to a football field per hour. Intensifying storms like Hurricane Ida wreak havoc on their homes and livelihood in shrimping and crabbing, but the Native American tribe is determined to stay and protect their ancestral homeland.

Air:
Methane gas, invisible to the naked eye, is a threat to respiratory health. It is released into the air at oil and gas sites like in New Mexico’s Sa...

How Black Farmers Are Building a More Sustainable Future | THIRTEEN

Title: How Black Farmers Are Building a More Sustainable Future | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 8:58
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Black communities around the world are responding to climate change in proactive ways — prioritizing small, sustainable farms and honoring ancestral traditions to provide healthy food for their communities. Anita Chitaya, a farmer and activist in Malawi, travels to the U.S. and meets Black farmers who share their innovations in food production equity and adaptations for a changing climate.

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For more information about the feature film this series is based on, visit www.antsandgrasshopper.org.

The WNET Group brings you Forces of Nature, a special collection exploring issues affecting our natural world and sustainability with community leaders, experts, artists, and viewers like you.

“The Ants & the Grasshopper: The Series,” is a co-production of Kartemquin Educational Films and The WNET Group.

Major funding is provided by Dr. P. Ro...

The Future of Food Starts With a Single Cell

Title: The Future of Food Starts With a Single Cell
Runtime: 1:10
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Josh Balk, co-founder of Eat Just, has produced and sells plant-based eggs. Balk insists that more manufactured food, like chicken and fish, is on the way. These products start from a single animal cell, in a lab, then ultimately to your plate. This process uses a fraction of the water and produces a fraction of the waste, methane, and other things that pollute and warm the planet.

#shorts #food #climatechange

Title: A Giant Pigeon Took Over Times Square
Runtime: 1:08
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Everyone knows pigeons’ larger than life personalities help them survive the urban jungle. But what happens when a larger-than-life pigeon patrols Times Square?

NATURE's Pigeon Hustle team took to the streets with their oversized pigeon pal to peck about.

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How Science Is Changing the Menu | THIRTEEN

Title: How Science Is Changing the Menu | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 13:48
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: How are health and climate inspiring change in what’s on the menu? Josh Balk, co-founder of Eat Just, has produced and sells plant-based eggs and now, manufactured chicken. Balk insists that more manufactured food, like chicken and fish, is on the way. These products start from a single animal cell, in a lab, then ultimately to your plate. This process uses a fraction of the water and produces a fraction of the waste, methane, and other things that pollute and warm the planet. Then, correspondent, Mary Magnuson, discusses insect farming. High in protein, low in planetary impact– are lime-cilantro grasshopper tacos the future?

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A 2021 episode of Planet Forward, a production of THIRTEEN.

Hosted by Emmy award-winning journalist Frank Sesno, Planet Forward features in-depth conversations about climate change issues and solutions with experts and innovators that...

Title: The Gas-to-Plastic Pipeline
Runtime: 1:30
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: The fossil fuel industry is the plastic industry. They work together to make sure their toxic products stay on the market forever. By-products of fracked gas are used to create the building blocks of plastics. The buildout of new plastic production plants is putting communities across the US in harm's way. It will take grassroots activism to make sure that gas stays in the ground.

Phantom Threat is a 2024 production of Nexus Media News presented in partnership with THIRTEEN.

#shorts #plastic #pollution #climatechange

Can Morocco’s Indigenous Nomadic Culture Survive?

Title: Can Morocco’s Indigenous Nomadic Culture Survive?
Runtime: 1:26
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: The indigenous Amazigh nomads in Morocco face the loss of their traditional lifestyle due to climate change, which has brought drought and decimated vegetation. Individuals are doing what they can, in their own unique ways ways, to preserve their culture and nomadic way of life for future generations.

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Plastic Production is Big Oil’s Next Investment | THIRTEEN

Title: Plastic Production is Big Oil’s Next Investment | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 9:16
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: As the urgency to transition to clean energy gains momentum, the fossil fuel industry is betting on a different product: plastic. By-products of fracked gas are used to create the building blocks of plastics, but not without impacts on communities.

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Many plastic production plants have documented clean air violations that disproportionately affect low-income communities and communities of color. These facilities are contaminating waterways with small plastic pellets called nurdles, which are unregulated despite posing threats to wildlife and health.

This is episode 3 in the four-part docuseries, Phantom Threat, a 2023 production of Nexus Media News presented in partnership with THIRTEEN.

Funding made possible by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Special thanks to the Gas Leaks Project.

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Can Morocco’s Indigenous Nomadic Culture Survive? | THIRTEEN

Title: Can Morocco’s Indigenous Nomadic Culture Survive? | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 7:52
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: The indigenous Amazigh nomads who roam the peaks and nearby valleys of Morocco are facing a crisis: the loss of their traditional lifestyle due to climate change that has brought years of drought and decimated grazing vegetation. But two brothers are working to save this historic community before it is lost forever.

This 2023 video was reported by a group from New York University’s international field reporting class GlobalBeat, a joint project of NYU Journalism and the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies. The team included Marlowe Starling, a graduate student at NYU’s Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, Rana Morsy, a Moroccan-American graduate student in Near Eastern Studies, traveling to Morocco for the first time as a journalist, and Rishabh R. Jain, a member of the News and Documentary program at NYU and a videojournalist for the Associated Press, based in India. Brahim Alae and Kira Kay assisted with their reporting. Thanks to the Luce...

California Tribe Faces Declining Fish Populations

Title: California Tribe Faces Declining Fish Populations
Runtime: 2:02
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: The Yurok people rely on California's Klamath River for sustenance. They are witnessing a drastic drop in fish populations as climate change pushes native species to their limits. With food security at risk, tribal leaders are working to restore the river and protect it for generations to come.

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Fish Crisis Threatens Indigenous Life in California | THIRTEEN

Title: Fish Crisis Threatens Indigenous Life in California | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 6:44
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: What happens when an Indigenous community relies on a deteriorating river for food? Yurok people rely on California’s Klamath River for sustenance, but the dwindling fish population threatens food security. Tribal leaders aim to restore the deteriorated river for future generations.

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This is the final episode of “In Their Element: Earth, Air, Fire, Water” a four-part docuseries that spotlights Indigenous leaders who work to protect these elements that sustain life.

A 2022 production of THIRTEEN and Nexus Media News.

Major funding is provided by Dr. P. Roy Vagelos and Diana T. Vagelos with additional funding from The Marc Haas Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, and the Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family.

Nexus Media News is an Emmy-nominated, nonprofit news service covering stories about climate change. You can learn more a...

Unexpected Wake-Up Call on an American Farm

Title: Unexpected Wake-Up Call on an American Farm
Runtime: 1:26
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Climate change is real and urgent. Anita Chitaya, a farmer, activist, and church leader in Malawi, travels to Iowa to meet with the Jackson family at their farm. While Anita and the Jacksons share similar Christian beliefs, they differ in their views on climate change. Through faith and honest conversation, they begin to find common ground, and start to see the real cost of a warming world.

A 2023 production of THIRTEEN and Kartemquin Films.

#shorts #climatechange #farming

Meet the Experts Protecting Long Island’s Wildlife | THIRTEEN

Title: Meet the Experts Protecting Long Island’s Wildlife | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 26:25
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Long Island is often seen as overdeveloped and densely populated, yet it remains home to remarkable natural beauty and an impressive range of wildlife. Beyond the suburbs and highways lies an ecosystem worth protecting. On Heart of the East End, three wildlife experts join Gianna Volpe to discuss why safeguarding natural habitats matters, how rescued animals are rehabilitated, and what it takes to stay connected to the natural world around us.

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Grace DeNatale of the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center, Pete Topping of Peconic Bay Keeper, Chris Paparo of Stony Brook University’s Marine Sciences Center, and Flower, the beloved “purse chicken,” share their paths into wildlife work and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.

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London’s Flood Defense is Struggling to Keep Up

Title: London’s Flood Defense is Struggling to Keep Up
Runtime: 1:37
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Since 1982, London has relied on the Thames Barrier to protect the city from tidal flooding. But as sea levels rise and rainfall increases, the moveable barrier in the Thames River is no longer enough to keep the city safe.

Sinking Cities is a 2018 production of Cineflix (Cities) Inc. in association with THIRTEEN.

#shorts #london #flood #climatechange

Inside Long Island’s Fight for Cold Case Answers | THIRTEEN

Title: Inside Long Island’s Fight for Cold Case Answers | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 26:47
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: NewsdayTV’s The Forgotten investigates the more than 100 women found dead on Long Island since 1976 and the long search for justice in their cases. Cold cases can take detectives years to solve, yet neither the Nassau County nor the Suffolk County police departments have maintained dedicated cold-case units in recent years. NewsdayTV’s Shari Einhorn and investigative reporter Sandra Peddie examine how law enforcement is working to bring closure to victims’ families—and why so many questions remain.

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Title: Restoring New York's Oyster Population
Runtime: 1:28
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: #shorts #marinebiology #climatechange
To protect its harbor from climate change, New York City is attempting to bring one billion oysters back to the waters where billions once thrived. Rick Karr reports on how and why oyster clusters are being cultivated for the river's health and climate resilience.

An original 2014 SciTech Now production from WLIW.

What Stories Are Hidden Beneath the Ocean Floor?

Title: What Stories Are Hidden Beneath the Ocean Floor?
Runtime: 1:26
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: From the sediment beneath the ocean, scientists have collected more than 18,000 core samples. Each one paints a picture of Earth's history of climate change.

A 2019 production of THIRTEEN's PBS NewsHour Weekend.

#shorts #pbsnewshour #climatechange #ocean #science

Title: NYC’s Hidden Ties to The Wizard of Oz
Runtime: 1:31
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Did you know there are Wizard of Oz landmarks all around New York City and most people walk right past them?

Fans everywhere are once again returning to Oz with Wicked: For Good, and we’re going to show you some hidden Oz connections right here in the Big Apple!

NYC Under Your Nose connects what’s happening today to what happened in history.

#shorts #wicked #wizardofoz #nyc #history

Can Shared Faith Bring Farmers Together? | THIRTEEN

Title: Can Shared Faith Bring Farmers Together? | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 10:46
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Climate change is real and urgent. Anita Chitaya, a farmer, activist, and church leader in Malawi, asks if Americans are willing to listen to the concerns of those most affected.

Anita believes that it is our collective responsibility to care for God’s creation. She travels to Iowa to meet with the Jackson family at their farm. While Anita and the Jacksons share similar Christian beliefs, they differ in their views on climate change. Can faith bridge the gap to understanding climate change and safeguard our planet?

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For more information about the feature film this series is based on, visit www.antsandgrasshopper.org.

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“The Ants & the Grasshop...

Inside the Communities Facing America’s Toughest Realities | THIRTEEN

Title: Inside the Communities Facing America’s Toughest Realities | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 14:34
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: To uncover how climate change intersects with the racial, social, and economic challenges that Americans face everyday, journalists from Nexus Media News set out on a 21-day cross-country tour of climate-vulnerable communities, including farms in Florida, Tesuque Pueblo in New Mexico, Karnes County, Texas, and Las Vegas, Nevada.

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This video is part of the documentary Freedom to Breathe, which asks, what does it take to have the "freedom to breathe" in our warming world? Hear from the people and workers most vulnerable to the climate crisis and who are trying to make a difference.

Featuring hosts Bartees Cox and Shravya Jain-Conti.

Food, Farming and Climate Change
Climate Change and food go hand in hand: what we eat impacts the climate, and climate change is going to impact what we eat. Drought and extreme heat are making farm's produce growt...

Title: Is Natural Gas Really "Clean"?
Runtime: 0:23
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: The documentary series Phantom Threat exposes the hidden dangers of natural gas, a fossil fuel far more potent than carbon dioxide: methane. Follow experts and advocates as they investigate the gas industry’s decades-long disinformation campaign, which marketed methane as “safe” and “clean” despite long-standing evidence of its serious health risks.

Phantom Threat is a production of Nexus Media News presented in partnership with THIRTEEN.

The Methane Myth That Misled the Public | THIRTEEN

Title: The Methane Myth That Misled the Public | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 10:43
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: What do you know about natural gas? While people concerned about the climate are familiar with the harms of carbon-dioxide (CO2), many are still unaware that natural gas is actually methane, a fossil fuel, that when released into the atmosphere, warms the planet 80 times more than CO2 in the short-term. Yet, fossil fuel companies have been fighting efforts to curtail the gas despite it being a serious concern among scientists and policymakers.

This is episode 1 in the four-part docuseries, Phantom Threat, a 2024 production of Nexus Media News presented in partnership with THIRTEEN.

Funding made possible by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Special thanks to the Gas Leaks Project.

The WNET Group brings you Forces of Nature, a special collection exploring issues affecting our natural world and sustainability with community leaders, experts, artists, and viewers like you.

Phantom Threat is a series about the role of the “natural” ga...

Title: Txai Suruí's Message for the Planet
Runtime: 1:15
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Txai Suruí is a leader of the Paiter-Suruí ethnic group of the Brazilian Amazon. She was the only Indigenous person in Latin America and the only Brazilian to speak at the COP-26. UN Conference on Climate Change, in Glasgow, Scotland in 2021. Her speech was made in front of more than 100 heads of state and her message on climate change echoed across the planet.

This animated short film, "The Speech of Txai Suruí,'' creatively illustrates the historic speech by Txai made at the conference.

Created in 2022 and used with permission by The Youth Collective Film Festival, a program of THIRTEEN.

Why Indigenous Communities Burn the Land

Title: Why Indigenous Communities Burn the Land
Runtime: 1:56
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: #shorts #indigenous #fire #climatechange #wildfire
In 2022, California experienced a range of out-of-control wildfires. But for centuries, Indigenous tribes tended the land with fire. One North Fork Mono leader is on a journey to bring back and legalize controlled burns for cultural purposes.

In Their Element is a 2022 production of Nexus Media News and THIRTEEN.

Txai Suruí’s Message, Retold in Claymation | THIRTEEN

Title: Txai Suruí’s Message, Retold in Claymation | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 4:08
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Txai Suruí is a leader in her twenties from the Paiter-Suruí ethnic group in the Brazilian Amazon. She was the only Indigenous person in Latin America and the only Brazilian to speak at the COP-26. UN Conference on Climate Change, in Glasgow, Scotland in 2021. Her speech was made in front of more than 100 heads of state and her message on climate change echoed across the planet.

This animated short film, "The Speech of Txai Suruí,'' creatively illustrates the historic speech by Txai made at the conference.

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This claymation and 2D animated film, which includes original student paintings, was directed by a collective of high school students enrolled in the Multimedia Project at Escola Parque, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.

Filmmakers:
Marina Horta Montero, Vicente Rubin Roly, Yongquan Li, Sofia Emi Kasai, Tainá S. Oliveira, Luisa Cymbalista...

California’s Indigenous Communities Fight Fires with Fire | THIRTEEN

Title: California’s Indigenous Communities Fight Fires with Fire | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 6:51
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: Today California has out-of-control wildfires, but for centuries Indigenous tribes tended the land with fire. One North Fork Mono leader is on a journey to bring back and legalize controlled burns for cultural purposes, which ultimately protects and maintains healthy forest areas for all.

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This is the third episode of “In Their Element: Earth, Air, Fire, Water” a four-part docuseries that spotlights Indigenous leaders who work to protect these elements that sustain life.

A 2022 production of THIRTEEN and Nexus Media News.

Major funding for Peril and Promise is provided by Dr. P. Roy Vagelos and Diana T. Vagelos with additional funding from The Marc Haas Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, and the Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family.

Nexus Media News is an Emmy-nominated, nonprofit news service covering stories about climate cha...

Title: Challenges Farmers are Facing
Runtime: 1:19
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: #shorts #climatechange #farming
Malawian farmer, activist, and leader, Anita Chitaya, sees the dangers of climate change daily. During her visit to the U.S., she meets with an organic farmer to explore how climate challenges are discussed within American farming communities and what individuals can do to drive change, especially when leaders and influential actors fall short of taking action.

Tagging Half the World’s Great White Sharks | THIRTEEN

Title: Tagging Half the World’s Great White Sharks | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 22:11
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: The South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center's (SOFO) Shark Research and Education Program Field Coordinator, Greg Metzger, joined Gianna Volpe to share details of the important scientific research he and his team perform.

SOFO established a Shark Research and Education Program in 2018 to further scientific research on sharks and educate the public on the famous fish's ecological roles.

Gianna and Greg discuss SOFO's responsibility for tagging half of the world's tagged young white sharks and explains the unlikelihood of shark attacks off of Long Island's coasts. They also dive into how the community can get involved in researching and protecting the sharks who share our waterways.

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Title: Why Miami Really Floods
Runtime: 1:32
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: #shorts #miami #floods #climatechange #infrastructure
Miami is built on limestone, a rock strong enough to support its iconic high-rises. But its porous nature lets water seep through, fueling the city’s persistent flooding problems.

Title: Hostage Poster War Divides New York
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: #shorts #israel #palestine #gaza #nyc #newyork
After Hamas kidnapped 251 people from Israel on October 7, Israeli artists in New York City created a poster campaign to grab the public's attention. It divided the city.

TORN captures how “KIDNAPPED” posters turned New York City streets into a battlefield of grief, empathy, and free speech — as pro-Israel and pro-Palestine activists collided over whose pain the world chooses to see.

TORN is an independent feature documentary, filmed and produced in New York City.

Directed and produced by Nim Shapira
Oscar® 2026 For Your Consideration for Best Documentary Feature

Is Long Island Still Affordable? | THIRTEEN

Title: Is Long Island Still Affordable? | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 26:47
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Jasmine Anderson dive into the financial realities shaping life across Long Island, where many New York City commuters live. From skyrocketing home prices and rising commute costs to the struggle for affordable housing, Newsday reporters break down what’s driving Long Island’s affordability crisis.

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Andrew Ehinger explores a Siena College survey comparing local costs to the rest of the country, while Jonathan LaMantia tracks where housing prices are climbing fastest.

Alfonso Castillo reports on LIRR fare hikes and commuting costs, and Tory Parrish spotlights Long Island’s changing retail landscape as major malls undergo massive overhauls.

Reporters also dive into legal cannabis dispensaries in Suffolk County and highlight the inspiring work at Long Island Cares as they supports families in need.

Newsday...

Al Roker Explains Why We Should All Be Worried

Title: Al Roker Explains Why We Should All Be Worried
Runtime: 1:24
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: The Today Show’s Al Roker is not afraid to call climate change for what it is — an urgent crisis. He emphasizes that this is a planetary problem that everyone needs to be concerned about.

This is a 2021 THIRTEEN production of "Planet Forward."

They Traveled Thousands of Miles to Tell American Farmers This | THIRTEEN

Title: They Traveled Thousands of Miles to Tell American Farmers This | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 10:23
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: How do our actions affect people a world away? In an effort to convince Americans that climate change is real, Malawian activist, Anita Chitaya, and her mentor, Esther Lupafya, visit the U.S. to discuss this issue with farmers, community organizers, and politicians. Their journey — from a farm in Iowa to San Francisco and D.C. — reveals some factors that are blocking climate action in the U.S.

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For more information about the feature film this series is based on, visit www.antsandgrasshopper.org.

The WNET Group brings you Forces of Nature, a special collection exploring issues affecting our natural world and sustainability with community leaders, experts, artists, and viewers like you.

“The Ants & the Grasshopper: The Series,” is a co-production of Kartemquin Educational Films and The WNET Group.

Major funding is provided by Dr....

Solutions in Mechanical Trees, a Glowing Landfill and Al Roker's Message | THIRTEEN

Title: Solutions in Mechanical Trees, a Glowing Landfill and Al Roker's Message | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 27:49
Date posted: 6 months ago
Description: From media icons to student innovators, voices across generations are confronting the climate crisis head-on. They emphasize the urgent need for effective communication and action in a warming world, while scientists and students showcase tangible solutions that go beyond simply cutting emissions.

Al Roker: How to communicate the climate crisis (2021)

The Today Show’s Al Roker is not afraid to call climate change an urgent crisis. Roker and youth correspondent Calvin Bordas from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry share what they say are the most important issues to cover around the climate crisis and what communication methods are most effective for spreading this urgent message.

How “Mechanical Trees” Could Reverse Climate Change (2021)

Two technologies are removing harmful greenhouse gases to help move the planet forward. Dr. Klaus Lackner, Director of Arizona State University’s Center for Negative Carbon Em...

This Greenhouse Gas Is Worse Than Carbon Dioxide | THIRTEEN

Title: This Greenhouse Gas Is Worse Than Carbon Dioxide | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 9:37
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: Methane can’t be seen with the naked eye, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t leaking from extraction sites across the country—posing health and climate risks. Emissions experts are using specialized imaging equipment to make this invisible gas visible, with the hope of understanding and underscoring just how much methane and air pollutants are leaking out.

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This is episode 2 in the four-part docuseries, Phantom Threat, a 2024 production of Nexus Media News presented in partnership with THIRTEEN.

Funding made possible by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Special thanks to the Gas Leaks Project.

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Phantom Threat is a series about the role of the...

What Gives New Yorkers Hope for the Future

Title: What Gives New Yorkers Hope for the Future
Runtime: 1:28
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: #shorts #NYC #climatechange #hope #hopecore
We asked New Yorkers to step inside our "Climate Confessional" booth and open up about their hopes for the future of our planet. What did we discover? Not only do they want a healthy planet, but a healthy community, rooted in care for each other and hope for a brighter future.

The immersive story-gathering installation, held during the 2025 NYC Climate Week, was presented by ALL ARTS, THIRTEEN, The Serica Initiative and The Human Impacts Institute at the day-long Creative Climate Forum at Pier 57.

The Human Impacts Institute forum invited participants to explore fast responses to the climate crisis, and ideate long-term solutions through collective action and creative expression.

The Big Lies About Plastic Recycling | THIRTEEN

Title: The Big Lies About Plastic Recycling | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 9:30
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: Recycling is as simple as throwing plastics in the blue bin, right? Well behind those Three R's – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – are decades of deception pushed by Big Oil and the petrochemical companies turning fossil fuels into plastic products. Hari Sreenivasan chats with investigative journalist and NPR Correspondent Laura Sullivan, whose reporting dug up the long-buried paper trail illuminating how plastic recycling has gone so wrong.

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From Abandoned Railway to NYC's High Line

Title: From Abandoned Railway to NYC's High Line
Runtime: 2:05
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: An abandoned elevated railway in NYC that once transported cattle was slated for demolition in 1999. Two friends jumped at the chance to save and transform it. This space would become the High Line, a top tourist attraction in NYC.

Stream the documentary "From Rails to Trails" on Thirteen and PBS platforms now.

Title: What Toxins Are Hiding in Our Air?
Runtime: 1:20
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: There's a hidden threat that's infiltrating New Mexico’s San Juan Basin, invisible to the naked eye. With the help of an infrared camera, one Navajo activist investigates methane leaks at oil and gas sites that threaten the health of her people.

A 2022 production of THIRTEEN & Nexus Media News.

Title: Women Farmers Confront Gender Roles
Runtime: 1:42
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: #shorts #climatechange #genderequality
Malawian farmer and activist Anita Chitaya sees the impact of climate change on women in her community. In Iowa, she meets Denise O’Brien, an organic farmer and activist who is one of many women farmers who are creating small, organic farms that combat climate change. Is it possible to fight climate change without confronting gender roles?

What Toxins Are Hiding in Our Air? | THIRTEEN

Title: What Toxins Are Hiding in Our Air? | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 5:48
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: Methane gas, invisible to the naked eye, is a threat to respiratory health. It is released into the air at oil and gas sites like in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin, which has been the home of the Diné (Navajo) people for nearly a thousand years. With the help of an infrared camera, one Navajo activist investigates methane leaks at sites that threaten the health of her people.

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This is the second episode of “In Their Element: Earth, Air, Fire, Water” a four-part docuseries that spotlights Indigenous leaders who work to protect these elements that sustain life. For people whose existence is inseparable from their native land, the climate crisis is not a tale of the future; it’s the present.

Presented by THIRTEEN & Nexus Media News.

Major funding for the documentary "In Their Element: Earth, Air, Fire, Water" is provided by Dr. P. Roy Vagelos an...

Tokyo’s $2 Billion Underground Flood Tanks

Title: Tokyo’s $2 Billion Underground Flood Tanks
Runtime: 1:50
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: #shorts #tokyo #flood
Imagine storing 65 million gallons of water you weren't expecting. Tokyo did. It built a futuristic cavern to protect itself from water from above, below, or from the surrounding sea. This engineering feat is able to pump the floodwater back into Tokyo's river.

The Story Behind NYC’s “Kidnapped” Posters

Title: The Story Behind NYC’s “Kidnapped” Posters
Runtime: 1:17
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: #shorts #israel #palestine #gaza #nyc #newyork
After Hamas kidnapped 251 people from Israel on October 7, Israeli artists based in New York City decided to take action and create their own version of the missing-children milk carton campaign. To grab the public's attention, they replaced the recognizable "MISSING" with "KIDNAPPED."

TORN captures how “KIDNAPPED” posters turned New York City streets into a battlefield of grief, empathy, and free speech — as pro-Israel and pro-Palestine activists collided over whose pain the world chooses to see.

TORN is an independent feature documentary, filmed and produced in New York City.

Can Housework Roles Change the Planet? | THIRTEEN

Title: Can Housework Roles Change the Planet? | THIRTEEN
Runtime: 11:38
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: Meet Winston and Jenifa Zgambo, a couple that lives in Malawi. Jenifa works the couple's farm by herself. Winston refuses to help. Women in Malawian communities are burdened with the vast majority of the work, and climate change is making their situation worse. The stress caused by changing weather patterns, crop failure and food insecurity is also increasing women's vulnerability to sexual assault and domestic violence.

Over in the U.S.A. we are introduced to Denise O’Brien, an organic farmer and activist in Iowa. She speaks about the interest of women farmers in creating small, organic farms that combat climate change. But is it possible to fight climate change without confronting gender roles?

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For more information about the feature film this series is based on, visit www.antsandgrasshopper.org.

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Locals Fight Big Corporations to Save Their Communities

Title: Locals Fight Big Corporations to Save Their Communities
Runtime: 0:59
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: #shorts #climatechange #fossilfuels #hope
The United States' Gulf Coast is being hit by a powerful wave of multinational corporations that see the region’s air, land, water and ecosystems as commodities to exploit for profit. Locals who deal with the consequences of the pollution and economic damage caused by these big companies are not only standing up to them but are also leading the effort to advance clean energy production and restore the land loss on the Louisiana Bayou.

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