Source: GOP Senators Demand Probe of Federal Grants on Climate Change The program has been in place since 2012 and has educated more than 500 meteorologists about global warming, according to NBC News. NBC News noted that the program is working: So far, the efforts have paid off. The number of stories on global warming by television weather people has increased 15-fold over five years, according to data from the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. If the trend continues this year, there will be more than a thousand stories that touch on climate delivered during local TV weathercasts, up from just 55 such climate stories in 2012. Bob Wilson
