Remember when NBC was touting its “Green Is Universal” initiative and did Sunday Night Football broadcasts by candlelight?  Well now the broadcasting network is showing how universally green they are by trying to air condition the outdoors.

And you thought liberals were against climate change.

WTHR, the NBC affiliate for Indianapolis, reported from Beijing and described the NBC set used for the network’s two highest rated news broadcasts, “NBC Nightly News” and “Today,” as air conditioned – even though it is outdoors.

“The set is outside, but air conditioning vents make the weather bearable,” Anne Marie Tiernon wrote for WTHR Eyewitness News on August 14.

Even NBC “Today” co-host Matt Lauer remarked about the air conditioning, but said it was still uncomfortable even with it.

“The first couple of nights even with the air conditioning it was steamy in here, but we’ve been lucky ever since,” Lauer said to WTHR. “It’s been overcast some days, takes the temperature down. We call it fog smog.”

The liberal elite tell us to turn ease up on our thermostats and ride our bicycles, but when it comes to their comfort they have no problem burning all the energy that’s needed.

After all, heaven forbid Matt Lauer get a little sweaty.