Reds pitcher Brent Suter taking action ahead of Earth Day NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth [Video]

Ahead of Earth Day this Monday, we sat down with Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brent Suter, who said the environment is everything to him.

When Suter was a sophomore in high school, his mom brought home a copy of “An Inconvenient Truth,” a 2006 documentary about climate change narrated by former Vice President Al Gore.

“(I) did some research. Turned out it was all true and really scary. From that point on, it was on my heart to do something about it,” Suter said.

Now, as an established Major League Baseball pitcher, Suter uses his platform to advocate for the environment by sparking conversations and taking action.

One of the organizations Suter has partnered with is La Soupe, a Cincinnati organization that rescues food set to be wasted and uses it to make soup and meals to be distributed around the city for people who need it.

Suter said he is also working with Sam Hubbard Organization, which …