Climate Change

Our experts write on the science and impacts of global warming—and explore the solutions we have at hand.

July 18, 2013

A Peek Inside the Administrator’s Inbox – Some of What’s Waiting for Gina McCarthy as New EPA Administrator

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

July 18, 2013

The Social Cost of Carbon: Setting the Record Straight Ahead of Today's House Hearing

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

July 16, 2013

Water-Smart Power: Why Our Power Plant Choices Matter in a Warming, Water-Constrained World

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

July 11, 2013

Ready or Not: Hurricane Season in a Warming World

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

July 1, 2013

Preparing for Our Future: The Need for Monitoring and Data Collection

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

July 1, 2013

The President Touts Natural Gas as an Important Climate Solution: How Far Can it Take Us?

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

June 28, 2013

Surprisingly, West Virginians Support Raising Taxes on the Coal Industry–Even in Coal Country

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

June 27, 2013

How Might History Judge President Obama’s Climate Plan?

Peter Frumhoff
Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist

June 26, 2013

President Takes Historic First Step on Climate Action: Near-term Target for CO2 Reductions

Melanie Fitzpatrick

June 26, 2013

What We Know: Renewable Energy Can Deliver for the President’s Carbon Reduction Plan

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

June 26, 2013

Sources of the Haze in Southeast Asia, Fires Are Quickly Located with Public GIS Data

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

June 25, 2013

Obama Directs the EPA to “Work Expeditiously” to Complete Standards for New and Existing Power Plants: Now the Details on How the EPA Can Deliver the Goods

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

June 20, 2013

Today’s “King Tides” Preview the Future of Sea Level Rise

Melanie Fitzpatrick

June 17, 2013

We Need a Clear Signal that the Obama Administration Will Issue Power Plant Carbon Standards Soon

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

June 17, 2013

Critical Decade for Climate Action – New Report Echoes Many Others: We Must Decarbonize to Stabilize Climate

Melanie Fitzpatrick

June 17, 2013

Birthplace of American Democracy Faces Threat from Accelerating Sea Level Rise

Adam Markham
Former Staff

June 12, 2013

News on Energy Alternatives—Wind, Efficiency Are In, Small Nukes Are Out

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

June 10, 2013

New IEA Report Shows (Yet Again!) that We Have the Tools to Cut Global Warming Emissions; Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency are Critical

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

June 10, 2013

Military and Civilians Alike are Battling Sea Level Rise in Tidewater Virginia

Adam Markham
Former Staff

June 7, 2013

Transferring Forest Land to Communities Helps Reduce Deforestation – and Can Help Government Budgets Too

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

June 1, 2013

What Accounts for the Varying Rates of Sea Level Rise in Different Locations?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

May 29, 2013

Climate Debate Stuck in a Washington Rut

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

May 22, 2013

What Is All the Fuss Over the Last Decade of Global Average Temperature?

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

May 22, 2013

Evidence to Date Does Not Show Clear Link Between Tornadoes and Climate Change

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

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