Spencer Platt/Getty Images July 16, 2025 EPA Moves to Ignore Power Plant Carbon Emissions, Deny Climate Science Zeldin is proposing to walk away from regulating carbon emissions from power plants—plus nearly every other source of heat-trapping emissions. Julie McNamara Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy
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Tony Webster/CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons) June 21, 2017 Science Needs to Learn Lessons from the LGBTQ Rights Movement UCS Science Network
Tropical Storm Cindy approaches the Gulf Coast, June 20, 2017. Photo: NOAA June 21, 2017 Tropical Storm Cindy Brings Life-Threatening Flood Risks: Atlantic Hurricane Season Arrives Early and Strong Brenda Ekwurzel Director of Scientific Excellence
Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0. June 21, 2017 Sea Level Rise and High-Tide Flooding Outlook Make It to NOAA's Climate Update Astrid Caldas Senior Climate Scientist
Photo: Jimmy O'Dea June 21, 2017 An Important Step to Clean Air and More Equitable Communities in Los Angeles Jimmy O'Dea Former Contributor
Looking towards Boston from Spectacle Island. June 20, 2017 Wind Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Peter O'Connor Former contributor
June 20, 2017 How Many Rides Do Lyft and Uber Give Per Day? New Data Help Cities Plan for the Future Jimmy O'Dea Former Contributor
June 20, 2017 Note to the Department of Energy: The Grid Has Changed Mike Jacobs Senior Energy Analyst
June 19, 2017 Heat Waves and Wildfires Signal Warnings about Climate Change (and Budget Cuts) Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
June 19, 2017 A Priority List for Trump’s New FEMA Chief Shana Udvardy Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst
Photo: Michael Vadon/Wikimedia June 19, 2017 Some Tough Questions for Rick Perry at DOE Budget Hearing Rob Cowin Former Contributor
Senate confirmation hearing for Brock Long to head FEMA on June 7, 2017. June 16, 2017 5 Reasons Why Congress Should Immediately Greenlight the Nation’s Natural Disaster Responder-in-Chief Shana Udvardy Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst
A worker assembling cars at a GM plant. Photo: Wikimedia June 16, 2017 As Washington Flounders, Midwest Businesses Forge Ahead on Clean Energy Jessica Collingsworth Former Contributor
ecker39. CC BY NC 2.0 (Flickr) June 15, 2017 Beliefs Won’t Save Tangier Island, Virginia, From Sea Level Rise—Informed Preparedness Will. Kristy Dahl Former Staff
Photo: Chris Hunkeler/CC BY-SA (Flickr) June 15, 2017 How Do We Get to 100% Renewable Energy? Could be Storage, Storage, Storage Mike Jacobs Senior Energy Analyst
Photo courtesy National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration June 14, 2017 This Summer’s Gulf “Dead Zone” Could Be Bigger Than Connecticut—and Trump’s Budget Cuts Would Make It Worse Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
June 14, 2017 Signed, Sealed, Delayed? The New Fate of the Added Sugar Rule and Other Safeguards Genna Reed Former Staff
June 14, 2017 Nuclear Leaks: The Back Story the NRC Doesn’t Want You to Know about Palo Verde Dave Lochbaum Former Contributor
Pittsburgh, 1947, on the left; Pittsburgh, 1974, on the right. Sources: EPA June 13, 2017 The EPA Budget Cuts Are A Direct Attack on Our Air, Water, and Health Brenda Ekwurzel Director of Scientific Excellence
Scott Pruitt testifies this week before the Senate for the first time as EPA administrator. Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr June 12, 2017 Five Questions Scott Pruitt Should Answer at This Week's EPA Budget Hearing Kathleen Rest Former Executive Director
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