Andrew Harnik/Getty Images June 18, 2025 What We’re Watching: Coming Historic Heat Plus Acute Risks Could Make Rest of June a Hot Mess Expected extreme heat in US was made more likely by climate change. Erika Spanger Director of Strategic Climate Analytics
Brandon Bell/Getty Images June 17, 2025 Worsening Wildfires Contribute to Increasingly Unaffordable Insurance and Housing Costs Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
Julien Goettelmann/Unsplash June 17, 2025 Railroads Are Running Dirty Diesel Trains Through Communities and No One Is Doing Anything About It Dave Cooke Senior Vehicles Analyst
August 23, 2016 UCS Causes Meltdowns at US Nuclear Reactors (no, really) Dave Lochbaum Former Contributor
(Compilation photo: J. Rogers) August 22, 2016 Hosting Wind: How One Community Embraced its Wind Farm John Rogers Energy Campaign Analytic Lead
August 22, 2016 Flooding, Extreme Weather, and Record Temperatures: How Global Warming Puts it All Together Astrid Caldas Senior Climate Scientist
August 22, 2016 Leading Scientists Urge California Lawmakers to Act on Climate Change This Year Jason Barbose Former Contributor
Photo: Iowa State University/Lisa Schulte Moore August 19, 2016 How US Farm Subsidies Make Taxpayers Pay Twice (And How We Could Change That) Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
August 17, 2016 Massachusetts Supreme Court Says No to Overreliance on Natural Gas John Rogers Energy Campaign Analytic Lead
Photo: Randy Heinitz/Creative Commons (Flickr) August 16, 2016 Big Breakthrough for Big Rigs: The EPA’s New Fuel Economy Rule for Trucks Ken Kimmell Former President
US Department of Agriculture/CC BY (Flickr) August 10, 2016 Wildfires and Climate Change: Current Policies Fail to Limit Wildfire Risks Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
August 10, 2016 The Conspicuous Absence of Climate Change in New Mexico’s State Water Planning Jason Funk Former contributor
August 10, 2016 Why the Loss of Grasslands Is a Troubling Trend for Agriculture, in 11 Maps and Graphs Andrea Basche Former contributor
August 10, 2016 Coastal Planning Failures: Rising Seas Can Worsen Inequities Brenda Ekwurzel Director of Scientific Excellence
August 10, 2016 The National Flood Insurance Program Must Be Improved: 5 Ways to Promote Climate Resilience Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
August 10, 2016 Planning Failures: A Story of Unintended Consequences Astrid Caldas Senior Climate Scientist
August 8, 2016 Ecoservice as a Bet-Hedging Strategy In the Current Science Career Climate UCS Science Network
August 8, 2016 This National Farmers Market Week, Let’s Celebrate the Low-Hanging Fruit—and Then Reach Higher Mark Bittman Former Contributor
August 8, 2016 Special Inspections: Safety Relief Valve Problems at Perry and Hatch Dave Lochbaum Former Contributor
Photo: California Department of Water Resources August 5, 2016 The Devil Is in the Data: Principles for Ensuring the Success of Groundwater Management Juliet Christian-Smith Western States Regional Director