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Two young people move a pallet of water bottles through a park in NYC during a heat wave in 2025.

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August 5, 2025

As States Continue to Fail Workers, We Need Federal Heat Protections

It’s getting hotter. And states keep blocking heat protections for outdoor workers—including, most recently, Kentucky.

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US. This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US.

Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery/European Union

August 7, 2025

What We’re Watching: Wildfire Smoke and Trump Administration Mirrors

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

John Quentere Jr. looks at the window sticker of a new 2005 Chevy Blazer at Bredemann Chevrolet in Park Ridge, Illinois.

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August 5, 2025

Trump’s Latest Move to Deny Climate Science and What it Means for Vehicle Standards

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

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March 16, 2016

Michigan Green Bank Could Attract Billions in Clean Energy Investment

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

March 15, 2016

As NOAA Head Testifies in Congress, 90,000 Ask Science Committee Chairman to Stop Playing Politics With Science

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

March 15, 2016

Nuclear Safety inFLEXibility

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 14, 2016

Iran Simorgh Satellite Launch Update, Part 3

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

March 14, 2016

This Pi Day, Supporting Agricultural Research Is as Easy as Pi(e)

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

March 11, 2016

The Devil Is in the Details: Forming California's New Groundwater Sustainability Agencies

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March 11, 2016

Five Years After Fukushima, U.S. Reactors Still Vulnerable

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

March 11, 2016

How to Make Sure the US and Canada Get It Right on Methane

David Babson
Former contributor

March 10, 2016

Climate Deception on Agenda at Fossil Fuel Company Annual Meetings

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

March 10, 2016

What’s Been Going On with the EPA’s Fracking Report?

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

March 10, 2016

The Power of the (TV) Producer: Make Climate Change Matter to People

Angela Anderson
Former Contributor

March 10, 2016

New Analysis Shows the Benefits of a Clean Energy Future in New Mexico

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

March 9, 2016

Missile Defense Folly

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

March 8, 2016

Hair-Trigger Alert Doesn’t Make Sense. Here’s Why

David Wright
Former Contributor

March 8, 2016

Cold Weather Affects Electric Vehicle Range. But Does It Matter?

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

March 8, 2016

Severe Accident Management Guidelines for Nuclear Plants

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 6, 2016

Special Inspection: Oconee Unplugged

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 4, 2016

Berta Cáceres, 1973-2016: The Fight Goes On

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

March 4, 2016

The NRC Seven: Petitioning the NRC over Safety

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 3, 2016

Tenth Anniversary Release of UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

March 3, 2016

A Good Chemical Safety Law Depends on Us

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

March 1, 2016

Mis-steps at Indian Point Nuclear Plant

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 26, 2016

What Extending Federal Wind and Solar Tax Credits Means for the Clean Power Plan and Paris

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

February 26, 2016

Dinner and a Movie? 9 Fine Films on Food from 2015

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

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