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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.

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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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July 13, 2015

And the Cheapest Electricity in the U.S. Is… Solar?

John Rogers
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July 13, 2015

Lobby Group Puts the “Salt” Back in Salt Lake City (and School Lunches)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

July 13, 2015

I ♥ the Clean Power Plan: Six Great Reasons You Should Too

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

July 13, 2015

Worried about Wildfires? Climate Change Will Keep ‘em Coming…

Jason Funk
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July 10, 2015

School Lunch: Have Healthier Standards Driven Up Food Costs?

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

July 10, 2015

President Obama: Go to Hiroshima

David Wright
Former Contributor

July 10, 2015

The Facts Haven’t Changed: EVs Clean and Getting Cleaner

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

July 10, 2015

King Coal's Stages of Grief, Part 2: Financial Risk and the Economics of Coal

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

July 9, 2015

Exxon Responds to Revelation that Company Recognized Climate Risks as Early as 1981

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

July 9, 2015

Excuses, Excuses: The School Nutrition Association’s Dumbest Reasons for Rolling Back Healthy School Lunch

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

July 9, 2015

Climate Justice: Why Vulnerable Communities Need Resilience Investments

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

July 9, 2015

Interview with Harvard’s James Stock: Navigating a Sensible Middle Path Forward on the Renewable Fuel Standard

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

July 8, 2015

Automakers Piloting the Reuse Market for EV Batteries

Rachael Nealer
Former Contributor

July 8, 2015

We’ve Got More Than Enough Corn

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

July 8, 2015

The Evidence For How Fossil Fuel Companies Misled Us For Decades

Ken Kimmell
Former President

July 7, 2015

5 Reasons Obama's New Solar Access Initiative Is Welcome News

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

July 7, 2015

Preventing Space War

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

July 7, 2015

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Dave Lochbaum
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July 2, 2015

What Do Algae, Corn, and Summer Vacation Have in Common?

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

July 1, 2015

Steering Toward Sustainability: How California's New Groundwater Law Can Help Us From Driving Off a Cliff

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

June 30, 2015

Baltimore’s Arabbers: Simple Solutions to Public Problems?

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

June 30, 2015

Why We Need an Executive Order on Political Spending: An Open Letter to President Obama

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

June 30, 2015

King Coal's Stages of Grief, Part 1: Facing the Facts

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

June 30, 2015

Enhancing NRC Public Meetings

Dave Lochbaum
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