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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

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

Community members grieve the lives lost to flooding in Texas' Hill Country at a vigil.

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August 4, 2025

Despite Clear Preferences from Texas Hill Flood Survivors, Uncertainty Looms

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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January 21, 2015

Americans—Democrats and Republicans—Support the Clean Power Plan

Jeremy Richardson
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January 21, 2015

Advancing Minnesota's Clean Energy Economy: Building on a History of Leadership and Success

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

January 20, 2015

Why Does UCS Survey Government Scientists?

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

January 20, 2015

Who Stands with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Climate Change? New Data Says Few (Still)

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

January 20, 2015

TEPCO’s Fukushima Folly

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

January 16, 2015

President Obama's Plan to Cut Methane Emissions: Taking a Closer Look

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

January 16, 2015

President Obama's State of the Union: What to Expect, and What to Hope For

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

January 16, 2015

Three Ways Citizens United Helped Undermine Science Policy Debates

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

January 16, 2015

Born after 1976? You’ve Lived Your Entire Life on a Hotter Planet

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

January 16, 2015

Solar Jobs Continue to Grow in 2014

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

January 15, 2015

Rooftop Solar Panels Can Produce All the Electricity You Need. Just Ask This Family.

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

January 15, 2015

You Can Help Investigate the Link between Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

January 14, 2015

Virginia State of the Commonwealth: Powering Ahead with Renewable Energy

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

January 14, 2015

New Jersey's State of the State: What Gov. Christie Really Said about Climate and Energy

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

January 13, 2015

Climate Change Is Impacting West Virginia…but Will Our Students Learn about It?

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

January 13, 2015

NRC’s Transparency: Glasnost or Half-Glasnost?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

January 9, 2015

Response to Nature’s “Speak up for science.” We Have to Do More

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

January 9, 2015

Beware of This Zombie Bill: The Regulatory Accountability Act Returns from the Dead

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

January 9, 2015

Obama’s Nuclear Legacy #2: Ending Prompt Launch

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

January 7, 2015

Red Guards and Nuclear Missiles

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

January 7, 2015

Carbon Pricing, Income Inequality, and Shakespeare: Highlights from the 2015 American Economic Association Meeting

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

January 6, 2015

California Governor Signals New Commitment to Renewable Energy: 50% Renewables by 2030

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

January 6, 2015

Turkey Point Nuclear Plant in Hot Water

Dave Lochbaum
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December 23, 2014

Obama’s Nuclear Legacy #1: 1,000 Deployed Warheads

Stephen Young
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