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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
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U.S. ICBM Force: Unprepared for a Terrorist Attack

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May 30, 2014

Court Protects California’s Largest Program for Clean Energy Research and Development

Laura Wisland
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May 30, 2014

How to Cut Power Plant Carbon by 50%: New EPA Climate Rules Can Create a Foundation for Real Global Warming Solutions

Rachel Cleetus
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May 29, 2014

Lights, Camera, Action! Eight States Release Plan to Put 3.3 Million Electric Vehicles on the Road by 2025.

Josh Goldman
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May 28, 2014

Missile Defense: The “Phantom Menace” Remains a Phantom Menace

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

May 28, 2014

Nuclear Power Regulator Sticks Its Head Further into the Ground

David Wright
Former Contributor

May 28, 2014

Five Things You Should Know about the EPA Power Plant Carbon Standards

Rachel Cleetus
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May 27, 2014

Climate, Communities of Color, and Connections: Interview with Audrey Peterman

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Too Good to be True? New WSPA Report on Oil Industry Highlights the Good, Omits the Bad

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May 27, 2014

Automaker Rankings 2014: All are Making Progress, but Hyundai-Kia is the Greenest Automaker

Dave Cooke
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May 27, 2014

Single Failures and Nuclear Operator Training

Dave Lochbaum
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May 23, 2014

House of Representatives Tells Pentagon to Ignore Climate Change Science

Michael Halpern
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May 22, 2014

Don't Just Google It: UCS Answers Your Questions about EVs

Rachael Nealer
Former Contributor

May 21, 2014

Palm Oil, Deforestation, and the Fast Food Industry: Would You Like a Side of Forests with That?

Calen May-Tobin
Former contributor

May 21, 2014

House Science Committee Chairman Smith: Please Read the National Climate Assessment

Andrew Rosenberg
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May 20, 2014

Renewables and Efficiency: Opportunities in the Federal Carbon Standards

Jeremy Richardson
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May 20, 2014

Oodles of Nuclear Plant Data

Dave Lochbaum
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May 20, 2014

Climate Change is Putting Iconic Historic Sites and National Parks at Growing Risk

Adam Markham
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May 19, 2014

Electrifying the Jeepney: How Manila Is Modernizing a Transportation Icon

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

May 16, 2014

Are the California Wildfires a Sign of Climate Change?

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

May 16, 2014

Workplace Charging: Good for Business and a Chance for Business to do Good

David Reichmuth
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May 16, 2014

How One State Cut its Carbon and Created Jobs

Ken Kimmell
Former President

May 16, 2014

House Committee Supports Lifting Travel Restrictions for Government Scientists

Michael Halpern
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May 15, 2014

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