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A person wipes sweat from their face with a cloth in Manhattan in July 2025, during a heat wave in which 'feels-like' temperatures were above 100 degrees.

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July 30, 2025

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

It’s hot and getting hotter. But climate action is cool.

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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July 29, 2025

Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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September 27, 2023

Florida Officials Urge Residents to Ignore Science and Avoid Covid Boosters

Jacob Carter
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September 27, 2023

Children’s Developing Brains Need Protection from Pollutants

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

Jesse Springer

September 27, 2023

Protecting Science from Politics

Guest Commentary

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September 27, 2023

How Post-War Justice Strategies Can Be Applied to the Climate Crisis

Sanjali De Silva
Former Contributor

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September 27, 2023

NEPA, the “Magna Carta” of Federal Environmental Laws, May Be About to Improve

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

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September 26, 2023

No Time for Delay: Congress Must Keep Disaster Funding Flowing

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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September 26, 2023

Will California Take This Small, but Important Step Toward a More Equitable Water Rights System?

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

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September 25, 2023

The Human Right to a Stable Climate

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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September 22, 2023

Memphis Facility Emitting Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide Gas to Close

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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September 22, 2023

Electric Vehicle Sales in US Hit the Accelerator Pedal

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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September 21, 2023

Summer 2023 Is a Wrap: It Showed Us the Inequities of Keeping Cool in Killer Heat

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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September 21, 2023

Nuclear Frontline Communities Understand Cumulative Burdens—Let’s Get Policymakers On The Same Page

Chanese A. Forté
Scientist

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September 21, 2023

California Advances Corporate Climate Accountability Amid New Evidence of ExxonMobil’s Deception

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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September 21, 2023

Heirs’ Property: The Legal Issue That Has Cost Black Farmers $326 Billion

Archie Creech
Outreach Coordinator

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September 21, 2023

As Expiration Looms, a Look Back at the 2018 Food and Farm Bill

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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September 21, 2023

Can the Inflation Reduction Act Advance Climate Justice?

Chitra Kumar
Managing Director, Climate and Energy Program

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September 21, 2023

Energy Equity: How Can Power Utilities Get It Right?

Guest Commentary

Elizabeth Rocco

September 18, 2023

Will World Leaders Step Up to Deliver at the UN Climate Ambition Summit?

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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September 18, 2023

6 Ways STEM Educators Can Enhance Student Engagement in Our Democracy

Alyssa Shearer
Biologist and Science Educator

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September 14, 2023

World Heritage Committee Ignores UNESCO Recommendation to List Venice as Endangered

Adam Markham
Former Staff

General Motors

September 14, 2023

Ask a Scientist: It’s Getting Easier for US Car Owners to Go Electric

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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September 13, 2023

A Climate Crossroads for the World Heritage Convention

Adam Markham
Former Staff

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September 13, 2023

Extreme Summer Weather Threatens Gas Power Plants. Here’s How.

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

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