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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

Residents of Texas Hill Country testified about what recovery means to them. Who will listen?

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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April 7, 2022

Nuclear Blackmail in Ukraine and East Asia

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

Daniel Huizinga

April 4, 2022

ExxonMobil Shows Its Lobbying Hand, But Hides Some Cards

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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April 1, 2022

Ukraine and the Future of US-China Relations

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

Jessica Collingsworth

March 31, 2022

Chicago Commits to Bold Climate Action

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

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March 31, 2022

It’s Time for Charles Koch to Testify About His Climate Change Disinformation Campaign

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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March 30, 2022

War in Ukraine and the Climate Crisis Are Connected: Our Future Depends on Solutions that Address Both

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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March 30, 2022

Oil and Gas Industry Hypocrisy Laid Bare By Russia’s War on Ukraine

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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March 30, 2022

Five Grid Plans to Cut Fossil Fuel Dependence

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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March 29, 2022

Violations of Scientific Integrity Are Killing Dogs (and Cats)!

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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March 29, 2022

Why Are Gasoline Prices So Volatile?

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

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March 28, 2022

Strategic Ambiguity

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March 26, 2022

Do Look Up

David Combs
Operations Manager

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March 25, 2022

Supreme Court Ruling on Redistricting Targets Voting Rights Act

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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March 25, 2022

Nearly One Million US Deaths from COVID-19: The Grim Consequences of Sidelining Science

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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March 25, 2022

China’s Ukraine Problem

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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March 24, 2022

How the War in Ukraine Could Trigger a Food Crisis

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

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March 24, 2022

Climate Change Is Turning California’s Wildfire Season into Wildfire Year

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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March 23, 2022

The USDA Has a Plan to Fix Our Nutrition Crisis—But Will It Work?

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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March 21, 2022

We Can Electrify One in Three Heavy Duty Trucks by 2030: Here’s How.

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

A vineyard worker gets a drink from a cooler during a break from the heat as the temperature exceeded 100 degrees in California.

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March 21, 2022

Central Valley Farmworkers: Surviving Extreme Heat While Feeding the US

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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March 18, 2022

China’s Broken Promise to Ukraine

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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March 18, 2022

Your Voice Is Needed as EPA Updates its Rule on Risk Management of Chemical Facilities

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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March 17, 2022

The EPA Is Shuttering its Online Archive: Why that Matters

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March 17, 2022

The Meteoric Rise in Satellite Numbers

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

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