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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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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

July 31, 2025

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

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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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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December 17, 2019

EPA Tried to Allow Dirtier Trucks Without Studying Whether That Would Be Bad for Health

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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December 17, 2019

FERC’s Move to Defend Competition Actually Hurts Competition

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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December 17, 2019

Activism and Action in 2019, a Banner Year for Environmental Justice

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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December 17, 2019

The Transportation and Climate Initiative, Explained

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

NOAA

December 16, 2019

Highlights, Firsts and Worsts of Hurricane Season 2019 and the Future of Hurricanes

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

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December 16, 2019

State and Federal Action on Environmental Justice in 2019: A Year of Milestones

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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December 16, 2019

Lessons from California in 2019: The Challenges of Adapting to Climate Change

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

US Department of Energy

December 13, 2019

How States Can Make Energy Storage Work for Communities

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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December 12, 2019

It’s Going to Take More than EV Promises from Car Companies to Limit Climate Change Damage

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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December 12, 2019

Renewables and Storage Could Revolutionize our Electric Power System

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

US Air Force

December 12, 2019

La energía solar es cada vez más eficiente, menos costosa y más resiliente

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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December 11, 2019

Electric Companies Like Entergy Are Using Affiliate Transactions to Block Renewable Energy, Here’s How

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

A wide range of stakeholders from across the country met in December 2018 to develop a set of principles to ensure equitable deployment of energy storage technologies. (Photo: Megan Rising/UCS)

December 11, 2019

Ask a Scientist: How to Ensure Underserved Communities Benefit from Energy Storage

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

US Air Force

December 10, 2019

Congress Misses the Mark on PFAS in the NDAA

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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December 10, 2019

Michigan Should Reject DTE’s Integrated Resource Plan, Here’s Why

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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December 9, 2019

Have I got a Deal for you! Let’s get this STARTed.

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

USDA

December 9, 2019

¿Qué tipo de sociedad somos? Jornaleras y jornaleros agrícolas a merced del cambio climático

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

USDA

December 9, 2019

Pesticides, Heat, and the People Who Feed Us: Climate Change Is Making Farmworkers’ Dangerous Job Even Worse

Rafter Ferguson
Former Contributor

Photo: Derrick Jackson

December 6, 2019

The Trump Administration’s Latest: A Plan to Foul the Alaska Arctic

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

Jessica Collingsworth

December 5, 2019

Illinois Youth Lead Strike for Climate Justice

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

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December 5, 2019

Carta abierta exige la energía limpia en lugar de subestación en East Boston

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

GreenRoots

December 5, 2019

Open Letter Demands Clean Energy Alternative to Risky Eversource Substation

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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December 5, 2019

Three Reasons why The Pentagon Must Address Climate Change as a National Security Threat

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

December 5, 2019

EPA Science Advisors Fail to Reach Consensus on Particulate Pollution Standards

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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