climate change

Aerial view of Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant at nigh

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October 15, 2024

Gas Plants Have a Real Climate Problem. So Do Some Proposed Approaches for Addressing It.

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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October 3, 2024

Hurricane Helene’s Massive Destruction Was Supercharged by Climate Change, Here’s How You Can Help

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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September 26, 2024

Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Scientist

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September 23, 2024

Energy Efficiency Home Retrofits Can Protect You During Extreme Temperature Events

Guest Commentary

S. Wilson/UCS

September 17, 2024

Delivery Vans Are Going Electric: Where and Why

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

A kid wearing a gray hoodie, jeans, and sneakers splashes through a mud puddle outside on a gray day.

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September 12, 2024

How Do You Talk to Children about Climate Change? One Book Has a Few Ideas

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

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September 3, 2024

Climate Plans for Aging US Must Focus on Higher Risks to Older Adults

Guest Commentary

Thom Milkovic/Unsplash

August 26, 2024

Solutions to Rising Cost of Climate Change in California Should Include Passage of Prop 4

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

Man in hard hat looking at wind turbines.

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August 21, 2024

These Are the Critical Issues to Track with the New “Tech-Neutral” Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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August 13, 2024

Heat, Flooding, and Fire Overwhelming Halfway through 2024 Danger Season

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Delegates to the 61st IPCC session convene in a huddle at the end of the afternoon plenary session.

Anastasia Rodopoulou/IISD/ENB

August 5, 2024

Inside the IPCC 61st Plenary Meeting: Debates and Decisions Shaping Climate Policy

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

Ice floats near the coast of West Antarctica as viewed from a window of a NASA Operation IceBridge airplane on October 28, 2016, in-flight over Antarctica.

Mario Tama/Getty Images

August 2, 2024

Our New Research Says the Solid Earth Can Help Protect the Antarctic Ice Sheet—Only if We Cut Emissions Now

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

The exterior of the building in Sofia, Bulgaria, where the UN IPCC talks are happening is lit up at night

Kristy Dahl/UCS

August 1, 2024

What Happens at Meetings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Twisters, 2024, Universal Pictures

July 31, 2024

Don’t Get It Twisted: “Twisters” Movie Misses Scarier Risks

Sital Sathia
Energy Justice Research Associate

A red pickup truck idles on a road in rural Nebraska with its passenger side door open. Nearby, the massive black funnel cloud of a tornado touches down.

Brent Koops/NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015

July 30, 2024

Three Takeaways from Twisters: Hillbillies, Science, and Solutions

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

Exhausted male soccer player lying on field after evening soccer game.

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July 26, 2024

Plenty of Heat and No AC for Olympians—Unless Your Country Can Afford to Bring Its Own

Brady Watson
Senior Campaign Coordinator

Twin violent tornadoes outside of Wisner, Nebraska in 2014.

Ethan Schisler/NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015

July 25, 2024

Twisters, and the Elephant in the Room

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Man pushes man in a motorized scooter across flooded sidewalk.

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July 16, 2024

Ask a Scientist: What Happens When Sea Level Rise Comes for Public Housing?

Guest Commentary

David Chavez/Unsplash

July 1, 2024

Fossil Fuels Must Go: Re-inventing US Transportation

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Scientist

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June 24, 2024

Infrastructure at Risk in Your Hometown: New Map Shows What Will Flood as Sea Level Rises

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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June 24, 2024

New Analysis Pinpoints Critical Infrastructure Threatened by Rising Seas in Hundreds of Coastal Communities

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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June 24, 2024

Necesitamos acción urgente para crear la resiliencia costera al aumento del nivel del mar

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

An industrial area near Houston, TX, with large storage tanks and scaffolding everywhere, is submerged by floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

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June 24, 2024

How to Protect Coastal Infrastructure at Risk from Sea Level Rise

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Jonathan Fernandez

June 24, 2024

It’s Danger Season–Is Our Nation’s Infrastructure Ready?

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst