climate change

Wildfire smoke obscures an otherwise beautiful view from Yosemite's Half Dome

Derrick Z. Jackson/UCS

July 5, 2023

Smoke in Our Eyes: National Park Grandeur Degraded by Global Warming

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

photo of several farmworkers all wearing raincoats, on their knees picking strawberries; a tractor sits idle in the background

F Armstrong Photography/Shutterstock

June 20, 2023

The United States Needs to Protect Its Farmworkers from “Danger Season”

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

Tina Fineberg/AP

June 15, 2023

It’s Danger Season and Workers Need Heat Safety Protections Now—UPS Knows It

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

National Park Service

June 6, 2023

Species on the Move: How Climate Change Is Re-Making Ecosystems

Adam Markham
Former Staff

NOAA

May 31, 2023

Atlantic Hurricane Season 2023: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly—and More

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

A Utah power plant releases clouds of pollution gases under a moody gray sky

Patrick Hendry/Unsplash

May 25, 2023

Biomethane Threatens to Upend the Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

Nicholas Doherty/Unsplash

May 18, 2023

Realizing Maine’s Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

A burnt down house in the foreground, while two houses in the back were untouched by the Carr Fire in Redding California.

Cecilio Ricardo/US Forest Service

May 16, 2023

Both Utilities and Fossil Fuel Companies Are to Blame for Western Wildfires

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest

May 16, 2023

Four Reasons We Investigated the Fossil Fuels Behind Forest Fires: an Inside View of Latest UCS Report

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

A few children hold up a painted banner with the Earth pictured, and the numbers 1.5, indicating the limit of global warming temperature increase for a viable future

Olia Balabina/Flickr

May 15, 2023

Mens Sana, Sana Mundi: Healthy Minds for a Healthy Planet

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

Brody Hessin/CC by 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

May 12, 2023

Cómo la gestión de bosques puede crear ciclos saludables de incendios en el oeste de Norteamérica

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

Manny Becerra/Unsplash

May 8, 2023

Transforming Transportation: Opportunity for a Sustainable and Equitable Electric Future

Jessica Dunn
Scientist

Jonathan Schmer/Pexels

May 4, 2023

Clean Fleets Rule Slated to Deliver Healthier Air for Californians

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Firefighter battling 2020 El Dorado Fire, California.

San Bernardino County Fire/Wikimedia Commons

May 2, 2023

In a Changing Climate, What Does a “Normal” Year of Wildfires Look Like?

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Brody Hessin/CC by 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

April 27, 2023

How Forest Management Can Build Healthy Wildfire Cycles in Western North America

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

Sam Wilson/UCS

April 19, 2023

California Ready to Take Giant Leap Toward Zero-Emission Trucks

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Ron Lach/Pexels

April 6, 2023

How Do Californians Perceive Climate Risks to Their Household Water Supplies?

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

aerial photo of a flooded farm; water is up to the sides of a farmhouse and silo, and a road next to the house is submerged

Iowa DOT

April 5, 2023

Will Climate Change Force More Farmworkers to Go Hungry?

Alice Reznickova
Former Contributor

a group of people hold signs in support of climate action and limiting global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees celsius

John Englart/Flickr

March 30, 2023

¿Todavía es posible limitar el calentamiento global a 1,5°C? Esto es lo que dicen los datos científicos más recientes

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

a referee in a black & white striped shirt is pictured from behind, pointing at a call on the field

Nathan Shively/Unsplash

March 29, 2023

Politicians Are Still Using the Disinformation Playbook and It Makes Me Mad

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

Carol Colman/Pixabay

March 29, 2023

These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

350.org

March 24, 2023

Rising Seas, Rising Stakes: The Case for an International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

John Englart/Flickr

March 17, 2023

Can We Still Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C? Here’s What the Latest Science Says

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Kentucky National Guard

March 16, 2023

NOAA’s Spring Outlook Points to a Risky Season

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst