Tag Archive for "extreme heat" - Union of Concerned Scientists

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July 16, 2026

Extreme Heat, Extreme Costs: How Danger Season Exacerbates the Affordability Crisis

Sital Sathia
Energy Justice Research Associate

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May 28, 2026

As the Heat Arrives: 7 Things to Know About Energy Affordability and Extreme Heat

Sital Sathia
Energy Justice Research Associate

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May 21, 2026

The Trump Administration Threatens NOAA—Again—as Extreme Weather Looms

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

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May 14, 2026

La costa en disputa: Cambio climático, desarrollo y despojo en Puerto Rico

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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May 14, 2026

The Coast in Dispute: Climate, Development, and Dispossession in Puerto Rico

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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May 13, 2026

Danger Season Is Here Again, with Triple the Danger for 2026

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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April 21, 2026

Terrible Team: Super El Niño and Climate Change Could Lead to Record-Breaking Global Temperatures

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

An old air conditioning unit in a window of a blue house.

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October 23, 2025

How to Protect Residents of Affordable Housing from Climate-Driven Extreme Heat

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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October 23, 2025

Crisis Chocantes: El calor extremo y la crisis de vivienda asequible en Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Two young people move a pallet of water bottles through a park in NYC during a heat wave in 2025.

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August 5, 2025

As States Continue to Fail Workers, We Need Federal Heat Protections

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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July 31, 2025

What We’re Watching: Endangered in Danger Season

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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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July 2, 2025

Heatwave Exposes How Trump Administration Cuts Endanger Workers and Energy-Burdened Communities

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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January 27, 2025

The Perils of Ignoring Racial Equity in Disaster Relief and Recovery Are Costly

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

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November 18, 2024

It’s Time for OSHA to Finalize a Strong Heat Health Standard to Protect Workers: Here’s How You Can Help.

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

An electrical transformer, power lines and a tree rest in the yard of a house.

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September 19, 2024

The Electricity Distribution System Can Stay Resilient in Extreme Weather

Guest Commentary

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September 12, 2024

Hottest Summer on Record May Be Ending, but Fight to Protect Workers from Heat Is Far from Over

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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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

Woman opening empty refrigerator after Hurricane Beryl knocks out power to region.

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August 2, 2024

Hurricane Beryl’s Towering Texas Grid Impacts and Price Tag Highlight Massive Injustices

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

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

outside digital thermometer in California reading 123 degrees.

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July 15, 2024

Ripe for Disaster Declarations: Heat, Wildfire Smoke…and Death Data

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

Construction worker Felipe Campuzano pours water on his face to cool off as he digs a sanitation pipe ditch during a heatwave on August 4, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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May 23, 2024

Danger Season 2024: It’s Already Started

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

Students on their way to plant trees surrounding Manual Arts High School in South Los Angeles hold up their shovels as they walk down a sidewalk.

City Plants

March 13, 2024

Growing Shade Equity, One Tree at a Time

UCS Science Network

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September 7, 2023

How Do Electric Grid Operators Warn Us About Extreme Heat?

Guest Commentary