Extreme Weather

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August 28, 2025

What New Orleans Taught Me About Climate, Justice, and the Future

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

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July 31, 2025

What We’re Watching: Endangered in Danger Season

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

A tourist catches her breath after climbing the steps at the Lincoln Memorial during a heatwave.

Nathan Howard/Getty Images

July 24, 2025

What We’re Watching: Climate and Political Whiplash

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Officer Candidate Alexander Chrisco/Arkansas National Guard

March 24, 2025

With Fewer Weather Balloons, People in US Heartland Will Be Less Prepared for Tornado Season

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

February 12, 2025

A Day Without NOAA, a Day Without the National Weather Service?

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Mario Tama/Getty Images

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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September 23, 2024

Energy Efficiency Home Retrofits Can Protect You During Extreme Temperature Events

Guest Commentary

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

Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

September 19, 2024

The Electricity Distribution System Can Stay Resilient in Extreme Weather

Guest Commentary

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

Brandon Bell/Getty Images

August 2, 2024

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

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Twisters, 2024, Universal Pictures

July 31, 2024

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

Sital Sathia
Energy Justice Research Associate

Pike Electric service trucks line up after a snow storm on February 16, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Ron Jenkins/Getty Images

May 15, 2024

FERC and NERC Review of Winter Storm Gas Failures Lacks Transparency and Key Details

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

photo of rows of wilted savoy cabbage in a farm field affected by drought

BearFotos/Shutterstock

January 24, 2024

The USDA’s Climate Hubs Could Help Farmers Adapt to Extreme Weather

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

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January 10, 2024

Reliance on Gas Power Plants Fuels Inequity

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Alyssa Deardorff/Pexels

December 14, 2023

How Gas Plants Fail and Lead to Power Outages in Extreme Winter Weather

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

empty conference room chairs around a table

Michael Fousert/Unsplash

November 2, 2023

Who Are the Major Players in Electric Grid Reliability?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Gas plant in California with pipeline in foreground

John Ciccarelli/BLM

September 13, 2023

Extreme Summer Weather Threatens Gas Power Plants. Here’s How.

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

image of tornado approaching a car, Texas, 1995

Harald Richter/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

April 12, 2023

Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

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October 6, 2022

California’s Proposition 30 Would Put the Transition to Clean Transportation in the Fast Lane

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

NASA

August 24, 2022

Rare and Severe Weather Events Are Now More Common Thanks to Climate Change

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

A scene of destruction in Bowling Green, KY, with a pile of rubble including a couch in the foreground, and a destroyed home in the background

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Flickr

June 16, 2022

Lingering Climate Injustice in Bowling Green, KY

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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December 15, 2021

Here’s How You Can Support Recovery Efforts for Historic Kentucky Tornado

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

USDA Photo by Lance Cheung/Flickr

December 18, 2019

Farm State Voters See Soil as a Solution to Agriculture’s Woes

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Photo: Climatereanalyzer.org

May 17, 2019

Hot Arctic and a Chill in the Northeast: What’s Behind the Gloomy Spring Weather?

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

Super Typhoon Yutu as seen from the RAMMB CIRA SLIDER on October 23, 2018

December 17, 2018

Climate Change Is Strengthening Typhoons, Hurricanes and Cyclones. The US Isn’t Paying Attention.

UCS Science Network