heat waves

outside digital thermometer in California reading 123 degrees.

Mario Tama/Getty Images

July 15, 2024

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

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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

A shirtless kid who looks to be about 10 or 12 years old stands near a small puddle of water that clearly used to be a lake or river, with dry cracked earth all around it. It looks very hot and dry where he is.

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July 17, 2023

Unrelenting Heat Requires Accountability and Action

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

September 8, 2022

What 115°F in California’s Central Valley Feels Like

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

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July 1, 2021

Can We Trust Our Power Plants to Keep Us Cool During Dangerous Heat?

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Seattle Parks and Recreation https://www.flickr.com/photos/seattleparks/41435961390

June 25, 2021

As Dangerous Heat Becomes Norm in Pacific Northwest, Will Oregon Pass Needed Climate Bills?

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File

July 22, 2019

As Heatwave Blankets Nation, Utility Disconnect Policies Can Kill

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

September 6, 2018

We Need Better Data about What Is Killing American Prisoners. It’s Probably the Heat.

UCS Science Network

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November 30, 2017

Great Lakes’ Great Changes: Temperatures Soar as the Climate Changes

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

NOAA #dataviz shows high temperatures setting in as a heat dome begins to bake the U.S., July 18 2016. http://go.usa.gov/xaaPB

July 20, 2016

What Does "Clean Energy Access for All" Mean in the Context of a Dangerous Heat Wave?

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

June 15, 2016

Dangerous Heat Wave to Grip the US: Top 10 Lessons to Survive Extreme Heat

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

August 21, 2015

Crazy Hot Days, Crazy Warm Nights: A New Study on Climate Change in California’s Central Valley

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

June 30, 2014

Heat and Humidity, Climate Change, and the Future of the World Cup

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

May 16, 2014

Are the California Wildfires a Sign of Climate Change?

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

May 6, 2014

The Silent Killer: Extreme Heat in the Western U.S.

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

October 2, 2013

Energy-Water Collisions: Our 2013 Update

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

August 29, 2013

Feeling the Heat on Labor Day

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

July 30, 2012

Dangerous Summer Heat on the Rise in the Midwest

Todd Sanford
Former contributor