Hurricane Harvey

August 24, 2022

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

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

LadyDragonflyCC/Flickr

April 3, 2018

New Report: One Year In, EPA Chemical Rule Delay Allows Chemical Disasters to Continue

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

US Department of Energy

February 20, 2018

Court To Decide Fate Of EPA’s Chemical Disaster Rule

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

January 8, 2018

New NOAA Report Shows 2017 Was the Costliest Year on Record for US Disasters

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.

December 1, 2017

Abnormal and Catastrophic 2017 Hurricane Season Finally Over

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

October 25, 2017

Post-Harvey, the Arkema Disaster Reveals Chemical Safety Risks Were Preventable

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

Photo: Chris Hunkeler/CC BY-SA (Flickr)

September 29, 2017

One Lesson For DOE From Harvey & Maria: Fossil Fuels Aren’t Always Reliable

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Emergency workers entering a chemical plant.

North Carolina National Guard/CC BY-ND 2.0 (Flickr)

September 12, 2017

What Scott Pruitt Still Gets Wrong About Chemical Safety Post-Hurricane Harvey

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

Coast Guard News/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (Flickr)

September 8, 2017

Recovery After Hurricane Harvey: Will There Be Justice for All?

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

U.S. Navy (Flickr)

September 8, 2017

UCS Experts' View of Risk and Preparedness as the Impacts of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Mount

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

September 7, 2017

Flooded by Hurricane Harvey: New Map Shows Energy, Industrial, and Superfund Sites

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Patrick Bloodgood/US Army

September 6, 2017

Superfund Sites and the Floods of Hurricane Harvey: Foreseeable or an “Act of God"?

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Photo: Texas National Guard/CC BY (Flickr)

September 5, 2017

5 Things Congress Can Do to Help Communities Devastated by Hurricane Harvey

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

Coast Guard repairs and replaces buoys and other aids damaged by Hurricane Harvey. Photo: US Coast Guard/Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Cox

September 5, 2017

We Must Protect the Workers Who Will Rebuild after Hurricane Harvey

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

Roy Luck/CC BY 2.0 (Flickr)

September 1, 2017

Hurricane Harvey Magnifies Climate and Petrochemical Toxic Risks for Environmental Justice Communities in Houston

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

August 31, 2017

What’s the Connection Between Climate Change and Hurricane Harvey?

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

August 31, 2017

As Arkema Plant Burns, Six Things We Know About Petrochemical Risks in the Wake of Harvey

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

August 24, 2017

Hurricane Harvey Threatens to Bring Dangerous Storm Surge and Flooding to Texas Coast

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff