Climate Crisis

A young person plays basketball behind a truck stop restaurant as emissions spew out of a large stack nearby at the coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station on the Potomac River in Newburg, Maryland.

Mark Wilson/Getty Images

September 4, 2024

New Energy Permitting Legislation: One Step Forward, Too Many Steps Back

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

Man pushes man in a motorized scooter across flooded sidewalk.

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July 16, 2024

Ask a Scientist: What Happens When Sea Level Rise Comes for Public Housing?

Guest Commentary

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.

Mark Makela/Getty Images

May 23, 2024

Danger Season 2024: It’s Already Started

Erika Spanger-Siegfried
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

Delegates at the United Nation's opening session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seventh assessment cycle watch a presentation.

L. Delta Merner/UCS

January 16, 2024

Why the IPCC 7th Assessment Matters

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

US Army National Guard/Sgt. Denis Nunez

July 19, 2023

Yes, Climate Change Worsened that Heatwave, Flood, Wildfire. Yes, Fossil Fuels are the Root Cause. Policymakers, Please Act and Stop the Madness.

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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April 13, 2023

Memo to JPMorgan Chase Shareholders: Stop Banking on Climate Chaos

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

Mike Young, MFF

February 22, 2023

Whales and Lobstermen Have a Common Enemy

Roger Stephenson
Former Contributor

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January 19, 2023

Confronting the Climate Crisis with Scientist Activism: the Essential Role of Rule Breakers

Erika Spanger-Siegfried
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

LANCE CHEUNG/USDA

August 2, 2022

Why I Have Renewed Hope for Climate Action on Farms

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Wikimedia Commons

July 3, 2022

The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Is a Blow to Stopping Climate Change

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

June 28, 2022

En EE. UU., el verano es ahora ‘la temporada de peligro.’ Entérese del porqué.

Kristy Dahl
Principal Climate Scientist

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October 7, 2021

Ask a Scientist: Will Congress Finally Tackle the Climate Crisis?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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October 1, 2021

Reconciliation and the Climate Crisis: Failure Is Not an Option

Erika Spanger-Siegfried
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

Jessica Collingsworth

December 5, 2019

Illinois Youth Lead Strike for Climate Justice

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

Photo: Carl Wycoff/Flickr

June 20, 2019

The House Ways and Means Committee—Will it Throw Climate Under the Bus?

Ken Kimmell
Former President

Photo: Todd Wolf

May 31, 2019

My Testimony Before the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director