Extreme Weather

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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
Senior Climate Scientist, Director of Climate Science

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

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May 17, 2019

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

Brenda Ekwurzel
Senior Climate Scientist, Director of Climate Science

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

NASA

May 31, 2018

Hurricane Season 2018 Begins: Will it be Different From Last Year’s?

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

March 17, 2016

Global Warming is Happening FAST, but is it Causing Extreme Weather Events?

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

October 5, 2015

U.S. Braced for Historic Inland Flooding and Coastal Storm Surge Even As Joaquin Blew Out to Sea

Brenda Ekwurzel
Senior Climate Scientist, Director of Climate Science

July 3, 2014

Climate Change is Turning up the Heat on July 4th in our National Parks

Adam Markham
Deputy Director of Climate and Energy

June 5, 2014

Gina McCarthy, the Power Plant Carbon Standards, and Reducing the Risk of Power Outages

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

April 21, 2014

Power Outages, Extreme Weather, and Climate Change: How Smart Energy Choices Will Help Keep the Lights On

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis