Extreme Weather

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

Oxana Melis/Unsplash

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

State Farm/CC BY 2.0

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
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

May 29, 2013

Climate Debate Stuck in a Washington Rut

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

May 22, 2013

Evidence to Date Does Not Show Clear Link Between Tornadoes and Climate Change

Brenda Ekwurzel
Senior Climate Scientist, Director of Climate Science

April 12, 2013

Costly Climate Impacts Show Why We Need Power Plant Carbon Standards

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

February 6, 2013

Well-Designed Power Plant Carbon Standards Can Reduce Emissions and Increase Renewable Energy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

October 31, 2012

Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions

Brenda Ekwurzel
Senior Climate Scientist, Director of Climate Science

July 16, 2012

Evidence Check: Which Extreme Weather Events Are More Linked with Climate Change – Heat Waves or Hurricanes?

Brenda Ekwurzel
Senior Climate Scientist, Director of Climate Science

November 29, 2011

Climate Extremes – New IPCC Report!

Brenda Ekwurzel
Senior Climate Scientist, Director of Climate Science