Fossil Fuels

Allison Cain/UCS

June 14, 2024

‘Project 2025’ Would Be Disastrous for Our Nation and Our Climate

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

California wildfire with transmission lines

May 23, 2024

Wildfires and Power Grid Failures Continue to Fuel Each Other

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Mario Tama/Getty Images

May 13, 2024

The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest

May 16, 2023

Four Reasons We Investigated the Fossil Fuels Behind Forest Fires: an Inside View of Latest UCS Report

Kristy Dahl
Principal Climate Scientist

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

July 1, 2022

The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

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March 24, 2022

How the War in Ukraine Could Trigger a Food Crisis

Ricardo Salvador
Former Director, Food & Environment Program

a wind farm is set against a plain with cloudy blue skies overhead

Hedgerow INC/Flickr

March 16, 2022

As War Rages in Ukraine, Policymakers Must Reject Fossil Fuel Industry Spin

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

A woman holds a Just Transition Now sign at a rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Lorie Shaull/Flickr

January 28, 2022

Renewable Energy Advocates Must Support Fossil Fuel Workers for a Just Transition

UCS Science Network

Western Area Power/Flickr

December 16, 2021

Illinois Can Still Say “Knope” to Pawnee Gas Plant

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

a pair of hands holds up a sign reading "I want you to act as if your house is on fire, because it is" at a youth climate protest in NYC

Felton Davis/Flickr

October 27, 2021

Fossil Fuel Obstruction Brought Us the Climate Crisis: Hard Questions Big Oil CEOs Should Answer

Erika Spanger-Siegfried
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

December 10, 2020

Contracts to Burn: How Long-Term Fossil Fuel Contracts and Power Purchase Agreements Lock In Pollution

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr

May 6, 2020

BlackRock Faces the Reality of Climate Activism

Nicole Pinko
Former Contributor

Credit: Mr. Ducke (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dippy_duck/)

January 15, 2020

Coal Is No Longer a Baseload Resource, So Why Run Plants All Year?

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

black and white photo of a coal-fired power plant with two tall smokestacks releasing large plumes of smoke into the sky

PDTillman/Wikimedia Commons

November 20, 2019

How Does Uneconomic Coal Generation Impact the Grid? A Discussion with Regulators

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

October 15, 2019

Natural Gas vs. Renewable Energy: Beware the Latest Gas Industry Talking Points

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

September 18, 2018

Mass. Gas Explosions: What Can We Do About Home Fossil Fuels?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

June 7, 2018

Will Chevron Show Leadership in Climate Solutions? Notes From the 2018 Shareholders’ Meeting

UCS Science Network

December 8, 2016

The First Three Reasons Senators Should Oppose Scott Pruitt for EPA

Angela Anderson
Former Contributor

April 7, 2016

Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Devil Is in the Details for This Massive Trade Deal

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

February 3, 2015

Who Should Decide What Happens When Scientists Violate Conflict of Interest Rules?

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 29, 2015

Minnesota Scientists, Engineers, Economists, and Health Professionals Support Clean Energy

UCS Science Network

June 5, 2014

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

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

April 25, 2013

Master Limited Partnerships: Lowering Financing Costs for Renewable Energy Projects

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis