Western US States

Simon Hurry/Unsplash

May 17, 2023

California’s Water Rights System is Inequitable, Inadequate, and Possibly, About to Change

Amanda Fencl
Western States Senior Climate Scientist

Angel S. Fernandez-Bou/UCS

May 11, 2023

Repurposing Cropland Can Bring Environmental, Socioeconomic, and Water Justice to California

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

Woman at an electric vehicle charging station.

Gustavo Fring/Pexels

May 3, 2023

Californians Embrace Zero-Emission Vehicles with Record Sales

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

Firefighter battling 2020 El Dorado Fire, California.

San Bernardino County Fire/Wikimedia Commons

May 2, 2023

In a Changing Climate, What Does a “Normal” Year of Wildfires Look Like?

Kristy Dahl
Principal Climate Scientist

Brody Hessin/CC by 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

April 27, 2023

How Forest Management Can Build Healthy Wildfire Cycles in Western North America

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

Image from space of California and Nevada

European Space Agency

April 19, 2023

Western Grid Regionalization Is Back on the Drawing Board. Why Now?

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

J. Pablo Ortiz-Partida / UCS

April 5, 2023

El sediento futuro de California: Qué es el déficit de presión de vapor y que significa para la sequía

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Senior Bilingual Water and Climate Scientist

Emmett Institute/Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0

August 24, 2022

California Needs a Petroleum Phaseout Plan

Jeremy Martin
Senior Scientist and Director of Fuels Policy

ALUC 15/PIXABAY

May 17, 2022

Solutions to Climate Change-Fueled Droughts in the Western US

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Senior Bilingual Water and Climate Scientist

Flames tower above the trees in Colorado’s 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire, the third most destructive fires in state history

Airman Magazine, Flickr

March 15, 2022

Colorado is Burning. For Many Scientists, It’s Personal.

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

Seattle Parks and Recreation https://www.flickr.com/photos/seattleparks/41435961390

June 25, 2021

As Dangerous Heat Becomes Norm in Pacific Northwest, Will Oregon Pass Needed Climate Bills?

Kristy Dahl
Principal Climate Scientist

Antandrus at English Wikipedia

February 4, 2021

California Energy: One Grid Under Too Many Assumptions

Adenike Adeyeye
Former Contributor

2019 black Chevrolet Bolt parked next to ocean

Varnent/Wikimedia

December 3, 2020

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Accelerating Transportation Electrification

Jeremy Martin
Senior Scientist and Director of Fuels Policy

Mike Lewelling/National Park Service

October 6, 2020

5 of California’s 6 Largest Fires on Record Are Burning Now: The Astonishing 2020 Wildfire Season in Context

Kristy Dahl
Principal Climate Scientist

NASA Worldview

September 14, 2020

In the US West Scorched by Wildfires, We Can Barely Breathe. It’s Going to Get Worse.

Kristy Dahl
Principal Climate Scientist

T. Toochinda/Unsplash

May 12, 2020

Pandemic’s Stay-at-Home Order Shrinks California Energy Demand

Adenike Adeyeye
Former Contributor

Oregon State Capitol

June 21, 2019

Hey, Oregon Senators: You Can’t Run Away from Climate Change

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

Alaska Airlines

March 7, 2019

Washington State Tackles Transportation Emissions

Jeremy Martin
Senior Scientist and Director of Fuels Policy

Photo: Juliwatson /Pixabay

March 6, 2019

100% Clean Electricity in Washington State: Everything You Need To Know

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

Pixabay

November 2, 2018

Washington’s I-1631: A Chance to Choose Hope, Not Fear

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

Puget Sound and Mt. Rainier Climate, Confronting Climate Change in Washington (2015)

October 23, 2018

Voting on I-1631? Here’s How Much Healthier You Could Make Washington’s Climate

Geeta Persad
Former Contributor

wellphoto/iStockphoto

September 6, 2018

California’s Clean Fuel Policies Clear Roadblocks to Electric Vehicles

Jeremy Martin
Senior Scientist and Director of Fuels Policy

SB 100 Lobby Day in Sacramento

June 20, 2018

California Takes Another Run at 100 Percent Clean Electricity

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

A grid operation control room. Photo: CAISO

March 27, 2018

Solar and Wind Need a Larger Electric Grid—and California Might Just Create One

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor