Since the fourth assessment, we have watched much of what we predicted happen, sometimes more extremely and frequently than ...

All around the country, people are grappling with the development of large artificial-intelligence (AI) data centers, many of ...

Scientists have now published hundreds of attribution studies, many finding conclusive evidence that extreme heat and ...

Last week marked a watershed moment for climate accountability in two country’s highest courtrooms. In a landmark decision, ...

The AI boom—and consequential rush to build a staggering number of data centers across the country—puts electric companies and everyday consumers smack-in-the-middle of an affordability crisis. The ...

Each year, the EPA releases a report on its environmental enforcement for the previous fiscal year; last year’s report was finally released on Monday, March 9, the latest release this century. In a ...

Throughout 2025, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been in the news almost constantly, and not for good reasons. Initially, the Trump administration threatened to eliminate the agency ...

For the past five years, the Union of Concerned Scientists has been tracking the climate extremes of what we call “Danger Season”—the period between May and October when North America is hit hardest ...

Late last year, Louisiana utility regulators quietly approved a new approach for handling electricity infrastructure proposals for powering large customers—a change that could force ratepayers in the ...

This week, as wildfires break out across Texas, life-saving alerts are being issued by the National Weather Service (NWS), informing evacuations ahead of the advancing threat. On the ground, ...

The US public deserves to have a clear understanding of the safety and security of the nation’s 54 nuclear plant sites (with a total of 94 operating nuclear reactors): and in particular, the plants ...

Most of us wish we could eat with the confidence that everything on our plate has a story we can feel good about, a story about taking care of both people and the environment. In the food system (as ...