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    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Freshwater
    North America
    Update
    August 30, 2022

    Small Reservoirs More Vulnerable to Climate Extremes

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    A manmade reservoir with powerlines in the background
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 19, 2021

    7 Ways the Biden Administration Can Reverse Climate Rollbacks

    • Climate Resilience
    • GHG emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    President-elect Joe Biden having a conversation with Mark Updegrove, former director of the LBJ Library.
    • Climate Resilience
    • GHG emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    Freshwater
    Oceania Asia North America
    Insights
    March 4, 2019

    In World That Says It’s Cutting Nutrient Pollution, Progress Is Lacking

    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Algal blooms in Florida’s Santa Fe River
    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    February 22, 2019

    After 15 Years, EPA Updates Water Quality Trading Policy. It Could Do More.

    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    Wetlands like these in the Chesapeake provide cost-effective water quality services.
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 30, 2019

    Climate Change, Frigid Temperatures and the Polar Vortex: 3 Things to Know

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    polar vortex
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 25, 2018

    National Climate Assessment: U.S. Climate Action Can Avoid Tens of Thousands of Deaths, Hundreds of Billions in Damages Annually

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Hurricane Harvey
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 3, 2017

    U.S. Climate Assessment: Now Is the Warmest Period of Modern Times

    • COP23
    • climate science
    • Climate
    It's hot out here.
    • COP23
    • climate science
    • Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 16, 2017

    Draft U.S. National Climate Assessment Confirms Fundamental Truths of Climate Change

    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    Climate change will affect all Americans. The NCA projects how.
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 22, 2017

    Manish Bapna to Congress on Climate Action: “We Are Not Backing Down and We Hope You Won’t Either”

    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 20, 2017

    Pruitt’s “Red Team-Blue Team” Exercise a Bad Fit for EPA Climate Science

    • climate science
    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
    • climate science
    • Climate
    • U.S. policy
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    May 16, 2017

    When Improving America’s Infrastructure, Don’t Forget Forests

    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Watershed
    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 20, 2017

    Attacks on Science Threaten All of Us

    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    Scientists at work
    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 31, 2017

    Does Science Have a Future in “Alternative Facts” America?

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    Donald Trump
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    Freshwater
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    March 14, 2017

    INSIDER: Stormwater Trading Can Help the Chesapeake Bay Meet Vital Pollution Targets

    • water pollution
    • Water Quality
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • Water Quality
    • Freshwater
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    March 14, 2017

    PODCAST: How We Can Clean the Chesapeake and Save Money in the Process

    • Freshwater
    • podcasts
    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • Water Quality
    Marsh
    • Freshwater
    • podcasts
    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • Water Quality
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 31, 2017

    4 Irrefutable Truths About Climate Change Science

    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    U.S. Coast Guard rescues citizens from a 2016 flood in Louisiana
    • U.S. policy
    • climate science
    • climate change

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