All climate resources
Podcast
A Climate Fingerprinter Fights On
Climate scientist Dr. Ben Santer, one of the first scientists to identify how humans are influencing the global climate, talks about his work and how he became the target of vicious attacks by fossil-fuel interests.
Explainer
What is Climate Engineering?
Also known as "geoengineering," it is the intentional large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system to counter climate change.
Report
Groundwater Management Guide
This guide will help you and your community develop a local groundwater sustainability plan, a requirement of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
Report
A Dwindling Role for Coal
Coal-fired power plants are closing in record numbers—and the trend isn’t reversing itself anytime soon.
Podcast
As Coal Declines, Helping Communities Rise
Energy analyst Dr. Jeremy Richardson discusses the dwindling role of coal in in his home state of West Virginia..
Report
Committing to Renewables in New Mexico
While the decline of New Mexico’s coal industry is inevitable, the composition of resources that will replace it is not.
Report
Accelerating US Leadership in Electric Vehicles
Financial incentives for electric vehicles boost sales and decrease costs, benefiting consumers and industry.
Explainer
Energy and Water Use
Energy and water use are closely intertwined. Conventional power plants generate power by boiling water to produce steam that spins huge electricity-generating turbines.
Explainer
How Does the Sun Affect Our Climate?
Learn how the sun affects our climate in this primer from the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Explainer
Why Does CO2 get more attention than other gases?
Climate change is primarily a problem of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Podcast
Living with Rising Seas: Stories from Chronically Flooded Communities
Scientist and climate advocate Nicole Hernandez Hammer and Pulitzer-prize nominated journalist Derrick Z. Jackson talk about what they are seeing on the ground in chronically flooded coastal communities.
Explainer
The Ozone Hole and Global Warming
Information about the ozone hole and global warming. The ozone hole is not a mechanism of global warming, but both the ozone hole and global warming are caused by human activities.