Large-scale power outages are increasingly common across the United States. Damaging storms, extreme weather, and a growing demand for electricity are straining our nation’s aging power ...

Solar’s growing role in the electricity mix The U.S. added more than 121 GW of utility- and small-scale solar capacity in total during the last decade — meaning there was nearly eight times ...

Cutting emissions of methane—a potent greenhouse gas—is considered the most effective strategy to quickly slow warming. New and better data play a key role in enabling rapid reductions.

Figure 1. Sapporo, Japan: Projected Future Sea Levels Utilizing Google Earth images, Climate Central developed realistic renderings of coastal locations under different future warming scenarios ...

KEY CONCEPTS Climate Central analyzed how and where urban heat islands boost temperatures within 65 major U.S. cities that are home to 50 million people, or 15% of the total U.S. population. The ...

SOLAR National Solar Power in 2023 By the end of 2023, the U.S. had an estimated total capacity of 139 gigawatts from utility- and small-scale solar installations — an increase of more than 26 ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Top 10 Hottest Years in the U.S. Global carbon emissions from burning coal, oil, and methane gas climbed to their highest levels ever in 2024. This heat-trapping ...

Around 80% of Americans live in urban areas, and this could jump to nearly 90% by 2050. As urban populations expand, so do concerns about climate risks in cities. Built environments can boost ...

Public and private clean investments have focused on buying, making, and using different technologies in various states. These rankings partly depend on state size, population, natural resources ...

Sweltering in Grand Rapids? Imagine how summer feels in Memphis. New analysis shows how warming could make summers in 247 U.S. cities feel like an entirely different part of the country—or the ...

2024 is on track to be Earth’s hottest year on record, and the U.S. experienced 24 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters this year through November.

KEY CONCEPTS Of all major U.S. power outages reported from 2000 to 2023, 80% (1,755) were due to weather. Most weather-related outages were caused by severe weather (58%), winter storms (23%), and ...