A newly drafted Pittsburgh Steelers player asked whether the city’s rivers are safe for swimming. A water researcher explains what ‘swimmable’ really means regarding the three rivers.
At the heart of combating misinformation is critical thinking and recognizing when you’re being spun for corporate profit.
Did you know that different species of marsh birds need different water levels within a wetland to thrive? Marsh Wrens, for instance, need plants that cluster together in shallow marshes to...
The Swainson’s Warbler is prized by birdwatchers and difficult for scientists to study because of the dense habitat it occupies across South Carolina and the southern U.S. Think lowland swamps...
Lately… It feels like every time I check the news, there’s another hindrance to the fight for climate justice. Policy rollbacks, hard won protections quietly being dismantled, fossil fuel executives sliding into key government positions, clean energy projects stalled—sometimes it’s hard not to wonder if we’re moving backward when we so desperately need to move
Last year, in my first blog post for UCS, I asked a question still on the minds of many Americans: “Do we still have a democracy?” Drawing on my previous work advocating for the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and my experience with the national NAACP as a policy analyst, I observed the relentless campaign to
(Washington, D.C.—June 18,2026) The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee yesterday advanced the bipartisan America the Beautiful Act, legislation that would reauthorize the National...
Local needs, political tensions and corporate power all get involved in the democratic processes by which Americans govern their communities.
This spring, birds wasted no time in returning to their breeding grounds on the Lower Cape Fear River and surrounding sites to court mates, build nests, and lay eggs. Although the timing of migration...
Cholao, a small Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is becoming a well-known character among Audubon's social media followers. Why? Because of its migratory journey, which started in the Cauca...
This piece originally was published by InsideSources on June 11, 2026. People and businesses nationwide are reckoning with rapidly rising electricity costs. Last year, 80 million people struggled to afford their utility bills. At the same time, electricity demand is newly surging from the AI-driven buildout of massive data centers, threatening even higher electricity costs
Heat waves do more than dry out vegetation that can easily burn. They also play a role in lightning strikes, particularly dry lightning.