📣: Make sure you listen to the newest Evidence Based Birth® podcast episode! UCS Climate Policy Advocate Alicia Race talked about the impact of extreme weather on pregnancy with Dr. Dekker.

Listen to episode 383 here: bit.ly/4pF2V00

#EvidenceBasedBirth #EBBirth #EBBPodcast #DangerSeason

Every person in the US was hit by at least one extreme weather alert between May and October 2025. Juan Declet Barreto’s latest blog reviews #DangerSeason 2025 and how the Trump administration's attacks on science are worsening these impacts.

Blog: act.ucsusa.org/4rjUGII

What We’re Watching: Lightning-Ignited Wildfires, Smoke, and New Wildfire Research Lightning strikes ignite fires across abnormally dry parts of California.

This week in Danger Season:

1. Lightning strikes ignite fires across abnormally dry parts of California
2. Air quality and extreme heat collide on the West Coast
3. Research sharpens the connections between climate change and extreme wildfire weather

#wildfire #Dangerseason #airquality

This week in #DangerSeason: In climate science news, more than 70 million Americans experienced a record number of days that are uncomfortably humid in June and July, along with record-breaking heat. Wildfires across Canada and the American West have created poor air quality for millions.

What We’re Watching: Wildfire Smoke and Trump Administration Mirrors Believe your lungs, not the lies.

🧵 #DangerSeason 8/7
Beware the air. This week, some of the worst air quality (AQ) conditions on Earth enveloped US cities, particularly in the Midwest and Northeast. The wildfires burning now aren’t the same fires that burned 30 years ago, and we know who to blame: the fossil fuel industry.

What We’re Watching: Endangered in Danger Season This week, many of us are trying to avoid the health impacts of an extended heat dome while watching the craven and shameless efforts of the Trump administration.

This week in #DangerSeason: The Trump administration is trying to convince us that climate change isn’t a danger, by rolling back something literally called the Endangerment Finding. Learn what’s at stake in our weekly outlook:

What We’re Watching: Endangered in Danger Season Erika Spanger and Ashley Seifert-Nunes contributed to this post. This week in Danger Season, many of us are trying to avoid the health impacts of an extended heat dome while watching the craven and...

🧵7/31 in #DangerSeason: Staying safe under a #HeatDome while watching the craven and shameless efforts of the Trump administration. The con: #ClimateChange isn't a danger. Let's roll back the #EndangermentFinding.

Believe your own experience, not their gaslighting. And act accordingly.

Thanks to Georgia state representatives Viola Davis, Kim Schofield, and Sandra G. Scott, who are taking steps to protect workers from deadly heat. Here's the report they cited 🔗https://www.ucs.org/resources/too-hot-to-work

#ClimateChange #ExtremeHeat #DangerSeason

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know It's hot and getting hotter. But climate action is cool.

#KillerHeat is... killing us🌡️ 💀. The ocean is losing its cool🌊🥵. We're making a U-turn away from solutions. (!!!). BUT heat responds quickly to reduced emissions if we #ActOnClimate.

#DangerSeason is baking us. And this could be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives. This is #ClimateChange

As a Heat Wave Roiled Illinois, People Incarcerated Suffered The Most - Inside Climate News Deteriorating conditions in the state’s prisons and climate change could be a potentially deadly combination, advocates warn.

"In a July 24 letter to Gov. JB Pritzker from Uptown People’s Law Center, the local public interest law firm alleges that people inside multiple Illinois Department of Corrections facilities are being kept in dangerous conditions, exacerbated by extreme heat." #DangerSeason

Protect NOAA and FEMA from Trump's Dangerous Budget Cuts Tell Congress to reject any proposal that weakens the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Weather forecasting, emergency prepared...

Congress must reclaim its power-of-the-purse authority to halt attacks on vital agencies and safeguards and work quickly to undo the damage already done. The answer to worsening #DangerSeason will never lie in anti-science solutions. bit.ly/4lkqppC

Too Hot to Work Study shows outdoor workers in the US have up to 35 times the risk of dying from heat exposure than the general population.

#KillerHeat is especially deadly for children, elderly, disabled, and unhoused populations, those living in urban #HeatIslands, correctional facilities. During #DangerSeason outdoor workers also face staggering risks. bit.ly/3TEIB11

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Trump Administration Attempts Burying Climate Change Evidence to Further Fossil Fuel Agenda If there aren't government records of climate change, is climate change still happening? (Yes.)

This administration’s assault on policies and safeguards that keep people safe during #DangerSeason – and beyond – include cuts at NOAA, EPA, FEMA, etc., and jeopardize weather forecasting accuracy and disaster assistance. Under Trump, NOAA also plans to stop tracking disaster data. bit.ly/4ljYNk1

Trump Administration Attempts Burying Climate Change Evidence to Further Fossil Fuel Agenda If there aren't government records of climate change, is climate change still happening? (Yes.)

This administration’s assault on policies and safeguards that keep people safe during #DangerSeason and beyond include cuts at NOAA, EPA, FEMA, etc., & jeopardize weather forecasting accuracy and disaster assistance. Under Trump, NOAA also plans to stop tracking disaster data🚨 bit.ly/4ljYNk1

This #DangerSeason, #hurricane activity is predicted to be above normal, with 17 named storms, including 9 hurricanes with 4 likely to be major storms.

Too Hot to Work Study shows outdoor workers in the US have up to 35 times the risk of dying from heat exposure than the general population.

#KillerHeat is especially deadly for children, elderly, disabled, and unhoused populations, those living in urban #HeatIslands, correctional facilities, and those lacking access to air conditioning. During #DangerSeason outdoor workers also face staggering risks. bit.ly/3TEIB11

Danger Season 2025 How many people are currently facing extreme weather alerts? Our tool, updated daily, will show you.

📢@ucs.org #DangerSeason tool calculates daily heat, wildfire weather, storm, flood and air quality alerts in the United States and its territory of Puerto Rico. As scientists scramble to survive the Trump administration's attacks and censorship, the climate crisis quickens. bit.ly/3HZ63DN

Trump Administration Attempts Burying Climate Change Evidence to Further Fossil Fuel Agenda If there aren't government records of climate change, is climate change still happening? (Yes.)

Congress must reclaim its power-of-the-purse authority to halt attacks on vital agencies and safeguards and work quickly to undo the damage already done. The answer to worsening #DangerSeason will never lie in anti-science solutions. Can we count on you to push back @lisamurkowski.bsky.social?

‼️🌡️ Holy #DangerSeason, Batman! Over 288 million are under alert today! Find out more about these #climate hazards with our interactive tool: 🔗 dangerseason.ucs.org

What We’re Watching: Climate and Political Whiplash This week in Danger Season we’re thinking about the current whiplash the nation is experiencing from both our climate and our politics, we’re looking at the gathering eastern US heat wave, and we’re t...

This week in #DangerSeason: #KillerHeat, back in a big way; people get it: this is #ClimateChange; a counterintuitive factor fuels #FlashFloods; the Trump administration's policy whiplash widens. Want to push back? Join our action hour. 🔗⬇️
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This is the summer of flooding across the US, and scientists know why — CNN Summer has increasingly become a season marked by deadly disasters, underscoring the escalating volatility of our warming world.

“This is the summer of #flooding across the US, and scientists know why” — @cnn.com
#ClimateCrisis #DangerSeason
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The worsening impacts of #ClimateChange are on full display during #DangerSeason. Curious about why and what it means? Check this 🧵⬇️:

You can also view our #DangerSeason animation and watch related videos on TikTok: 🔗 bit.ly/4eWezzz

Danger Season As the climate crisis worsens, the months of May through October amount to Danger Season in the US. This series explains the link between climate change and these worsening impacts during the summer m...

Our #DangerSeason series explains the link between #ClimateChange and these worsening impacts from May-October, who is affected most, and what we can do to prepare and build resiliency.

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Currently, more than 144 million people in the US are under a #DangerSeason alert. The #DangerSeason map shows hazards for 7/17. Yellow = #ExtremeHeat, solid red = #FireWeather, red = #AirQuality, green = #flooding, blue = multiple hazards. Dynamic map is here: dangerseason.ucs.org

What We’re Watching: Heat, Floods, and Fires Threaten Multiple US Regions While Fossil Fuel Industry Seeks Legal Immunity More flash flood warnings have been issued this year to date than any other year since 1986.

This week in #DangerSeason: #Climate extremes collide with Administration cuts; 💧multiple #FlashFlood records broken; 🔥wildfires make for bad air quality; 🥵 hot all over; ⛽SHOCKER - #FossilFuel industry doesn’t want their share of blame or costs.

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Where is tornado alley? How the deadliest storm zone in the U.S. is shifting east — National Geographic Scientists say a new epicenter is forming for the deadliest storm zone in the U.S. Here’s where people are now most at risk from tornadoes.

“Where is #Tornadoalley? How the deadliest storm zone in the U.S. is shifting east” — Nat Geo
#Tornado #Twister #ClimateCrisis #DangerSeason #ExtremeWeather

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Danger Season 2025 How many people are currently facing extreme weather alerts? Our tool, updated daily, will show you.

4/7 Summer only began last month, yet 96% of the U.S. population has already faced at least one extreme weather alert this #DangerSeason — the warm months when climate-driven weather extremes in the U.S. tend to concentrate and do greatest harm.

Danger Season Disasters Hit People Hard Even as NOAA, FEMA Still Under Threat from Trump Administration Keep demanding Congress protect their funding and staffing.

This week in Danger Season had more than its share of terrible news AND some reasons for guarded optimism. In our #DangerSeason Weekly Outlook we capture both.