RELEASE: ClimateProgress’ In-Depth National and Regional Analysis of the National Climate Assessment

Washington, D.C. — Today, one week after the release of the National Climate Assessment, ClimateProgress released the culmination of their coverage of the national- and regional-level effects of climate change detailed in the report. From farmers in the Midwest, to native groups in Alaska, to oyster companies in the Pacific Northwest, ClimateProgress’ reporting includes reactions from people on the ground who are currently experiencing the impacts of climate change. ClimateProgress also spoke to various authors of the NCA and analyzed the coverage of the NCA on cable news.

“The National Climate Assessment is the definitive statement of current and future impacts of carbon pollution on the United States,” wrote Joe Romm, who is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and founding editor of ClimateProgress. “And the picture it paints is stark: Inaction will devastate much of the arable land of the nation’s breadbasket—and ruin a livable climate for most Americans.”

Read the analysis:

• Landmark Report Warns Time Is Running Out To Save U.S. From Climate Catastrophe
• Authors Of Major U.S. Climate Report: ‘The Old Normal Is Broken’
• U.S. Climate Report: For Some Native Groups, There’s Literally Nowhere To Run
• The Southeast U.S. Has Had More Billion-Dollar Disasters Than The Rest Of The Country Combined
• The Impact Of Climate Change On The Midwest: More Heat, More Droughts, More Floods, Fewer Crops
• As Population Surges, Harsh Climate Of Southwest Will Only Get Harsher
• Not Just Sea Level Rise: Northeast Faces Flooding From The Skies
• How Cable News Covered The Landmark Climate Change Report
• Are This Week’s Brutal Heat And Drought A Sign Of Things To Come For Plains States?
• The Worst TV News Reactions To The National Climate Assessment
• Ocean Acidification, Wildfires Are Taking Their Toll On The Pacific Northwest

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