Elizabeth Weise
National Correspondent, Climate, Energy Transition
Elizabeth Weise is a national correspondent for USA TODAY based in San Francisco. An award-winning reporter with 25 years of experience, she was a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University and has long covered technology and science with a two-year break tracking COVID vaccine development. Her focus since 2022 is on climate change and the energy transition, with a spotlight on the solutions that are already available and being implemented today including wind turbines, solar farms, green energy, nuclear and geothermal. Data point: It's pronounced Weise, like "geese."
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My Recent Work
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Fact-checking clean energy myths. No, windmills aren't bird-killers.
Exclusive: Wind and solar are getting harder to build, despite needs
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USA TODAY’s investigation of clean energy opposition in maps, charts
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Wind and solar face resistance in Indiana. State leaders have a plan
Despite political skepticism, rural areas are seeing a windfall from renewable energy
Scientists play a waiting game with a giant volcano off the West Coast
Is America done with clean energy? Why wind, solar power are in peril
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'Hordes' of tarantulas coming this fall to Texas Oregon's 'tarantulas' will soon be on the move
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A tsunami that never ends? New study highlights risk along West Coast
Shaken up? How to tell whether what you just felt was an earthquake
Volcanoes are shaking in the US. Here's what that means for Washington Volcanoes in multiple states have been rumbling. What's going on?
What's at the center of a black hole? Here's the sobering answer.
The government plans to drop a horde of flies over Texas border
What to know about 'killer bees' now found in 13 states Are 'killer bees' closing in on your state? See how they're spreading.
At least 24 dead, children missing from summer camp in Texas flooding
Are fireworks safe? Doctors lament preventable 'horrific injuries.'
Pack a bag or pay up: Some plastic bag bans appear to be working
'Killer bees' spread across southern US; none in Md. or Pa.
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Army parade and 'No Kings' protests face rainy Saturday forecast
As Waymos burn amid LA protests, experts warn about safety
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