• Chris Whitehead, Sitka Tribe of Alaska. Used with permission.

    • Alaskan Tribes Join Together to Assess Harmful Algal Blooms

  • Menominee Nation Sustainability Development Program. Used with permission

    • College of Menominee Nation's Sustainable Development Institute Builds Capacity for Tribal Climate Change Adaptation
    Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic Planning (SNAP) Tools

  • Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

    • Watching for Wind: An Effort to Get the Upper Hand on Wildfire
    Santa Ana Winds Wildfire Threat Index

  • King of Hearts. CC-BY-SA-3.0, GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons

    • Working Together to Keep the Lights on in New York City

  • Fond du Lac Resource Management Division. Used with permission.

    • The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Combine Mitigation with Capacity Building

    Energy Consumption

    Utility records show that increased temperatures increase overall energy consumption in the United States. As global temperatures increase, locations can expect fewer extremely cold days (<10° F) during winter and more extremely hot days (>95° F) during summer. For the Southeast, Great Plains, and the Southwest, the number of extremely hot days is projected to increase substantially compared to the decrease in the number of extremely cold days.

    Energy Production

    Changes in the Energy System

    In 2016, natural gas replaced coal as the leading source of electricity generation in the United States, and net imports of petroleum reached a new low. New drilling technologies (mainly hydraulic fracturing or "fracking") have increased natural gas production, lowered prices, and enabled greater consumption.

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