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August 26, 2026

To Build a Reliable and Affordable Grid, We Need Better Data From Data Centers

Incomplete and inaccurate information about data center plans and their electricity demand risks saddling ratepayers with unneeded costly fossil fuel plants.

Sandra Sattler
Senior Energy Modeler

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August 25, 2026

3 Ways Scientists Can Help Hold Major Polluters Accountable Under the Trump Administration

Carly Phillips
Senior Scientist

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August 24, 2026

California’s Costly, Energy-Islanding Regulation: Why Big Oil Wants to Keep It

Daniel Barad
Western States Associate Director

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August 26, 2026

To Build a Reliable and Affordable Grid, We Need Better Data From Data Centers

Sandra Sattler
Senior Energy Modeler

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August 25, 2026

3 Ways Scientists Can Help Hold Major Polluters Accountable Under the Trump Administration

Carly Phillips
Senior Scientist

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August 24, 2026

California’s Costly, Energy-Islanding Regulation: Why Big Oil Wants to Keep It

Daniel Barad
Western States Associate Director

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August 20, 2026

How Climate Change Is Drying up the Western US

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August 18, 2026

Protecting Science from Government Intimidation

Guest Commentary

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August 13, 2026

Ask a Scientist: How Do We Track the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science?

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August 12, 2026

Diesel Emission Controls Work…Which Is Why They Are Under Attack

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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August 11, 2026

What Are Nature-Based Solutions and Why Are They Needed Now?

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

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August 11, 2026

¿Qué son las soluciones basadas en la naturaleza y por qué hacen falta?

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

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August 10, 2026

Meta Hides Data Center Info As it Pushes More Risks to Entergy’s Customers

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

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August 10, 2026

Congress Passes ROAD to Housing Act: What’s Needed Next for Climate-Resilient Homes?

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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August 7, 2026

Senate Confirms Unqualified Cameron Hamilton to Lead FEMA

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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August 6, 2026

Data Centers Are Already Stressing the Grid. Regulators Are Playing Catch-up.

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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August 3, 2026

A World Ablaze: The Climate Future We Feared Is Here

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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August 3, 2026

EPA Stopped Updating the Data Behind Electric Vehicle Emissions. The Numbers Still Show EVs Are Winners

David Reichmuth
Research Director, Clean Transportation Program

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July 28, 2026

Common Ground Video Game Lets Players Manage Cropland Transition in California’s Central Valley

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July 22, 2026

Update: Attacks on Independent Science and How We’re Fighting Back

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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July 21, 2026

Research at Risk: The Latest Proposal to Devastate the National Science Foundation

Kei Koizumi
Senior Advisor

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July 16, 2026

Extreme Heat, Extreme Costs: How Danger Season Exacerbates the Affordability Crisis

Sital Sathia
Analyst, Energy Justice & Resilience

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July 15, 2026

Unprecedented Earth: Record Super El Niño, Marine Heatwaves, and Heat Domes

Marc Alessi
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July 15, 2026

Science Is Under Attack. But Scientists Are Speaking Up

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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July 15, 2026

What Election Data Transparency Is and What It Should Never Be

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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July 13, 2026

Midwest’s Blowout Year of Storms, Power Outages Is a Window into Its Climate-Changed Future; We Must Heed It

Rachel Licker
Former UCS Staff

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July 9, 2026

Big Temps, Big Storms, and Climate Change: Talking About Extreme Event Attribution

Carly Phillips
Senior Scientist