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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

With careful engineering and a forward-looking perspective, we can build a grid that is clean, affordable, and reliable, where renewables are empowered to keep the lights on.

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Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

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July 28, 2025

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President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

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From the Courtroom to the Internet, the Fight Over Federal Science Is On

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July 24, 2025

What We’re Watching: Climate and Political Whiplash

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July 23, 2025

The Great American Engine Stall: Science Budget Cuts Threaten US Innovation

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July 22, 2025

“Hydroclimate Whiplash”: How Extreme Rainfall and Drought Are Linked

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July 22, 2025

What Does Trump’s Budget Bill Mean for the Farm Bill?

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July 21, 2025

Six Months in, UCS Is in the Fight for the Long Haul

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July 21, 2025

New UCS Analysis Documents Six Months of the Trump Administration’s Destructive Actions

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July 17, 2025

The Terrible Texas Flood Tragedy Made Worse by Trump Administration’s Dysfunctional FEMA Response

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July 17, 2025

What We’re Watching: Heat, Floods, and Fires Threaten Multiple US Regions While Fossil Fuel Industry Seeks Legal Immunity

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July 16, 2025

EPA Moves to Ignore Power Plant Carbon Emissions, Deny Climate Science

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July 15, 2025

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Buenas prácticas para una transición de tierra justa en California

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July 14, 2025

An Important Lesson for These Times from Environmental Justice’s Earliest Days

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July 11, 2025

We Watched Neil Jacobs’ Confirmation Hearing for NOAA Administrator and Are Concerned About What We Heard

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July 11, 2025

Danger Season Disasters Hit People Hard Even as NOAA, FEMA Still Under Threat from Trump Administration

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July 10, 2025

Power Hungry: Why Data Centers Are Developing Their Own Energy Sources to Fuel AI

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Ask a Scientist: How Livestreaming 100 Hours of Weather and Climate Moved Thousands to Action

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July 9, 2025

The Court Has Spoken: A Healthy Climate is a Human Right

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July 8, 2025

The Russell-Einstein Manifesto: A Call to Avoid Nuclear War Resonates 70 Years Later

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July 8, 2025

What China’s Approach to Iran Tells Us About Its Foreign Policy

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