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photo of the Minnesota State Capitol building, with trees and grass below and blue sky above

Mulad/Wikimedia Commons

February 16, 2023

Minnesota Proves Its Readiness for Carbon-Free Electricity

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Marcia Cassidy Communications

February 13, 2023

Tres pasos para avanzar la acción climática en Massachusetts

Paula Garcia
Senior Manager of Energy Justice Research and Policy

photo of Maura Healey behind a microphone and with her right hand raised to take the oath of office and become governor of Massachusetts

Brian Snyder/Reuters

February 13, 2023

Three Steps for Equitable Climate Action in Massachusetts

Paula Garcia
Senior Manager of Energy Justice Research and Policy

NREL

February 6, 2023

Can Solar, Storage and Efficiency Help Us Survive Winters Like This?

Maria Chavez
Energy Analyst

A protestor holds up a sign reading "we demand climate justice" at a Climate Strike and march in Pittsburgh on 9/24/21.

Mark Dixon/Flickr

January 30, 2023

Six Ways Science Can Boost Climate Accountability in 2023

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

Bao Chau/Unsplash

January 30, 2023

Minnesota: Will This Be the Year for a 100-Percent Carbon-Free Electricity Policy?

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Dennis Schroeder, NREL/Flickr

January 26, 2023

ESG Investing Fight Is Heating up in Kentucky and Could Cost Taxpayers

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

Marii Sha/Unsplash

January 24, 2023

Storm Elliott Knocked Out Fossil-Fuel Power. We’ve Been Here Before.

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Elliott Negin

January 18, 2023

Should New Gas Stoves Be Banned?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

A bright, sunny day on the open ocean: a line of offshore wind turbines is visible along with an American flag, presumably mounted on a boat

Erika Spanger-Siegfried/UCS

January 12, 2023

Offshore Wind: What to Watch For in 2023

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Cinzy Hidden/Flickr

January 4, 2023

What Does Western Grid Regionalization Mean for California?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Argonne National Laboratory/Flickr

December 22, 2022

Want Clean Energy? Then You Also Want Battery Recycling.

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

Dan Lundberg/Flickr

December 22, 2022

Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

An example of microgeneration via a micro-grid in Cape Verde, using small wind turbines, solar PV and energy storage to power a community.

Munro89/Wikimedia Commons

December 22, 2022

How Are Lithium-ion Batteries that Store Solar and Wind Power Made?

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

Lawrence Livermore National Security/Wikipedia

December 21, 2022

What Does a Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Mean for Energy Production and Nuclear Weapons?

Dylan Spaulding
Senior Scientist

Ted McGrath/Flickr

December 20, 2022

Why Energy Bills Will Be Even Higher This Winter

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Peter Chou Kee Liu/Flickr

December 12, 2022

Just and Sustainable Solutions for the Mining and Recycling of Rare Earth Elements in Wind Turbines

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

Wind turbine blades being transported by train through Denver.

Dennis Schroeder/NREL

December 12, 2022

What Happens to Wind Turbine Blades at the End of Their Life Cycle?

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

Workers watch installation of wind turbine blades.

Dennis Schroeder/NREL

December 12, 2022

How Are Wind Turbines Made?

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland from Just Stop Oil addressing the public after throwing tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh’s Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers (1888).

Video still by @damiengayle

December 8, 2022

Ask a Scientist: In Moments of Despair, Climate Progress Can Keep Hope Alive

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

ACES/Brady Delf/Flickr

December 5, 2022

More Fossil Natural Gas Won’t Lower High Energy Bills

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Ikcerog/Wikimedia Commons

December 1, 2022

How Will DTE’s Long-Term Plan Impact Michigan’s Clean Energy Future?

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Douglas Rissing/iStockphoto

November 21, 2022

For Global Climate Success, New England Must Seize Climate and Clean Energy Opportunities

Roger Stephenson
Former Contributor

UN/Kiara Worth CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

November 16, 2022

COP27 Heads into Final Stretch with Critical Issues Still in the Balance

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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