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July 10, 2025

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

The spread of AI data centers is larger, more numerous, and faster-growing than anything that has come before to the electric utilities. The potential for this to cause supply shortages and costs for consumers is plain to see.

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

The 100-Hour Weather & Climate Livestream

July 10, 2025

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

Michelle Rama-Poccia
Bilingual Writer and Podcast Host, Union of Concerned Scientists

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July 9, 2025

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

Carly Phillips
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July 22, 2019

UCS Extreme Heat Report: A Call to Action on Midwest Clean Energy

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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July 22, 2019

As Heatwave Blankets Nation, Utility Disconnect Policies Can Kill

Joseph Daniel
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July 22, 2019

Will the US Be a Dystopian Hellscape in 2100 if Emissions Keep Rising?

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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July 19, 2019

This Weekend’s Heatwave Is the Future of Extreme Heat: 3 Things You Should Know and Do

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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July 19, 2019

Raising the Bar on Offshore Wind: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Maine, Maryland, Virginia…

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

July 17, 2019

What I’ll Tell Congress at Today’s Hearing on Politics and Science

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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July 16, 2019

Who Breathes the Dirtiest Air from Vehicles in Colorado?

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Scientist

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July 16, 2019

Trump Administration Dramatically Reduces Penalties for Auto Inefficiency

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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July 16, 2019

Climate Change and Wine – Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

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July 16, 2019

5 Great Public Health Resources for Dealing With Extreme Heat

Rachel Licker
Former Staff

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July 16, 2019

Top Ten Heat-Related Terms You Need to Pay Attention to While Reading UCS’s Killer Heat Report

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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July 15, 2019

Attacks on Public Health and Safety that the Scientific Integrity Act Could Have Prevented

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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July 15, 2019

Drilling Down on the Attempted Takedown of the Government’s Advisory Committees

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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July 15, 2019

Groups Urge Support of Scientific Integrity Act as Congressional Hearing Looms

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

July 15, 2019

Trumpery, Codswallop, and this Administration’s Real Environmental Record

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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July 15, 2019

10 Ways Andrew Wheeler Has Decimated EPA Protections in Just One Year

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

July 12, 2019

Two Major Takeaways from the Second Dietary Guidelines Public Meeting

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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July 12, 2019

How Climate Risks Get Compounded: Louisiana Grapples With Heavy Rain, Tropical Storm Barry, and Swollen Mississippi

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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July 12, 2019

Don’t Fall for Atkins PR Ploy: For Healthy Diets, We Need Strong Government Support

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

July 11, 2019

Do Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Hold the Key to Peace in Northeast Asia?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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July 11, 2019

PFAS Amendments Form a Blueprint for Remedying National Toxic Threat

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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July 11, 2019

How Alaska’s Recent Heat Wave May Worsen Climate Warming

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

July 10, 2019

Censoring a Senior Analyst at the State Department for Telling the Truth is a Damned Shame

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

July 10, 2019

The House is Setting a New, More Rational Direction for US Nuclear Policy

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

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