Getty Images 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
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May 28, 2019 Drops, Ripples, Waves: Reflections on a year of science advocacy from the 2018 UCS Science and Democracy Fellows (Part 1) UCS Science Network
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Photo: EPA May 22, 2019 Children’s Health Research Centers Protect Our Kids. The EPA Just Defunded Them. Kathleen Rest Former Executive Director
Morgan Swofford/UCS May 21, 2019 How Scientists are Responding to On the Media’s Reporting on Researcher Harassment Michael Halpern Former Contributor
Jose Jimenez Tirado / Getty Images file May 21, 2019 Acuerdo de Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica Es Pésimo Para Puerto Rico Paula Garcia Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead
US Navy May 20, 2019 If 3M Really Cares About the PFAS Science, Here’s How They Should Move Forward Genna Reed Former Staff
Photo by Zbynek Burival on Unsplash May 20, 2019 Xcel Energy’s Plan to Eliminate Coal and Boost Solar in Minnesota James Gignac Midwest Policy Director
EsbenS/Pixabay May 17, 2019 California’s Infrastructure Earns a C-. We Need More Equitable and Climate-Safe Infrastructure Now Jamesine Rogers Gibson Former Contributor
Photo: Climatereanalyzer.org May 17, 2019 Hot Arctic and a Chill in the Northeast: What’s Behind the Gloomy Spring Weather? Brenda Ekwurzel Director of Scientific Excellence
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 16, 2019 5 Reasons Why HB 6, Ohio’s Nuclear Plant Subsidy Proposal, Should Be Rejected Steve Clemmer Director of Energy Research & Analysis
Photo: John Rogers May 14, 2019 Three Ways Federal Infrastructure Policy Can Speed Up Our Clean Energy Transition Sam Gomberg Senior Analyst
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USDA May 13, 2019 Improving Transparency and Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest for Science Advisory Committees Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
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