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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

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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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September 24, 2018

The Coal Bailout Nobody is Talking About

Joseph Daniel
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September 21, 2018

In a Warming World, Carolina CAFOs Are a Disaster for Farmers, Animals, and Public Health

Karen Perry Stillerman
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September 21, 2018

Utilities Look Toward a Clean Energy Future, Yet the Administration Keeps Looking Back

Jeremy Richardson
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September 21, 2018

Hurricane Florence: One Week Later Here’s What We Know and Here’s What’s Next

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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September 21, 2018

Sea Level Rise: New Interactive Map Shows What’s at Stake in Coastal Congressional Districts

Kristy Dahl
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September 19, 2018

California Ready to Take Action on Clean Transportation after Climate Summit

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

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September 19, 2018

Here’s What Agriculture of the Future Looks Like: The Multiple Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture Quantified

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

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September 18, 2018

The Department of Interior Does Not Care What You Think About Endangered Species

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

September 18, 2018

Mass. Gas Explosions: What Can We Do About Home Fossil Fuels?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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September 17, 2018

What’s for Dinner? A Preview of the People, Process, and Politics Updating Federal Dietary Guidelines

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

September 14, 2018

Even More Than 100% Clean: California’s Audacious Net-Zero Carbon Challenge

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

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September 13, 2018

The EPA Can’t Stop Polluters When the Trump Administration Cuts Enforcement Staff

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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September 13, 2018

Mr President, More Than 3,000 Deaths is Not an “Incredible, Unsung Success”

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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September 13, 2018

The Price of Large-Scale Solar Keeps Dropping

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

September 13, 2018

Fatal Accident at Arkansas Nuclear One

Dave Lochbaum
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September 12, 2018

Zombie Truck Theater: A House Science Committee Hearing

Jonna Hamilton
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September 12, 2018

Los peligros escondidos del huracán ‘Florence’: mareas catastróficas e inundaciones al interior amenazan a comunidades rurales y de bajos recursos

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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September 12, 2018

Hurricane Florence Threatens East Coast Electricity Infrastructure

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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September 11, 2018

The Hidden Dangers of Hurricane Florence: Catastrophic Storm Surge and Inland Flooding Threatens Rural and Low-Income Communities

Rachel Cleetus
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September 11, 2018

Global Climate Summit: Thank Goodness for Clean Energy State Champs

Ken Kimmell
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September 11, 2018

Why We Need to Humanize Chemists, and All Scientists

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September 10, 2018

Hurricane Florence: Four Things You Should Know That Your Meteorologist is Truly Too Busy to Tell You

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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September 10, 2018

Puerto Rican Scientists and the Communities They Serve: “Resistance is Resilience”

Juan Declet-Barreto
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September 10, 2018

Community Choice Aggregation Puts Communities in Control of Their Electricity

Laura Wisland
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