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Data Centers Are Changing the Grid. Our Energy Sources Should Evolve Too.

Conventional power plants are poorly matched to the fast, highly variable electronic loads inside hyperscale data centers.

Lee Shaver
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Union of Concerned Scientists

March 3, 2026

New Interactive Map Shows Racial Disparities in Turnout and Ballot Rejections in Recent Elections

Liza Gordon-Rogers
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March 3, 2026

Racial Disparities Already Undermine Elections—but the Threat to Democracy Is Growing

Liza Gordon-Rogers
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Wind turbines on the Bishop Hill wind farm operate among the corn and soybean fields near Bishop Hill, Ill., Sept. 14, 2017. USDA Photo by Preston Keres

January 28, 2019

Electric Utility Resource Plans Are Critical to the Midwest’s Energy Future

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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January 28, 2019

The Game is Changing: How Two Years of Trump Has Energized the Science Community

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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January 28, 2019

Two Years of Attacks on Science are Putting Public Health and Safety at Risk

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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January 25, 2019

Newly Formed PFAS Task Force Calls for Action to Clean Up Toxic Chemicals

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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January 25, 2019

Will Washington Step Up on Climate in 2019?

Jason Barbose
Former Contributor

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January 24, 2019

6 Utility Trends to Look Out For in 2019

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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January 23, 2019

Shutdown Fiasco Compounds Trump Assault on Kids’ Lunches

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

January 23, 2019

China and North Korea: A Viewer’s Guide

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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January 23, 2019

Offshore Wind: Four Ways You Can Help

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Tim Evanson

January 22, 2019

Organizing a Science Policy Workshop: What we learned in Bozeman, Montana

UCS Science Network

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January 18, 2019

A Look Back at Dr. King’s Demands for Food Justice

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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January 17, 2019

Three Climate Priorities the New Congress Can Actually Deliver On

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

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January 17, 2019

New Mexico’s Clean Energy Opportunity Knocks

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

January 16, 2019

New Analysis: US Missile Defense Tests Lack Realistic Decoys

David Wright
Former Contributor

January 14, 2019

A Failure of US Biosecurity: How Federal Regulators Helped a Japanese Beetle Cross the Border

UCS Science Network

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January 14, 2019

Trump Swamp Threatens Waters of the US

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

January 14, 2019

The Long-Overdue Missile Defense Review Expected (Again) This Week

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

January 11, 2019

Okinawa’s Burden

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

January 9, 2019

Record Number of Satellites in Orbit

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

January 8, 2019

Memo to Congress: America Already Has Low-yield Nuclear Warheads

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

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January 8, 2019

Mercury Is Toxic. Andrew Wheeler’s Proposed Rollback Is Even Worse.

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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January 8, 2019

Wind vs. Gas: Winter Wind Beats New Pipelines

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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January 8, 2019

The Government Shutdown Hurts Public Health and the Environment. Do You Have a Story to Tell?

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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January 8, 2019

Four Things the New Congress Can Do to Hold Trump’s USDA Accountable

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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