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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

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June 18, 2018

Trump Wants a New Low-Yield Nuclear Weapon. But the US Has Plenty Already.

Eryn MacDonald
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June 18, 2018

Peter Wright’s 50+ Chemical Facility Conflicts: A Disaster Waiting to Happen

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June 15, 2018

Massachusetts Senate Unanimously Endorses a Bold Vision for Clean Transportation

Daniel Gatti
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June 14, 2018

Hey California, Let’s Spare the Air and Turn Down the Gas

Laura Wisland
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June 13, 2018

Contents Under Pressure: Speak Out Against EPA Proposed Chemical Facility Safety Rollbacks That Put Communities at Risk

Charise Johnson
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June 13, 2018

New Evidence Shows Just How Bad the Trump Administration is at Governing

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

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June 13, 2018

Acceso equitativo a la energía solar en Massachusetts, en manos del Senado

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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June 12, 2018

Massachusetts’s Clean Energy Economy: What the Legislature Needs to Do Now

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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June 12, 2018

We Ranked All 50 States from Farm to Fork. Why We Bothered—and a Taste of Our Takeaways

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

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June 12, 2018

ExxonMobil Refuses to Give Scientists the Floor: Reflections from a Corporate Shareholders’ Meeting

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June 12, 2018

Supreme Court Ignores Science, Enables Voter Purging, But Data May Have Final Say

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

June 11, 2018

The Versatile Test Reactor Debate: Round 2

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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June 7, 2018

Will Chevron Show Leadership in Climate Solutions? Notes From the 2018 Shareholders’ Meeting

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June 7, 2018

Our Latest Automaker Rankings: What The Industry Needs to do to Keep Moving Forward

Dave Cooke
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June 6, 2018

It’s Time to Implement Stronger Autonomous Vehicle Testing Standards

Richard Ezike
Former Contributor

June 5, 2018

Update on the Low-Yield Trident Warhead: Time for the Senate to Step Up

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

June 5, 2018

Why NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System Matters

Rachel Licker
Former Staff

June 2, 2018

Debriefing the EPA’s Science Advisory Board Meeting

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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June 1, 2018

Who’s Interested in the Trump Coal Bailout?

Mike Jacobs
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June 1, 2018

The difference between 4,645 and 64 deceased in the aftermath of Hurricane María is… science

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

June 1, 2018

What the Failed House Farm Bill Got Wrong About SNAP and Work

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

June 1, 2018

New House Bill Cuts Critical Climate Research. The Senate Could Stop it

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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June 1, 2018

Now That Xcel Won’t Get Its Nuclear Bill, What’s Next?

Jessica Collingsworth
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June 1, 2018

How Does Pollution from Animal Agriculture Compare to Vehicle Pollution?

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