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

Carly Phillips
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February 12, 2018

UCS is Surveying Federal Scientists Working Under the Trump Administration

Jacob Carter
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February 12, 2018

An Unseasonably “Hot” February for California’s Clean Energy Landscape

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

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February 8, 2018

Pruitt Squirming away from the Weight of Climate Evidence

Rachel Licker
Former Staff

February 8, 2018

Making the Leap from Coal to What Could Be: New Mexico’s Energy Future

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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February 8, 2018

Top Clean Cars and Trucks of 2018

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

February 8, 2018

NRC’s Project Aim: Off-target?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

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February 7, 2018

Trump Administration Raids Workers’ Tip Jars, Buries Data Showing That’s a Horrible Idea

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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February 7, 2018

Demolishing Public Protections to Build Trump’s Wall

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

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February 6, 2018

How One Utility Is Using Tax Reform to Hide a Billion-Dollar Climate Problem

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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February 5, 2018

Conflicts of Interest in the Trump Administration: The Cases of Alex Azar and Brenda Fitzgerald

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

February 5, 2018

Clinton Power Station: Déjà vu Transformer Problems

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 2, 2018

Rigor and Transparency as an Antidote to Politicization at EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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February 2, 2018

Your Home vs. Winter: Let these “Game of Thrones” Quotes Be Your Guide

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

February 2, 2018

Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review: Top Take-Aways

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

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February 2, 2018

Pruitt’s EPA Attempts to Undermine California’s Leadership on Vehicle Standards

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

February 1, 2018

China and Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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January 31, 2018

Why a Boring, Bureaucratic Reorganization at the Department of Energy Might Be Worse Than It Seems

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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January 31, 2018

When Renewable Energy Costs Fall Quickly, How Should Buyers Get Good Information?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

January 31, 2018

Science 1, Gobbledygook 0: Debunking Trump’s Climate Claims

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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January 31, 2018

Donald Trump’s State of the Union: Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

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January 31, 2018

State of the Union: The Values that Can Stop a Wrecking Ball Presidency

Ken Kimmell
Former President

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January 31, 2018

Sea Level Rise Will Make Oregon’s Existing Flooding Problems Worse

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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January 30, 2018

Cyanobacteria-Based Biofuel: an Innovative Platform for Clean Energy Production

UCS Science Network

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January 30, 2018

Governor Brown Aims to Boost California’s Leadership on Electric Cars

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

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