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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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July 9, 2025

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

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September 15, 2017

Western Wildfires Add to Disasters the Nation Faces: Will Congress Take Action?

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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September 15, 2017

Truck and Bus Legislation to Watch in California

Jimmy O'Dea
Former Contributor

September 14, 2017

North Korea’s Sept. 15 Missile Launch over Japan

David Wright
Former Contributor

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September 14, 2017

Why Does the Cost of Offshore Wind Keep Dropping?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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September 14, 2017

Self-Driving Vehicle Policy: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

September 14, 2017

Why Did Hurricane Irma Leave so Many People in the Dark?

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

September 13, 2017

Tennessee Valley Authority’s Nuclear Safety Culture Déjà vu

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 12, 2017

What Is Grid Modernization—and What’s the Role of Electric Vehicles?

Peter O'Connor
Former contributor

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September 12, 2017

What Scott Pruitt Still Gets Wrong About Chemical Safety Post-Hurricane Harvey

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

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September 12, 2017

The Northeast Should Limit Pollution from Transportation

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

Red knots on Cape May: The population of the rufa subspecies of red knot has declined by an estimated 75 percent over the past two decades as sea level rise, shoreline stabilization, and Arctic warming shrink its habitat.

September 12, 2017

Sea Level Rise Threatens Cape May, New Jersey, and Its Vulnerable Visitors

Derrick Z. Jackson
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September 11, 2017

Will New Scientific Breakthroughs Pave the Way for More Climate-Related Lawsuits?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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September 11, 2017

Will Chevron’s New CEO Show More Vision on Climate?

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September 11, 2017

Broken Valve in Emergency System at LaSalle Nuclear Plant

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 8, 2017

Florida’s Nuclear Plants and Hurricane Irma

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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September 8, 2017

Recovery After Hurricane Harvey: Will There Be Justice for All?

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

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September 8, 2017

UCS Experts' View of Risk and Preparedness as the Impacts of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Mount

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

September 8, 2017

Strategic missile defense failures: who’s to blame?

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

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September 7, 2017

Hurricane Season's Impact at the Pump and Why Fuel Efficiency Matters

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

September 7, 2017

Flooded by Hurricane Harvey: New Map Shows Energy, Industrial, and Superfund Sites

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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September 7, 2017

Why Congress Should Put the "Nutrition" Back in Nutrition Assistance

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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September 6, 2017

Superfund Sites and the Floods of Hurricane Harvey: Foreseeable or an “Act of God"?

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

US Naval Research Laboratory

September 5, 2017

¿Está en zona de peligro de inundaciones por Irma o José? Esté atento a los avisos de las agencias locales y usa éste mapa para enterarte de tu riesgo.

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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