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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

With careful engineering and a forward-looking perspective, we can build a grid that is clean, affordable, and reliable, where renewables are empowered to keep the lights on.

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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July 24, 2025

Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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July 23, 2025

Who Really Pays for Data Centers Powered By Fossil Fuels?

Maria Chavez
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August 10, 2017

Floods, Droughts, and Soil: The Movie (or, Why I Destroyed a Small City for Page Views)

Andrea Basche
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August 10, 2017

The Solar Eclipse and Our Electricity Supply: Why We've Got This Covered

Laura Wisland
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August 9, 2017

How Healthier Soils Help Farms and Communities Downstream Deal with Floods and Droughts

Andrea Basche
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The world's largest fossil fuel companies have worked to deceive hte public about the realities and risks of climate change for decades. Photo: Steve Garvie

August 8, 2017

US Abandons Global Science Leadership, Zeroes Out IPCC Funding

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

August 4, 2017

Got Climate Science Questions, Administrator Pruitt? Ask the US National Academy of Sciences

Peter Frumhoff
Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist

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August 4, 2017

Coal-Fired Power Producers Announce a New Game Plan: Wind, Wind, Wind

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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August 4, 2017

Conferences and Condors: UCS Unveils a New Toolkit for Scientists Engaging on the Endangered Species Act

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

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August 4, 2017

7 Fun Facts for National Farmers Market Week

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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August 3, 2017

On Healing Sick Ecosystems

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August 3, 2017

Dead Zone 2017: Even Worse than Predicted (and That's an Understatement)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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August 3, 2017

Three Renewable Energy Numbers to Impress Your Friends With: 7, 43, 50

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

August 3, 2017

NRC’s Decision Making: 18 Reasons Why You Are Right, but Wrong

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer in a shaded coffee farm in Chiapas, Mexico. They use diverse shaded coffee as a model system to study ecological complexity and its implications for farm management and biodiversity conservation.

August 2, 2017

Agroecology to the Rescue: 7 Ways Ecologists are Working Toward Healthier Food Systems

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

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August 1, 2017

Energy Department Scientists Barred From Attending Nuclear Power Conference

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

July 30, 2017

Simorgh Launch: Iran’s Bigger Ride to Space Gets off the Ground

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

July 28, 2017

The Health Care Vote and the Ethic of Responsibility

Ken Kimmell
Former President

July 28, 2017

North Korean ICBM Appears Able to Reach Major US Cities

David Wright
Former Contributor

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July 27, 2017

LA Metro's Opportunity to Lead

Jimmy O'Dea
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July 26, 2017

Marijuana and Nuclear Power Plants

Dave Lochbaum
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July 25, 2017

Climate and Energy in the Health Care Sector: An Interview with Bill Ravanesi

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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July 25, 2017

Maine Benefits From Space Observations: Will Congress Axe Them?

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

July 25, 2017

Lessons for Fighting the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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July 25, 2017

Rising Seas Erode Homes and History in Alaska—Let's Talk Relocation

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The number of electric vehicles on sale in the U.S. continues to grow.

July 24, 2017

Electric Cars Are Critical to a Clean Future

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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