Getty Images 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
Jeremy Bishop/Unsplash July 9, 2025 The Court Has Spoken: A Healthy Climate is a Human Right Carly Phillips Research Scientist
Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 April 21, 2017 Top Clean Cars from the 2017 New York Auto Show Josh Goldman Former Contributor
Photo: Wikimedia April 21, 2017 Why Scientists Are Fighting Back: We’ve Had Enough of Trump’s War on Facts Ken Kimmell Former President
Rising sea levels are already a threat to coastal historic buildings and the communities they anchor in places like Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. Photo: Octavio Abruto/iLCP April 20, 2017 I’m Marching for the Same Reason Preservationists Have Always Marched—to Save Places and the Communities They Anchor Guest Commentary
Dennis Schroeder/NREL April 20, 2017 Is Progress Stalled on Clean Energy? Nah. Look at What States are Doing. Ken Kimmell Former President
April 20, 2017 Who’s Driving Clean Energy Momentum? Ranking State Progress John Rogers Energy Campaign Analytic Lead
April 20, 2017 An Earth Day Salute to States Leading the Clean Energy Transition Laura Wisland Former Contributor
Photo: Black Rock Solar/CC BY 2.0, Flickr April 20, 2017 La energía limpia, el progreso de los estados y qué podemos hacer John Rogers Energy Campaign Analytic Lead
April 19, 2017 EPA Should Not Delay an Update to Its Chemical Facility Safety (RMP) Rule Yogin Kothari Former Contributor
Jeff Vanuga/USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service April 19, 2017 Farmers to Trump: Don’t Walk Away from Climate Action Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
The March for Science on April 22 must be unapologetically inclusive. Photo: March for Science April 19, 2017 Why I March for Science: The Frightening Risks We Aren’t Talking About Gretchen Goldman President of UCS
April 19, 2017 Science Just Saved My Daughter—The Most Important Reason Why I #StandUpForScience Juan Declet-Barreto Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability
April 18, 2017 No President Should Be Able to Start a Nuclear War Single-Handedly Eryn MacDonald Global Security Analyst
Travis Ivey April 17, 2017 Behind the Carbon Curtain: How the Energy Corporatocracy Censors Science UCS Science Network
Photo: Iowa State University/Lisa Schulte Moore April 17, 2017 Sustainable Agriculture on the Chopping Block in Iowa Andrea Basche Former contributor
In UCS's 2016 Climate Accountability Scorecard, both ExxonMobil and Chevron scored "poor" in the area of Planning for a World Free From Carbon Pollution. Look for a Scorecard update later this year. April 14, 2017 Chevron Denies Climate Risk to Shareholders While Supporting the Spread of Climate Disinformation Kathy Mulvey Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program
Photo: Michael O'Brien/CC BY-NC (Flickr) April 13, 2017 Why One Midwestern Scientist Will March for Climate Justice in Washington Jessica Collingsworth Former Contributor
Mori Point, Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Photo: National Park Service April 13, 2017 Restoring California's Coastal Ecosystems UCS Science Network
April 13, 2017 Beef, Palm Oil and Taking Responsibility: A Comment That TheOilPalm Wouldn’t Publish Doug Boucher Former Contributor
Photo: Argonne National Laboratory. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (Flickr) April 13, 2017 How Clean Are the Newest EVs? David Reichmuth Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program
April 13, 2017 Columbia Generating Station: NRC’s Special Inspection of Self-Inflicted Safety Woes Dave Lochbaum Former Contributor
Photo: New York Blood Center. April 12, 2017 Safer Blood Products: One Researcher’s Story on Why Federal Support Matters UCS Science Network
April 12, 2017 An Innovative Way to Encourage Disaster Preparedness: FEMA’s Public Assistance Deductible Rachel Cleetus Policy Director