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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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September 19, 2016

Republicans, Democrats, and Climate Change: A Success Story in Massachusetts

Ken Kimmell
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September 15, 2016

America's 66-Year War (and Counting)

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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September 14, 2016

House Science Committee Holds Hearing on Its Own Authority: Chairman Smith Circles the Wagons

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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September 14, 2016

Cleveland Can Beat the Heat by Planting Trees—But Don't Forget Environmental Justice

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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September 14, 2016

Native Rights and Concerns at Standing Rock: The Important Role of Science

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

September 14, 2016

Pulling Back the Curtain on a Massively Polluting Industry

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

September 14, 2016

Visit to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 13, 2016

New Research Documents That Sugar Industry’s Playbook Goes Way Back

Genna Reed
Former Staff

September 13, 2016

I’m Just About to Install Solar. Here’s What I’m Looking to Get out of It…

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

September 13, 2016

New Chevy Bolt a Leap Forward in Affordable Clean Driving

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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September 13, 2016

America's Top Brands, Cattle, and Deforestation

Lael Goodman
Former contributor

September 13, 2016

Nuclear Bathtub Safety

Dave Lochbaum
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September 12, 2016

Community Solar: Making Solar Accessible without Rooftops

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

September 12, 2016

Obama in China: Lessons from the Red Carpet

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

September 12, 2016

No Need To Wait for the Future: Global Warming Impacts Are Happening Right Here, Right Now.

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

September 12, 2016

Why You Should Be Paying Attention to the Upcoming Budget Fight

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

September 9, 2016

In Memoriam: Paul Baer

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

September 9, 2016

Why Do Fuel Economy Standards Matter With Cheap Gas?

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

September 9, 2016

Nuclear Plant Security on the 15th Anniversary of 9/11: The Need to Remain Vigilant

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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September 9, 2016

Congress Can and Should Act to Support Coal Communities

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

September 8, 2016

Come El Niño or La Niña, Climate Change is La Madre of Weather Systems

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

September 7, 2016

Why the American Geophysical Union Should Reject Corporate Sponsorship from ExxonMobil

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

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September 7, 2016

A Labor Day Story: The Life and Death of a Farmworker Fuels the Fight for Justice

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

Endangered Columbian white-tailed deer on Tenasillahe Island at Julia Butler Hansen National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

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September 7, 2016

New Endangered Species Peer-Review Policy Scores A Point for Independent Science

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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