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July 29, 2025

Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo

Wildfires can fundamentally change how water moves through a landscape, leading to changes in both the availability and quality of water.

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July 28, 2025

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

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July 24, 2025

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

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March 10, 2016

What’s Been Going On with the EPA’s Fracking Report?

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March 10, 2016

The Power of the (TV) Producer: Make Climate Change Matter to People

Angela Anderson
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March 10, 2016

New Analysis Shows the Benefits of a Clean Energy Future in New Mexico

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

March 9, 2016

Missile Defense Folly

Laura Grego
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March 8, 2016

Hair-Trigger Alert Doesn’t Make Sense. Here’s Why

David Wright
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March 8, 2016

Cold Weather Affects Electric Vehicle Range. But Does It Matter?

Josh Goldman
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March 8, 2016

Severe Accident Management Guidelines for Nuclear Plants

Dave Lochbaum
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March 6, 2016

Special Inspection: Oconee Unplugged

Dave Lochbaum
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March 4, 2016

Berta Cáceres, 1973-2016: The Fight Goes On

John Rogers
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March 4, 2016

The NRC Seven: Petitioning the NRC over Safety

Dave Lochbaum
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March 3, 2016

Tenth Anniversary Release of UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
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March 3, 2016

A Good Chemical Safety Law Depends on Us

Celia Wexler
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March 1, 2016

Mis-steps at Indian Point Nuclear Plant

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February 26, 2016

What Extending Federal Wind and Solar Tax Credits Means for the Clean Power Plan and Paris

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

February 26, 2016

Dinner and a Movie? 9 Fine Films on Food from 2015

Marcia DeLonge
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February 26, 2016

The Chair of the House Science Committee Is Harassing NOAA Climate Scientists Again

Michael Halpern
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February 25, 2016

All Talk, No Action Leaving Michigan’s Clean Energy Future in Limbo

Sam Gomberg
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February 24, 2016

Special Inspection at River Bend: The Chiller Thriller

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 24, 2016

Should Electricity Ratepayers Pay for New Natural Gas Pipelines in Massachusetts?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

February 24, 2016

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: New California Groundwater Regulations Missing Metrics to Define Sustainability

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

February 24, 2016

McConnell Gets It Wrong—Again—in Clean Power Plan Court Filing

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

February 24, 2016

Forging Ahead with Clean Power Plan Compliance Would Benefit Illinois

Jessica Collingsworth
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February 23, 2016

The Koch Political Machine Targets Electric Vehicle Policies. Here’s Why That’s Wrong

Josh Goldman
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February 23, 2016

Where Does Massachusetts Get Its Electricity? The Bay State’s Energy Scene by the Numbers

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