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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

Carly Phillips
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January 28, 2016

This Is How Presidential Candidates Can Get Iowa Votes (and Much More)

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

January 27, 2016

Ground-based Midcourse Missile Defense Test Slated for Thursday

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

January 27, 2016

Why I Have the January Blues

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

January 27, 2016

It’s Never Too Late to Start Slimming Down Your Food Waste

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

January 26, 2016

Davis-Besse’s Forgotten Fix

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

January 25, 2016

Oil and Gas: What We Know is Concerning, but What We Don’t is Worse

UCS Science Network

January 22, 2016

El Niño Won’t Fill Up California’s Critical Groundwater Reservoirs

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

January 22, 2016

5 Things Governor Baker Got Right About Energy in Massachusetts (and 1 Thing He Missed)

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

January 22, 2016

Winter Storm Jonas, Storm Surge, and the Science of Coastal Flooding

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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January 21, 2016

The 3 Biggest Mistakes You’ll Read in Transportation Stories This Year

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

January 20, 2016

That’s Not How Commerce Works—U.S. Chamber Wrong (Again) in New Clean Power Plan Report

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

January 20, 2016

In the Dietary Guidelines for Soil, Pass the Carbon, S'il vous plaît

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

January 20, 2016

Who Was 2015’s Got Science Champion? The Results Are In…

Ken Kimmell
Former President

January 20, 2016

Climate Risks Are #1 Threat to Global Economy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

January 19, 2016

The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act Heads to the Senate

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

January 19, 2016

ROSS

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

January 15, 2016

Governor Brown Urges Water Managers to Plan for Climate Change

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

January 14, 2016

Coming to the Table: Fixing Food to Combat Inequity

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

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January 14, 2016

It’s The Largest Methane Leak in U.S. History. Who’s Responsible?

David Babson
Former contributor

January 14, 2016

Virginia Coastal Protection Act: New UCS Analysis Highlights Opportunity for Carbon Revenue

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

The Advanced Cruise Missile, retired in 2007, was stealthy and had a longer range than the currently deployed Air-Launched Cruise Missile. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

January 13, 2016

Just How New is the New, Nuclear-armed Cruise Missile?

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

January 12, 2016

The Public Interest Lies in Promoting Transparency AND Protecting Scientists from Harassment

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 12, 2016

Ill Prepared

Dave Lochbaum
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January 11, 2016

Earth to API—It’s 2016 (not 1916) and “Energy Voters” Want Renewables

David Babson
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