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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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The Court Has Spoken: A Healthy Climate is a Human Right

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March 3, 2015

Willie Soon, Academic Freedom, and How We Can Deal With Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

March 3, 2015

Pennsylvania Governor Proposes Big Investments in Renewable Energy and Efficiency

Jeremy Richardson
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March 3, 2015

www.UNready.gov??

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 2, 2015

Heart of Science: Leonard Nimoy, 1931-2015

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

March 2, 2015

China's Not So Silent Spring: Can One Video Save China's Environment?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

February 27, 2015

Smothering Snow, Spiking Sea Levels, and Other Climate Plot Twists: Expecting the Unexpected in the Northeast

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

February 27, 2015

Lessons from the Lunchroom: What Do We Know About School Lunch and Kids' Diet?

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

February 26, 2015

Rep. Grijalva’s Requests and the Real Problem with Conflict of Interest Disclosure

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

February 26, 2015

Counting the Benefits of Agroecology: We Have the Tools, Let’s Use Them

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

February 26, 2015

Is Small Farmers’ Firewood Use Burning up the Forests?

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

February 25, 2015

5 Reasons Why Colorado Should Increase—Not Roll Back—Its Renewable Energy Standard

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

February 25, 2015

Stormy Seas, Rising Risks: New Analysis Shows Undisclosed Climate Change Impacts at Oil Refineries

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

February 24, 2015

What Kinds of Scrutiny of Scientists are Legitimate?

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

February 24, 2015

Willie Soon’s Failure to Disclose Industry Funding for Contrarian Climate Research is Another Reason to Support Transparency

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

February 24, 2015

Supporting the Nuclear Front Line

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 23, 2015

Obama’s Nuclear Legacy #4: Give Nuclear Weapons a Sole Purpose

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

February 20, 2015

The Problem with the Environmental Movement

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February 20, 2015

No Scientist Should Face Harassment. Period.

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

February 20, 2015

USA Today Gets it Wrong – The Benefits of EVs Are Real

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

February 19, 2015

Big Sugar Is Watching You: Four Ways the Food Industry Is Trying to Rig the Game

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

February 19, 2015

Four Ways Scientists Can Give Good Answers to Bad Questions

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

February 18, 2015

The Potential for Clean Fuels in Washington

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

February 17, 2015

Millstone Unit 3 Reactor’s AFW Near-Miss (to be continued)

Dave Lochbaum
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February 13, 2015

What Snow and the U.S. Army Tell Us About Coal vs. Renewable Energy

Mike Jacobs
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