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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
Research Scientist

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John Rogers

Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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Amanda Fencl

Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

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November 10, 2014

Out of Facts, Climate Contrarians Seek to Intimidate

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

November 7, 2014

A Bad Day for the Climate, But Hope in the West

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

November 6, 2014

Clean or Dirty? Fighting Over the EPA Clean Power Plan Gets Messy

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

November 5, 2014

Hyundai-Kia, the EPA, and 100 Million Reasons to Take Fuel Economy Seriously

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

November 5, 2014

Uintas Pika Watch or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Middle Schoolers

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November 5, 2014

What Happens When Solar Energy is Cheaper Than Local Electricity Prices?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

November 5, 2014

The Day After: What the Mid-Terms Mean and How To Move Forward

Ken Kimmell
Former President

November 4, 2014

Toward Science-Based Children’s Environmental Health Policies

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

November 4, 2014

NRC and Safety Culture

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 3, 2014

An Update on Missile Defense Testing Plans

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

November 2, 2014

The IPCC’s New Climate Science Guide for the Perplexed Policymaker

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

October 31, 2014

Nuclear Arms Control in China Today

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

October 31, 2014

Public Health Service Scientists Deserve Robust Whistleblower Protections

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

October 30, 2014

Community-Driven Study Finds Unsafe Air Pollution Levels near Oil and Gas Facilities

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

October 30, 2014

So Sweet it’s Spooky: Get Special Interests out of School Lunches

Ken Kimmell
Former President

October 29, 2014

Bunge Jumps into Deforestation-Free Palm Oil with a Splash

Lael Goodman
Former contributor

October 28, 2014

Kids Need Healthy Food, Not Halloween Every Day

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

October 28, 2014

Routine Releases of Radioactivity from Nuclear Reactors

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 27, 2014

The EPA Clean Power Plan: Virginia State Corporation Commission Gets it Wrong. Virginia Is on Track to Meet Its Goals.

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

October 27, 2014

Going Beyond Investigative Bench Science to Support Community Nutrition

UCS Science Network

October 27, 2014

Six Candidates, Three Debates, ZERO Arguments About Climate Science

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

October 27, 2014

Policy Matters: Why Clean Fuels Forecasts Come Up Short

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

October 24, 2014

Note to Politicians: No Need to Keep Telling Us You Are Not Scientists

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

October 24, 2014

Redefining Food Narratives: Thoughts and Reflections of a Rising Black Fooducator

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