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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.

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Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

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Don't Just Google It: UCS Answers Your Questions about EVs

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May 21, 2014

Palm Oil, Deforestation, and the Fast Food Industry: Would You Like a Side of Forests with That?

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House Science Committee Chairman Smith: Please Read the National Climate Assessment

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May 20, 2014

Renewables and Efficiency: Opportunities in the Federal Carbon Standards

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Oodles of Nuclear Plant Data

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May 20, 2014

Climate Change is Putting Iconic Historic Sites and National Parks at Growing Risk

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May 19, 2014

Electrifying the Jeepney: How Manila Is Modernizing a Transportation Icon

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Are the California Wildfires a Sign of Climate Change?

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Workplace Charging: Good for Business and a Chance for Business to do Good

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How One State Cut its Carbon and Created Jobs

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House Committee Supports Lifting Travel Restrictions for Government Scientists

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May 15, 2014

What do Indy Grand Prix Winner Simon Pagenaud and Warwick High School have in common?

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Governor Kasich Should Stand with Ohio and Support Clean Energy

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Of Manatees and Mandates: Celebrating Endangered Species Day

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Fed Up and Sugared Out with the Food Fight over Facts

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How Monsanto Supersized a Problem in Under Three Minutes

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May 12, 2014

How Green is your Data? Tech Companies and Energy Use

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Fed Up about Food? New Film Highlights Concerns around Sugar, Science, and Democracy

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Peat Soils vs. the Forests Above: Which Holds More Carbon?

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More Progress for Offshore Wind: DOE Awards and Whale Protections

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