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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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July 24, 2025

Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

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July 23, 2025

Who Really Pays for Data Centers Powered By Fossil Fuels?

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Half the Oil, Not Crude-by-Rail: Lynchburg Oil-Train Accident is Fifth in Ten Months

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May 7, 2014

Farms, Forests, and Climate Change: Few Opportunities, Many Challenges

Jason Funk
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May 6, 2014

Blind Faith vs. Insight: Employing Media Literacy to Reject Policies that Harm Human Health

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May 6, 2014

The Human Toll of Sea Level Rise: What the 2014 National Climate Assessment Doesn't Say about It (But We Can)

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

May 6, 2014

Sugar-coating Science: How the Food Industry Misleads Consumers on Sugar

Deborah Bailin
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May 6, 2014

The Silent Killer: Extreme Heat in the Western U.S.

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

May 6, 2014

The National Climate Assessment and Opportunities to Cut U.S. Emissions

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

May 6, 2014

If Climate Science Were Your Doctor, You’d Quit Burning Fossil Fuels Immediately

Paul Baer
Former contributor

May 6, 2014

Water, Climate, and You: the 2014 National Climate Assessment

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

May 5, 2014

The Koch Brothers Can’t Switch Off Renewable Electricity

Sam Gomberg
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May 5, 2014

#ActOnTrucks: Cutting Truck Fuel Consumption 40% by 2025

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

May 2, 2014

How Much Did Sea Levels Rise Over the Past 50 Years? A Lot If You Live on the U.S. Gulf or East Coasts

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

May 2, 2014

California is Filling Up the Hydrogen Station Map

David Reichmuth
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How Much Could Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) Lower the Cost of Renewable Energy Projects?

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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More Herbicide, or More Innovative, Sustainable Farming?

Doug Gurian-Sherman
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April 30, 2014

Michigan Needs a Stronger Renewable Energy Standard

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April 30, 2014

After Doubling Down on Scientific Integrity, EPA Ditches Its Science Advisor

Michael Halpern
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April 30, 2014

Global Agriculture As Part of the Climate Solution

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

April 30, 2014

Obama in Asia: Words and Deeds

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

April 29, 2014

Reconciling the Local Wildlife Risks of Wind Energy with its Global Climate Benefits

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

April 29, 2014

Disposing of Excess Weapon Plutonium: The Perils and Promise of WIPP

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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Supreme Court Decision in Favor of the Cross State Air Pollution Rule Is a Major Win for Public Health

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