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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

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January 27, 2014

Ambassador Jonathan Dean: 1924-2014

David Wright
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January 24, 2014

West Virginia Scientists to EPA, CDC: Allow Your Scientists to Speak

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 24, 2014

President Obama’s State of the Union: Will Climate Change Get Left Out in the Cold?

Angela Anderson
Former Contributor

January 22, 2014

Frozen: The Cost of Electricity Soars as Wires and Pipelines Fail to Meet Demand

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

January 22, 2014

Scientific Advice for the New EPA Carbon Emissions Standards: Let’s Clear the Air

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

January 22, 2014

Water Woes: Dramatic Increase of Droughts in California Is a Bellwether of Future Climate Impacts

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

January 22, 2014

The Effect of Wind Turbines on Property Values: A New Study in Massachusetts Provides Some Answers

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

January 22, 2014

Robert Gates on China

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

January 21, 2014

The Slow Burn Continues: 2013 Ranks in the Top 10 Warmest Years on Record

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

January 21, 2014

Moving California Forward: Cleaning up Freight in the Golden State

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

January 21, 2014

Is the Water Safe? The West Virginia Chemical Spill and the Importance of Scientists’ Speaking to the Media

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

January 21, 2014

Companies, Trade Groups, and Climate Change: Why We Need an SEC Rule on Corporate Political Disclosure

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

January 21, 2014

Preventing Fuel Damage in Nuclear Reactors

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

January 17, 2014

How Sequestration Made Me a Citizen Scientist

UCS Science Network

January 17, 2014

Drugs, Lies, and Nuclear Missiles

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

January 16, 2014

“Climate Change Invaded My Field”: A Conversation with Historian and Science Advocate Steven Leibo

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

January 16, 2014

A Tale of Two Chinas

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

January 16, 2014

New UCS Report: Companies Can Anonymously Influence Climate Policy Through Their Business and Trade Associations

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

January 15, 2014

Corn Belt Farmers Respond to Climate Change

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January 15, 2014

How to Fix Flood Insurance: Delaying the Biggert-Waters Act is Not the Answer

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

January 14, 2014

A Family History and a Nation’s Future Part 2: What 1896 Teaches Us About Democracy, Science, and Fair Elections

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

January 14, 2014

Even as Coal Use Declines, Most States Are Still Dependent on Coal Imports

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

January 14, 2014

Nine Mile Point’s Pyramid Scheme

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

January 13, 2014

Dear Senate: Ease Travel Restrictions on Government Scientists

Michael Halpern
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