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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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Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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July 23, 2025

Who Really Pays for Data Centers Powered By Fossil Fuels?

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December 17, 2013

Safety and Security Concerns about Small Modular Reactors: NuScale’s Design

Ed Lyman
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December 17, 2013

Consumers, Carbon Majors, and the Start of a New Conversation about Climate Change

Angela Anderson
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December 17, 2013

How Many Nuclear Weapons Does the U.S. Have? Don’t Ask Congress…

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

December 17, 2013

Don’t Mix Politics and Public Protections: Delays Harm Us All

Celia Wexler
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December 17, 2013

Holding Big Carbon Accountable: Response to Severin Borenstein

Adrienne Alvord
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December 17, 2013

Certainty About Uncertainty: Plant Closures

Dave Lochbaum
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December 16, 2013

West Virginia Looks to the Future

Jeremy Richardson
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December 12, 2013

Should Michigan Commit to More Renewable Energy? All Signs Point to Yes.

Sam Gomberg
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December 12, 2013

10% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Come from Deforestation

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

December 12, 2013

Monsanto Supersizes Farmers’ Weed Problem

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

December 11, 2013

Tackling the Epidemic of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds with Sustainable Solutions

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

December 11, 2013

Modest Carbon Price Will Significantly Lower Power Sector Emissions

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

December 11, 2013

Survey Says: Over 40% of American Drivers Could Use an Electric Vehicle

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

December 10, 2013

New Wind Power Cheaper than Existing Coal and Natural Gas in Many Parts of the Country

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

December 10, 2013

Lumps of Coal in the House-Passed Farm Bill

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

December 10, 2013

Senate Nuclear Waste Bill: No Near-Term Benefit for Public Safety

David Wright
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December 10, 2013

To Be or Not to Be (Shutdown)

Dave Lochbaum
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December 9, 2013

Renewable Energy, an Aging Electricity Grid, and the Solutions that Matter

Laura Wisland
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December 9, 2013

Ripe for Retirement: Examining the Competitiveness of U.S. Coal Plants

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

December 6, 2013

Misquoting Science in the Texas Textbook Battles

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December 6, 2013

New Report from the Endangered Species Coalition Celebrating 40 Years of Success

Deborah Bailin
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December 6, 2013

Nuclear Fuel and the Titanic Principle

David Wright
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December 6, 2013

Nelson Mandela and the Politics of Science

Michael Halpern
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December 6, 2013

Iran Space Launch Program: Update

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