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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.

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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July 24, 2025

Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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July 23, 2025

Who Really Pays for Data Centers Powered By Fossil Fuels?

Maria Chavez
Energy Analyst

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Research Director, Senior Scientist

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December 6, 2013

Iran Space Launch Program: Update

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

December 5, 2013

LED Christmas Lights: Merry, Bright, and 17X Cheaper to Power

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

December 5, 2013

The NRC and Nuclear Terrorism: Still Out of Step on the Insider Threat

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

December 4, 2013

Reducing Public Risks from Nuclear Reactor Waste

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 4, 2013

Crowded Spent Fuel Pools

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 3, 2013

Meltdown Proof

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 2, 2013

Misleading IER Report on Wind Power Ignores Some Crucial Facts

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

December 2, 2013

The Heartland Institute Hijacks American Meteorological Society's Name, and AMS Fights Back

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

December 2, 2013

Cyber Monday Meets Growing Truck Fuel Economy

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

November 27, 2013

Japan and America’s Nuclear Posture: Lost Promise

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

November 26, 2013

The Iran Nuclear Deal: A Positive First Step

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

November 26, 2013

Nuclear Plant Security Report for 2012

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 25, 2013

Do We Need GMOs?

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

November 25, 2013

Francesca Grifo Leaves UCS to Oversee Scientific Integrity at EPA

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

November 25, 2013

Coal Mining and Public Health: How the Coal Industry, Lawyers, and Doctors Have Betrayed Miners and Their Families

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

November 25, 2013

Through the Blend Wall or Not: Experts Weigh in on Ethanol Blends and the Future of Biofuels

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

November 25, 2013

How Should California Design its Renewable Energy Future?

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

November 22, 2013

North Carolina Museum Bans Screening of Film “Shored Up” – Is the Political Climate a Factor?

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November 22, 2013

Talking Turkey: Saying “No Thanks” to the Poultry Rule This Thanksgiving

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

November 22, 2013

Missile Defense Doesn’t Seem to Work for Job Creation, Either

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

November 22, 2013

How Much Water Do Power Plants Use?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

November 21, 2013

Can State and Local Action Kick-Start Global Cooperation on Climate?

Angela Anderson
Former Contributor

November 21, 2013

Who Is Responsible for Climate Change? New Study Identifies the Top 90 Producers of Industrial Carbon Emissions

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

November 21, 2013

How Rocket Science Can Benefit Transportation

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