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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

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Ask a Scientist: How Livestreaming 100 Hours of Weather and Climate Moved Thousands to Action

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June 10, 2013

New IEA Report Shows (Yet Again!) that We Have the Tools to Cut Global Warming Emissions; Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency are Critical

Rachel Cleetus
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June 10, 2013

The Interview That Wasn’t

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Appeals Court Rules Emergency Contraception Should Become Available Over The Counter

Michael Halpern
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June 7, 2013

Risk Assessments Are Missing Harmful Effects of Neonics on Honey Bees

Margaret Mellon
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June 7, 2013

Transferring Forest Land to Communities Helps Reduce Deforestation – and Can Help Government Budgets Too

Doug Boucher
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June 5, 2013

Money for Nothing

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

June 4, 2013

China in Focus #11: Of Summits Past and Present

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Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

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June 3, 2013

Solar Dawns on Southern Tea Parties

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What Accounts for the Varying Rates of Sea Level Rise in Different Locations?

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May 31, 2013

Russia Torpedoes Cleaner Shipping

David Reichmuth
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May 31, 2013

Why Are Electric Companies Standing on Their Own Ignorance to Block Solar Savings? Because the Regulator Lets Them.

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

May 30, 2013

Patriot Coal: Broken Promises

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

May 30, 2013

Don’t Be Fooled by the “Moderate” Tag: The Regulatory Accountability Act Threatens Federal Scientific Integrity

Celia Wexler
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May 29, 2013

Climate Debate Stuck in a Washington Rut

Alden Meyer
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May 29, 2013

Solar Power Heats Up in Minnesota

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May 28, 2013

Playing a Shell Game with a Power Plant: Ratepayers Lose

Jeremy Richardson
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May 28, 2013

Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #7: Monthly Operating Reports

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May 24, 2013

Pesticide Use is Actually Much Greater Than Reported

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