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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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Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

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Scientists Agree Human-Caused Climate Change is Real: But Wait, We've Known That for Decades!

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10 Places President Obama Should Visit to See Climate Change In Action

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Towards Open Access to Government Science: The Obama Administration Takes Some Important Steps

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USDA to Tackle 2,4-D-Resistant Engineered Crops Without Needed Regulations

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To EV or Not To EV: Are You Ready for an Electric Vehicle?

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Climate Change Is Disrupting Nature's Calendar. Thoreau's Notebooks Are Helping Show Us How.

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Reconceiving China’s No First Use Policy

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Margaret Atwood on the Muzzling of Canadian Government Scientists

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A Roundup of Editorials Criticizing President Obama’s Plan B Emergency Contraception Decision

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Fission Stories #136: Scoring 100 on the Test by Changing the Questions

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