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January 21, 2026

Powering Data Centers with Clean Energy Could Avoid Trillions in Climate and Health Costs

Thousands of data centers are popping up across the country, fueled by the boom of AI—and ratepayers could get stuck with the bill to make Big Tech’s dream a reality.

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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January 21, 2026

Clean Energy Can Protect Midwest Families From Data-Center Driven Energy Bill Spikes

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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January 20, 2026

Colorado EV Battery Recycling Bill Showcases Leadership

Jessica Dunn
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Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

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September 13, 2013

Fracking and My Community’s Water: What Do We Know or When Will We Know It?

Andrew Rosenberg
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September 13, 2013

Can I Interest You in a Used Car? DOE/EPA Release New Fuel Economy Tool For Used Cars

Michelle Robinson
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September 13, 2013

Is Fracking Safe? What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Risk

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

September 13, 2013

How Accurate are Future Projections of Climate Change? A Look at Past IPCC Reports Provides Some Answers

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September 11, 2013

Radiation from Accelerating the Transfer of Spent Fuel from Pools to Casks

David Wright
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September 10, 2013

Survey Says? Forum Attendees Shed Light on the Public’s Discussion on Hydraulic Fracturing

Deborah Bailin
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September 10, 2013

A Chemical Safety Law That Works for the People

Celia Wexler
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September 10, 2013

Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #14: Nuclear Safety Regulations

Dave Lochbaum
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September 5, 2013

The House Science Committee and the EPA Fighting Over Data: Is That the Same as Secret Science?

Andrew Rosenberg
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September 5, 2013

Disappearing Glaciers, Melting Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas to be Highlighted in Forthcoming IPCC Report

Melanie Fitzpatrick

September 4, 2013

Our Chemical Safety Law Fails to Protect Us

Celia Wexler
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September 3, 2013

EPA Inspector General Pushes Agency on Scientific Integrity

Michael Halpern
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September 3, 2013

Fission Stories #145: When Good News Causes Bad News

Dave Lochbaum
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August 30, 2013

Let's Drop "Feed The World": A Plea To Move Beyond an Unhelpful Phrase

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

August 29, 2013

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Pluralism: The Advantage of Holding Multiple Worldviews

Michael Halpern
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August 29, 2013

Feeling the Heat on Labor Day

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

August 29, 2013

Water Management and Mismanagement at Fukushima

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

August 29, 2013

Water-Smart Power Can Help Declining Aquifers

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

August 29, 2013

EPA’s Remarkable New Air Pollution Monitors (I’m like a Kid in a Candy Store)

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

August 28, 2013

Creating the IPCC: How to Speak Truth to Power

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August 28, 2013

Colors of Wildfire Risk: Do Dead Trees Increase the Threat?

Todd Sanford
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August 28, 2013

Science, Religion, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Michael Halpern
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August 28, 2013

Ed Lyman Discusses Nuclear Waste on “Living on Earth”

David Wright
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August 27, 2013

A Change We Didn’t See Coming: Hydraulic Fracturing and Sand Mining in Wisconsin

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