The Equation

December 15, 2025

China and the United States Are Racing Towards Different Ends in AI

While China sees AI as another tool for controlling its populace, the United States is rushing to create AI that will give it global economic dominance.

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December 10, 2025

How Trump’s Free Pass to Polluters will Harm Americans

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The Courts Delivered Important Climate Wins in 2025

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The Social Cost of Carbon: Setting the Record Straight Ahead of Today's House Hearing

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Water-Smart Power: Why Our Power Plant Choices Matter in a Warming, Water-Constrained World

John Rogers
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In Search of the Federal Role on Fracking

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Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #10: Generic Communications

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Nuclear Energy in a Changing China

Gregory Kulacki
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July 12, 2013

Fracking or Hydraulic Fracturing? What's in a Name?

Deborah Bailin
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July 11, 2013

Ready or Not: Hurricane Season in a Warming World

Erika Spanger
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July 10, 2013

Koch-Funded Group Misleads Georgia on Solar

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Fission Stories #140: Recurring Headaches at Grand Gulf

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Preparing for Our Future: The Need for Monitoring and Data Collection

Gretchen Goldman
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The President Touts Natural Gas as an Important Climate Solution: How Far Can it Take Us?

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Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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Surprisingly, West Virginians Support Raising Taxes on the Coal Industry–Even in Coal Country

Jeremy Richardson
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New Quarterly Update to UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
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How Might History Judge President Obama’s Climate Plan?

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

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Deal or No Deal: Are Electric Vehicles Worth It?

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President Takes Historic First Step on Climate Action: Near-term Target for CO2 Reductions

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China’s Astronauts: Home from Space, Hope for the Earth

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