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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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June 26, 2013

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

Melanie Fitzpatrick

June 26, 2013

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

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

June 26, 2013

What We Know: Renewable Energy Can Deliver for the President’s Carbon Reduction Plan

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

June 26, 2013

Sources of the Haze in Southeast Asia, Fires Are Quickly Located with Public GIS Data

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

June 26, 2013

New NRC Study Shows Benefits of Transferring Spent Fuel to Dry Casks

David Wright
Former Contributor

June 25, 2013

Let’s Live Long and Prosper: President Obama’s Call to Combat Climate Change

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

June 25, 2013

Take Another Look at B61

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

June 25, 2013

Obama Directs the EPA to “Work Expeditiously” to Complete Standards for New and Existing Power Plants: Now the Details on How the EPA Can Deliver the Goods

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

June 25, 2013

Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #9: OpE

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

June 24, 2013

FY14 NNSA Budget: Scarce Resources Devoted to Nuclear Weapons

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

June 24, 2013

Save Money, Cut Emissions, and Create Jobs: The Benefits of Half the Oil

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

June 20, 2013

Monsanto and the World Food Prize

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

June 20, 2013

Today’s “King Tides” Preview the Future of Sea Level Rise

Melanie Fitzpatrick

June 20, 2013

China in Focus #12: Science and Security in China

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

June 19, 2013

Ohio Experts Endorse State's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Standards

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

June 19, 2013

New U.S. Nuclear Weapons Guidance: Not Bold Enough

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

June 18, 2013

Interference in the Science of Atrazine (Again): Syngenta Tears a Page from the Tobacco Industry Playbook

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

June 18, 2013

Fission Stories #139: Arkansas Nuclear One Fatal Event

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

June 17, 2013

We Need a Clear Signal that the Obama Administration Will Issue Power Plant Carbon Standards Soon

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

June 17, 2013

Critical Decade for Climate Action – New Report Echoes Many Others: We Must Decarbonize to Stabilize Climate

Melanie Fitzpatrick

June 17, 2013

Birthplace of American Democracy Faces Threat from Accelerating Sea Level Rise

Adam Markham
Former Staff

June 14, 2013

New Renewable Energy Rule Adopted for California's Publicly Owned Utilities

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

June 13, 2013

Senator Heinrich, We Couldn’t Have Said It Better—Science and Democracy are Indivisible

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

June 12, 2013

News on Energy Alternatives—Wind, Efficiency Are In, Small Nukes Are Out

Mike Jacobs
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