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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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August 28, 2011

Scientific Integrity at the EPA and NSF

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August 27, 2011

Comedy is Simply a Funny Way of Being Serious

Michael Halpern
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August 25, 2011

California's Governor Brown Calls for 12,000 Megawatts of Clean, Local Electricity by 2020

Laura Wisland
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August 25, 2011

Biotechnology – A Failed Promise

Margaret Mellon
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August 23, 2011

Fission Stories #54: “Less Control Room Attention Than Necessary…”

Dave Lochbaum
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August 19, 2011

Chinese Launch Failure: No Apparent Impact on Tiangong I Preparations

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

August 16, 2011

Fission Stories #53: Read Between the Lines

Dave Lochbaum
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August 15, 2011

Nuclear Weapons Budget and the Budget Control Act

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

August 11, 2011

Keep on the Sunny Side

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

August 10, 2011

China Set to Launch Its Space Lab: Tiangong I

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

August 9, 2011

Fission Stories #52: Soft Ice Causes Problems, Too

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 2, 2011

Fission Stories #51: Hard Water (a.k.a. Ice) Causes Problems

Dave Lochbaum
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August 1, 2011

UCS’s Take on NRC’s Post-Fukushima Recommendations

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

July 29, 2011

NRC Study Shows the Serious Consequences of a Fukushima- Type Accident in the US

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

July 28, 2011

NRC Fast track or Cul-de-sac?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

July 27, 2011

Mullen in China, Revisited

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

July 26, 2011

Fission Stories #50: Manual Inaction

Dave Lochbaum
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July 20, 2011

China’s Newest Missiliers

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

July 19, 2011

NRC Commissioners, Act on Your 90-Day Review

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

July 19, 2011

Fission Stories #49: Palo Verde’s Bright Idea

Dave Lochbaum
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July 18, 2011

Video: What Happened at Fukushima

David Wright
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July 16, 2011

Transcript of Press Briefing on UCS Nuclear Power Recommendations

David Wright
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July 15, 2011

Adm. Mullen in China: Time Well Spent

Gregory Kulacki
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July 14, 2011

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

David Wright
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