Getty Images July 10, 2025 Power Hungry: Why Data Centers Are Developing Their Own Energy Sources to Fuel AI The spread of AI data centers is larger, more numerous, and faster-growing than anything that has come before to the electric utilities. The potential for this to cause supply shortages and costs for consumers is plain to see. Mike Jacobs Senior Energy Analyst
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Melody Tan March 24, 2021 The Science Policy Community’s Responsibility to Address Anti-Asian Xenophobia UCS Science Network
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March 18, 2021 Censorship of Federal Environmental Agency Websites Under Trump: What We Learned and How to Protect Public Information Moving Forward UCS Science Network
truthout.org March 17, 2021 Let’s Toast to Open Government—It’s Sunshine Week! Taryn MacKinney Former Contributor
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NRDC pix March 12, 2021 A Win for Public Health: EPA Breathes New Life into Long-awaited Formaldehyde Study Genna Reed Former Staff
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Juan Declet-Barreto March 10, 2021 123 Years Later, the Unfinished Business of Self-Determination for Puerto Ricans Juan Declet-Barreto Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability
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March 9, 2021 New Maps Highlight Inequitable Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Casey Kalman Former Contributor
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Will Brown March 5, 2021 The FHFA Begins to Reckon with Climate Risks to the Housing Market Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
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