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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

With careful engineering and a forward-looking perspective, we can build a grid that is clean, affordable, and reliable, where renewables are empowered to keep the lights on.

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July 24, 2025

Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

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Who Really Pays for Data Centers Powered By Fossil Fuels?

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NOAA Officials Threatened with Firing After Dorian Trump Tweet Fiasco

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United Nations Panel Says Farmers are a Key to Managing Climate Change

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September 9, 2019

The World Is in a Water Crisis and Climate Change Is Making it Worse

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September 9, 2019

What Is the Climate Strike? An Adult’s Guide to What, Why, and How to Help

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September 8, 2019

Scientists Ordered to Keep Quiet During Hurricane Dorian to Help President Save Face

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September 6, 2019

Three Possible Solutions to Uneconomic Coal Generation

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What’s a Coal State to Do?

Jeremy Richardson
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September 6, 2019

Trump Administration Goes After States for Protecting the Environment

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

September 5, 2019

Today’s Vehicles, Tomorrow: How Automakers Can Meet Strong 2025 Efficiency Standards

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Melting glaciers are a clear sign of climat change and global warming.

September 5, 2019

Gut Check Time for the Paris Agreement

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September 4, 2019

Intense: 5 Remarkable Facts about Hurricane Dorian

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Hurricane Dorian: What the Presidential Candidates—and All of Us—Need to Know

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August 29, 2019

How Can I Choose My Electricity? Options that Make a Difference Personally and Nationally

John Rogers
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August 29, 2019

Women Scientists Form a Policy Advocacy Network in the Mid-Atlantic

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August 28, 2019

Up Close with California’s Power Grid Operator

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August 28, 2019

States March toward 100% Clean Energy–Who’s Next?

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August 27, 2019

Is this Michigan Utility’s Resource Plan the Worst Ever?

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Time is Not on Our Side for Expert Review of Restricted Science Rule

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August 26, 2019

The $2.5 Billion Question Waiting at FERC

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August 26, 2019

“More Nukes” Will Not Make Anyone Safer

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Coal Power Trends: Visualizing the Decline of America’s Dirtiest Fuel

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8 Times Your Voice has been Silenced by the Trump Administration

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