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January 6, 2025

How Transmission—Not Gas—Will Bolster Winter Grid Reliability: A Look at MISO South

Dangerous grid failures over roughly the last decade left millions in the dark and cold, sometimes with deadly consequences. Clean energy solutions are readily available to help.

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Scott Pruitt To Become EPA Administrator

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January 2, 2025

How to Vet Presidential Nominees for Their Science Savvy—a Handy Checklist for Senators

Melissa Finucane
Vice President of Science & Innovation

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December 30, 2024

2024 Year in Review: Clean Energy Progress Steeped in Solar and Storage

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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June 3, 2024

What You Need to Know about Advanced Clean Fleets: Funding, Flexibility, and FAQs

Sam Wilson
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May 30, 2024

Driving on Electricity Is Now Much Cleaner than Using a Gasoline Car

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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May 29, 2024

Get Ready: 85% Chance of Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season that May Break Records

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

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May 28, 2024

Here’s What We’re Asking Major Fossil Fuel Corporations at This Year’s Annual Meetings

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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May 27, 2024

In the Race for Clean Energy, the United States is Both a Leader and a Laggard—Here’s How

Derrick Z. Jackson
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May 23, 2024

Danger Season 2024: It’s Already Started

Erika Spanger-Siegfried
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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May 23, 2024

Three Policy Issues in Transportation on Tribal Lands

UCS Science Network

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May 23, 2024

Wildfires and Power Grid Failures Continue to Fuel Each Other

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

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May 21, 2024

International Court Backs Need to Protect Oceans and Island Nations from Climate Impacts

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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May 20, 2024

Four Steps Federal Agencies Need to Take for Better Public Engagement

Anita Desikan
Former Senior Analyst, Center for Science and Democracy

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May 20, 2024

Farmers Are Looking to the 2023 Farm Bill for Transformational Agriculture Reform

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May 15, 2024

FERC and NERC Review of Winter Storm Gas Failures Lacks Transparency and Key Details

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

May 14, 2024

Ask a Scientist: Stopping Big Ag from Hijacking US Farm and Food Policy

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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May 14, 2024

The Food and Farm Bill Must Right the Wrongs of Longstanding Racial Injustice

DeShawn L. Blanding
Senior Washington Representative

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May 13, 2024

The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

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May 13, 2024

¿El estado del aire en 2024? No es bueno.

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

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May 10, 2024

Congressional Ag Chairs Release Dueling Farm Bill Proposals. What Happens Next?

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

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May 9, 2024

Stopping the Spread of Misinformation: Is Psychological Inoculation the Key?

Guest Commentary

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May 9, 2024

The Big Hydrogen Cash Grab

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

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May 9, 2024

What Is “Big Ag,” and Why Should You Be Worried About Them?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

May 8, 2024

The House Has Less Than Two Weeks to Save RECA

Lilly Adams
Senior Outreach Coordinator

May 8, 2024

From Whale Oil to Wind Power: The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Disinformation Is an Ocean of Hypocrisy

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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May 1, 2024

New Maps Show Where Tyson Foods Is Polluting Water

Stacy Woods
Research Director

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April 30, 2024

Five Things the “Nuclear Bros” Don’t Want You to Know About Small Modular Reactors

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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