clean energy

Two men installing solar panels on rooftop.

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August 21, 2024

UCS Expert Testifies on the New Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

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August 21, 2024

These Are the Critical Issues to Track with the New “Tech-Neutral” Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

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August 13, 2024

Ask A Scientist: What Energy Solutions to the Climate Crisis Are Within Reach?

Guest Commentary

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July 31, 2024

Don’t Get It Twisted: “Twisters” Movie Misses Scarier Risks

Sital Sathia
Energy Justice Research Associate

Exhausted male soccer player lying on field after evening soccer game.

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July 26, 2024

Plenty of Heat and No AC for Olympians—Unless Your Country Can Afford to Bring Its Own

Brady Watson
Senior Campaign Coordinator

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July 17, 2024

Public Concern for a Cleaner Energy Grid vs. Corporate Interests: Who Will Win?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

In an aerial view, solar panels are seen at MCE Solar One solar farm on April 25, 2024, in Richmond, California

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June 10, 2024

For Clean Energy Progress in California, We Must Solve the Permitting Problem (Part 3 of 3)

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

A dispatch board shows the distribution of the state's electricity at the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Alhambra Control Center after a Stage 1 power emergency was announced in 2006.

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June 10, 2024

Want to Connect Clean Energy to California’s Power Grid? Get in Line (Part 2 of 3)

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Power towers line a highway in Vallejo, CA.

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June 10, 2024

Transmission Is Holding up California’s Clean Energy Transition (Part 1 of 3)

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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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
Fellow

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May 13, 2024

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

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

A solar panel reflects the sun in Tayrona National Park in Colombia.

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March 26, 2024

Paula García Knows Renewable Energy Is for the People

Sanjali De Silva
Former Contributor

Three wind turbines are foregrounded against a moody, cloudy sky on a grassy plain

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March 25, 2024

UCS Testimony on the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

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February 15, 2024

California Regulators Increased Their Clean Energy Ambition. Will They Deliver?

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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February 13, 2024

Grid Investments are Critical to Our Clean Energy Future

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

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February 9, 2024

Ask a Scientist: Gas Power Plants Disproportionately Harm Marginalized Communities

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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January 22, 2024

This Leap Year, Four Clean Energy Leaps to Watch For

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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November 27, 2023

Michigan Policymakers Must Keep Working Toward an Equitable Clean Energy Future

James Gignac
Midwest Senior Policy Manager

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November 16, 2023

Ask a Scientist: The US Has to Do More to Meet Its Carbon Emissions Reduction Goals

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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November 16, 2023

Walkable Neighborhoods and Public Transit are Part Of the Clean Energy Transition

Steven Higashide
Clean Transportation Program Director

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October 16, 2023

We Need Large-Scale Solar. A New Agreement Points the Way Forward

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

photo of a gas flare, with orange and red flames emanating from a stack and black smoke filling the blue sky

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October 12, 2023

Gas Has Reliability Issues. Why Is the Tennessee Valley Authority Doubling Down on It?

Brady Watson
Senior Campaign Coordinator

General Motors

September 14, 2023

Ask a Scientist: It’s Getting Easier for US Car Owners to Go Electric

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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August 30, 2023

A Hot Summer for Clean Energy in Michigan

James Gignac
Midwest Senior Policy Manager