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Environmental Impacts of Solar Power
The potential environmental impacts associated with solar power depend on the technology, which includes two broad categories: photovoltaic solar cells and concentrating solar thermal plants.
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Environmental Impacts of Geothermal Energy
The environmental impacts of geothermal energy vary depending on the technology used to generate electricity and the type of cooling system utilized.
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Environmental Impacts of Wind Power
Wind power generates electricity without toxic pollution or global warming emissions, but it does have some environmental impacts that should be recognized and mitigated.
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Environmental Impacts of Hydroelectric Power
Hydroelectric power includes both massive hydroelectric dams and small run-of-the-river plants, both of which have associated environmental impacts.
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Environmental Impacts of Hydrokinetic Energy
Hydrokinetic energy includes wave and tidal power and encompasses an array of energy technologies, many of which are still in the experimental stages or in the early stages of deployment.
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Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy Technologies
An overview of the environmental impacts of renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass.
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Ripe for Retirement
As many as 353 coal-fired power generators are no longer economically viable.
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Flood Risk at Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear power plants need a plentiful source of water nearby for cooling. But this proximity to rivers, lakes and oceans creates serious flooding risks that the NRC has been too slow to address.
Activist Resource

Fighting Misinformation about Climate Science
On September 21, 2012, the Union of Concerned Scientists hand-delivered nearly 20,000 postcards to News Corporation's New York headquarters calling on News Corp. to stop misleading its audience about climate science.
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The Energy-Water Collision
This infographic shows how hot, dry summers can put our electricity supplies at risk and highlights examples of energy-water collisions.
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Got Science? Not at News Corporation
Representations of climate science on Fox News Channel and in the Wall Street Journal opinion pages are overwhelmingly misleading
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U.S. Nuclear Power Safety One Year After Fukushima
The Fukushima nuclear plant disaster of March 2011 cast a long shadow over U.S. nuclear power policy. A year later, what have we learned, and how well are we putting those lessons into practice?