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Policy Memo
Enhancing US Power Grid by using AI to Accelerate Permitting

Many of the projects that would deliver the energy to meet rising demand are in the interconnection queue, waiting to be built. AI can improve both the speed and the cost of connecting new projects to the grid.

06.24.25 | 14 min read
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Global Risk
Report
The Two-Hundred Billion Dollar Boondoggle

Nearly one year after the Pentagon certified the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to continue after it incurred critical cost and schedule overruns, the new nuclear missile could once again be in trouble.

06.24.25 | 17 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Transform Communities By Adaptive Reuse of Legacy Coal Infrastructure to Support AI Data Centers

The decline of the coal industry in the late 20th century led to the dismantling of the economic engine of American coal communities. The AI boom of the 21st century can reinvigorate these areas if harnessed appropriately.

06.23.25 | 13 min read
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Environment
Blog
Issue Brief
It’s Summer, America’s Heating Up, and We’re Even More Unprepared

The good news is that even when the mercury climbs, heat illness, injury, and death are preventable. The bad news is that over the past five months, the Trump administration has dismantled essential preventative capabilities.

06.23.25 | 11 min read
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Government Capacity
Blog
The Data We Take for Granted: Telling the Story of How Federal Data Benefits American Lives and Livelihoods

As the former U.S. Chief Data Scientist, I know first-hand how valuable and vulnerable our nation’s federal data assets are. Like many things in life, we’ve been taking our data for granted and will miss it terribly when it’s gone. 

06.20.25 | 6 min read
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Environment
Press release
Position On H.Res.446 – Recognizing “National Extreme Heat Awareness Week”

The Federation of American Scientists supports H.Res. 446, which would recognize July 3rd through July 10th as “National Extreme Heat Awareness Week”.

06.19.25 | 1 min read
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Environment
Press release
Position On H.R.3738 – Heat Management Assistance Grant Act of 2025

The Federation of American Scientists supports H.R. 3738 of the 119th Congress, titled the “Heat Management Assistance Grant Act of 2025.”

06.19.25 | 1 min read
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Clean Energy
Report
De-Risking the Clean Energy Transition: Opportunities and Principles for Subnational Actors

As federal uncertainty grows and climate goals face political headwinds, a new coalition of subnational actors is rising to stabilize markets, accelerate permitting, and finance a more inclusive green economy.

06.18.25 | 12 min read
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Environment
Issue Brief
Impacts of Extreme Heat on Rural Communities

To protect rural America, Congress must address extreme heat’s impacts by repairing rural health systems, strengthening the preparedness of rural businesses, and hardening rural energy infrastructure

06.17.25 | 3 min read
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Environment
Blog
Federal Climate Policy Is Being Gutted. What Does That Say About How Well It Was Working?

The Trump Administration has moved with alarming speed to demolish programs, regulations, and institutions that were intended to make our communities and planet more liveable.

06.16.25 | 11 min read
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Global Risk
Press release
Federation of American Scientists Researchers Contribute Nuclear Weapons Expertise to International SIPRI Yearbook, Out Today

“The era of reductions in the number of nuclear weapons in the world, which had lasted since the end of the cold war, is coming to an end”

06.16.25 | 3 min read
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Clean Energy
Blog
50 Years, $50 Billion in Savings: Don’t Pull the Plug on FEMP

This DOE Office has been achieving DOGE’s stated mission of billion dollar savings for decades. Now government leaders may close its doors.

06.13.25 | 6 min read
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