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July 3, 2025

NOAA’s Weather and Climate Science Is Under Relentless Attack from Trump Administration. Will Congress Stand Up for Us?

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June 30, 2025

Schedule F by Another Name Is Still a Threat to Science

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July 2, 2025

Massachusetts’ Freedom to Move Act Can Get Transportation on Track

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January 14, 2025

What’s at Stake if the Data at Federal Agencies Disappears?

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January 14, 2025

Ask A Scientist: How Can Scientists Drive Change Through Climate Lawsuits?

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January 13, 2025

Congress Needs to Ask Pete Hegseth Tough Questions

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January 13, 2025

Organizations Call on Senators to Consider Nominees’ Respect for Science

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January 10, 2025

Six Facts About Water and Wildfire in the West

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January 8, 2025

Climate Science Deniers and Fossil Fuel Greenwashing: Danger in Trump’s Second Term

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Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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January 7, 2025

How Farm Policy Was Caught Up in a Dramatic End to 2024

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January 7, 2025

Why Were 2023 and 2024 So Hot?

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January 6, 2025

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

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January 2, 2025

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

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December 30, 2024

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

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December 19, 2024

When States Suppress Maternal Mortality Data, Pregnant People Pay the Price

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December 18, 2024

How Many Minerals Do We Really Need for EV Batteries?

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December 18, 2024

EPA Released a Cumulative Impacts Framework. Where Do We Go From Here?

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December 17, 2024

Soaring Insurance Rates Show Climate Change Is a Pocketbook Issue

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December 17, 2024

No Matter Who’s in Office, the Choice for Cleaner Trucks Is Obvious

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December 17, 2024

Trump’s DOJ Could Pose a Danger to Elections and Voting Rights

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December 16, 2024

The Real Scam: Rail Against Renewables, Run Away with Factories

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December 16, 2024

Looking Ahead to Climate Litigation in 2025: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

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December 12, 2024

Power Moves: Billions in Benefits for the Midwest’s Transmission System

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Midwest Policy Director

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December 12, 2024

Massive Investments in the Midwest Grid Are Worth Celebrating

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December 11, 2024

Three Efforts to Preserve Government Data as a New Trump Administration Approaches

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December 11, 2024

Trump’s Tariffs Will Be Bad for US Farmers and Consumers

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December 11, 2024

Ten Bills to Create Dignity and Safe Working Conditions for Food and Farm Workers

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