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May 21, 2025

Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

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Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
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May 21, 2025

Wildfires Are Getting Worse. Trump’s Science Cuts Could Threaten Our Response.

Carly Phillips
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May 15, 2025

12,000 Reasons Why the Trump Administration Must Be Stopped from Dismantling FEMA

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July 1, 2019

As Methane Levels in the Atmosphere Soar, Trump Administration Moves to Gut Regulations

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July 1, 2019

What Can Concerned People Do about Attacks on Science?

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June 28, 2019

The US Supreme Court Turns its Back on Democracy

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June 28, 2019

It’s Time to Stop Ignoring the Climate Change Threat to World Heritage

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June 27, 2019

LGBQT+ Representation in Science 50 Years After the Stonewall Riots

Jacob Carter
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June 27, 2019

Trump Opens Door to Renegotiating Controversial Okinawa Base Deal

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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June 27, 2019

Who Breathes the Dirtiest Air from Vehicles in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic?

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June 27, 2019

Electric Airport Shuttle Buses Are Taking Off

Jimmy O'Dea
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June 26, 2019

The Best School Lunch News You Never Heard

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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June 26, 2019

Congress Must Lead with National Energy Standards to Save the Climate

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

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June 26, 2019

50% by 2035 National Renewable Electricity Standard Would Boost Economy and Cut Carbon Emissions

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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June 25, 2019

The Masked Syndrome: HIV, Health Disparities, and the Two-Pronged Approach

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June 25, 2019

Renewable Energy Curtailment 101: The Problem That’s Actually Not a Problem At All

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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June 24, 2019

With New Power Plant Rule, Trump Administration Plumbs the Depths of the Indefensible

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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June 24, 2019

ExxonMobil Execs Care More About Dodging Responsibility for Climate Damages Than Preventing More Harm

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June 24, 2019

Scientists Find Serious Flaws in Proposal to Delist Endangered Gray Wolf

Jacob Carter
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June 24, 2019

Chevron Earns Shareholder Distrust on Climate Action

Nicole Pinko
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June 21, 2019

What’s the Difference Between Food Stamp Abuse and a First-Class Exposé? Race.

Sarah Reinhardt
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June 21, 2019

Hey, Oregon Senators: You Can’t Run Away from Climate Change

Adrienne Alvord
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June 20, 2019

Energía Eólica Marina en los EE.UU.: Escala, Empleos e Innovación

Paula Garcia
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June 20, 2019

Offshore Wind in the US: Scale, Jobs and Innovation

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June 20, 2019

What to Expect from Today’s EPA Scientific Integrity Stakeholder Meeting

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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June 20, 2019

The House Ways and Means Committee—Will it Throw Climate Under the Bus?

Ken Kimmell
Former President

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June 19, 2019

He’s a Science Denier—and He Oversees the Nation’s Farm Policy

Ricardo Salvador
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