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July 2, 2025

Heatwave Exposes How Trump Administration Cuts Endanger Workers and Energy-Burdened Communities

New maps show states at greatest risk without federal utility bill assistance during hot weather.

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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June 30, 2025

Schedule F by Another Name Is Still a Threat to Science

Joseph Reed
Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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July 2, 2025

Massachusetts’ Freedom to Move Act Can Get Transportation on Track

Kevin X. Shen
Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

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Western States Energy Analyst

Steve Clemmer

Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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June 28, 2019

The US Supreme Court Turns its Back on Democracy

Ken Kimmell
Former President

Dan Broun

June 28, 2019

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

Adam Markham
Former Staff

June 27, 2019

LGBQT+ Representation in Science 50 Years After the Stonewall Riots

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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?

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Scientist

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June 27, 2019

Electric Airport Shuttle Buses Are Taking Off

Jimmy O'Dea
Former Contributor

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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

UCS Science Network

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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

UCS Science Network

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June 24, 2019

Scientists Find Serious Flaws in Proposal to Delist Endangered Gray Wolf

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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June 24, 2019

Chevron Earns Shareholder Distrust on Climate Action

Nicole Pinko
Former Contributor

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June 21, 2019

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

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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June 21, 2019

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

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

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June 20, 2019

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

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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June 20, 2019

Offshore Wind in the US: Scale, Jobs and Innovation

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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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
Former Contributor

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June 19, 2019

Trump Administration Wrongfully Brands Chinese Scientists as Spies, Hindering Scientific Progress

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

June 19, 2019

Yale Poll Finds Majority of Americans Think ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Other Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay for Climate Change Damage

Peter Frumhoff
Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist

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