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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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Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

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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

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March 27, 2019

1,399 Endangered Species Latest Casualty as David Bernhardt’s Siege on Science Continues at Interior Department

Jacob Carter
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March 25, 2019

Taking Science Out of Air Pollution Protections

Gretchen Goldman
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March 25, 2019

How the Green New Deal Can Unify Rather than Divide Us

Ken Kimmell
Former President

March 22, 2019

New Mexico Commits to 100

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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March 21, 2019

Illinois’ Energy Future: Less Coal, More Renewables

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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March 21, 2019

What’s Hot in Offshore Wind: 5 Dispatches from the Front Lines

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

March 19, 2019

Maps Lie. Beyoncé Doesn’t

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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March 18, 2019

The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Continues to Weaken

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March 18, 2019

Inspiration, Humility, Hope, and Sadness: Reflections on the Youth Climate Strike

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

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March 14, 2019

Trump’s Proposed 2020 Budget Takes Aim at Science (Again)

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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March 14, 2019

A Comment Guide for Fighting the EPA’s Attacks on Mercury Standards and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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March 14, 2019

Perdue’s Paradox: Proposed USDA Reorganization Would Undermine Farmers and Science-Based Research

Mike Lavender
Former Contributor

March 13, 2019

The Scientific Integrity Act is Good for Science and Good for Government

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

March 13, 2019

Bury the Science, Then Claim It Doesn’t Exist: Interior Department Undermines Arctic Drilling Review

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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March 11, 2019

Getting to 100% Clean Energy—and the Grid Operators that Stand in the Way

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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March 8, 2019

3 Key Facts on the Participation of Women in Renewable Energy

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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March 8, 2019

3 Cifras Claves Sobre la Participación de la Mujer en la Energía Renovable

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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March 7, 2019

Washington State Tackles Transportation Emissions

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

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March 6, 2019

100% Clean Electricity in Washington State: Everything You Need To Know

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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March 6, 2019

EPA Report Shows Vehicles Are Most Efficient Ever But is Trying to Roll Back That Progress

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

March 4, 2019

50 Years of Science In Action

Ken Kimmell
Former President

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March 1, 2019

6 Ways H.R.1 Would Strengthen Democracy and Science-Based Policy

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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February 28, 2019

Remember the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster? The Trump Administration Wants You to Forget

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

February 27, 2019

Confirmed: Andrew Wheeler’s Love of Polluters, Disdain for Science and Public Health

Andrew Rosenberg
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