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July 29, 2025

Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo

Wildfires can fundamentally change how water moves through a landscape, leading to changes in both the availability and quality of water.

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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July 24, 2025

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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Kevin X. Shen

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Liza Gordon-Rogers

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Joseph Reed

Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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April 18, 2019

Science and Transparency: Harms to the Public Interest from Harassing Public Records Requests

UCS Science Network

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April 17, 2019

Clean Energy’s Progress, in One Simple, Uplifting Graphic

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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April 17, 2019

El progreso de la energía limpia, en un gráfico sencillo e inspirador

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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April 16, 2019

California’s Wildfire Costs are Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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April 15, 2019

What to Expect When You’re Expecting the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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April 12, 2019

US Winter 2018-2019: Bomb Cyclones, Arctic Outbreaks, Abundant Snowfall, Flooding, and an Unseasonably Warm Alaska

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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April 12, 2019

Uncharted Territory: The EPA’s Science Advisors Just Called Out Administrator Wheeler

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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April 12, 2019

Prodded by Coal Industry, the EPA Decides Mercury Is Fine, Just Fine. Remind Them: It’s Not.

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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April 11, 2019

Nuclear Weapons in the Reiwa Era

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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April 11, 2019

Three Things EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Doesn’t Understand About Ambient Air Pollution Standards

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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April 11, 2019

Electric Utilities Can Accelerate Electric Truck and Bus Deployment

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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April 10, 2019

Will Congress Extend the EV Tax Credit? A New Bipartisan Bill Gives me Hope

Jonna Hamilton
Former Contributor

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April 10, 2019

Yes, EPA: Regulating Mercury Pollution Is “Appropriate and Necessary”

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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April 9, 2019

Fires in Texas Spark Interest in Chemical Safety

Anthony Gutierrez
Former Contributor

Photo: Lance Cheung/USDA

April 9, 2019

4 Questions for the New Census of Agriculture

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

Before switching to no-till, farmer Gary Hula described the soil as having the consistency of flour. Just four years later and the structure and moisture in the soil is undeniable. Photo courtesy USDA/Flickr

April 8, 2019

Farmers Are Excited About Soil Health. That’s Good News for All of Us.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

April 5, 2019

There are Faster, Cheaper, Safer and More Reliable Alternatives to the Energy Department’s Proposed Multibillion Dollar Test Reactor

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

Credit: NASA/GSFC

April 5, 2019

Confronting Solar Geoengineering: What You Need to Know

Shuchi Talati
Former Contributor

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April 5, 2019

5 Wind Power Facts (From Better Sources Than President Trump)

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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April 5, 2019

Xenophobia Run Amok at the National Institutes of Health

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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April 5, 2019

6 Ways to Make Your Science Advocacy Effective at the State and Local Levels

UCS Science Network

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April 2, 2019

Shell Puts Trade Groups on Notice about Climate Policy

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

April 1, 2019

Food Companies at the Table in Trump Administration’s Dietary Guidelines Committee

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

April 1, 2019

Trump Administration Proposes Sponsorship Opportunities for Federal Agency Staff Positions and “Assets”

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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