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December 16, 2025

The Exploding Scope of the Military-Industrial Complex

Members of both major political parties have begun to question ballooning defense expenditures, which have almost tripled since the 1990s.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

UCS Science Network

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Melissa Kaplan

Senior Manager of Government Affairs

Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

Senior Scientist

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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
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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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
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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June 18, 2019

Congress Is Pushing Back on the Trump Fuel Economy Rollback. Why Aren’t Auto Companies?

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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June 17, 2019

5 Ways the Trump Administration Will Eviscerate Science and Undermine Climate Action in New “Affordable Clean Energy” Rule

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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June 15, 2019

The Trump Administration’s Hostility Toward Independent Expert Advice Spirals Out of Control

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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June 13, 2019

Hurricane Florence Lessons Underscore Need for the National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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June 10, 2019

Here’s Why New York Should Pass the CCPA

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

James Gignac

June 10, 2019

What Will DTE’s Electricity Future Look Like?

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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