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December 10, 2025

How Trump’s Free Pass to Polluters will Harm Americans

More than one-third of coal plants and other polluting facilities have been exempted from clear air rules.

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December 8, 2025

The Courts Delivered Important Climate Wins in 2025

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How Should We Read China’s First White Paper on Arms Control in 20 Years?

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April 19, 2019

The Way We Talk About Geoengineering Matters

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April 18, 2019

Make Electric Vehicle Rebates Available at the Point of Purchase

Daniel Gatti
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April 18, 2019

SNAP Rule Change Would Disproportionately Affect Trump Country

Sarah Reinhardt
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April 18, 2019

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

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April 17, 2019

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

John Rogers
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April 17, 2019

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

John Rogers
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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

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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
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April 12, 2019

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

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO 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

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April 11, 2019

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

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April 11, 2019

Electric Utilities Can Accelerate Electric Truck and Bus Deployment

Samantha Houston
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April 10, 2019

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

Jonna Hamilton
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April 10, 2019

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

Kathleen Rest
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April 9, 2019

Fires in Texas Spark Interest in Chemical Safety

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April 9, 2019

4 Questions for the New Census of Agriculture

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April 8, 2019

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

Karen Perry Stillerman
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April 5, 2019

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

Ed Lyman
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April 5, 2019

Confronting Solar Geoengineering: What You Need to Know

Shuchi Talati
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April 5, 2019

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

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April 5, 2019

Xenophobia Run Amok at the National Institutes of Health

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April 5, 2019

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

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