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The Deceit Playbook: Fossil Fuel Interests Target Opponents with Intimidation Campaigns

The alleged scheme involved hacking into the email accounts of staff members at UCS and several other public interest organizations.

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12,000 Reasons Why the Trump Administration Must Be Stopped from Dismantling FEMA

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Seven Questions for EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin as He Testifies Before Congress

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So, What Does the Endangered Species Act Mean to Me?

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How Would a Flawed 2020 Census Affect You? I Talked with Someone Who Knows

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May 9, 2018

2°C or not 2°C? Unanswered Questions in ExxonMobil’s and Chevron’s Climate Risk Reports

Kathy Mulvey
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May 9, 2018

How Trump’s Proposed Cuts to the EPA’s Science and Technology Budget Endanger Our Health and Safety

Kathleen Rest
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May 8, 2018

EPA Eliminates Vital Protection to Keep Air Clean of Toxics, Threatening Our Health

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May 8, 2018

Science — The Hidden Gem at the Heart of the EPA and Why You Should Support It

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May 7, 2018

What Happened During the Hasty White House Review of EPA’s Science Restriction Rule?

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May 7, 2018

What is the Connection Between New Mobility and Transportation Equity?

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May 7, 2018

NRC Cherry-Picking in the Post-Fukushima Era: A Case Study

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May 3, 2018

Regulators Should Think Twice Before Handing Out Pollution Credits for Self-Driving Cars

Don Anair
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May 3, 2018

The Health and Safety of America’s Workers Is at Risk

Kathleen Rest
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May 3, 2018

How Important is it for Self-Driving Cars to be Electric?

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April 26, 2018

7 Times Scott Pruitt Stole an Idea from the Villains of Captain Planet

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April 26, 2018

Do Local Food Markets Support Profitable Farms and Ranches?

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April 26, 2018

What Does North Korea Want—and What is the US Prepared to Give?

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April 26, 2018

What Does the US Want from North Korea?

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April 26, 2018

EPA Chief Pruitt Even Violates His Own Principles

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April 25, 2018

Six Things You Should Know About The EPA’s New Science Restriction Draft Policy

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April 24, 2018

Hundreds of Leading Scientists Stand Up for Science Integrity and Plead for Climate Action

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April 24, 2018

Flint, Michigan Still Waiting for Justice Four Years On

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April 24, 2018

Better Data Are Needed to Dismantle Racism in Policing

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April 24, 2018

A List of Scientific Organizations That Have Supported and Opposed Limiting What Research EPA Can Use to Make Decisions

Michael Halpern
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April 24, 2018

The “Race” to Resolve the Boiling Water Reactor Safety Limit Problem

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April 23, 2018

California’s Next Climate Change Challenge is Water Whiplash

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