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May 15, 2025

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

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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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Scientists Stand Up Against Shoddy Science on Glider Vehicles

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3 Takeaways from the Latest Solar Results

John Rogers
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March 15, 2018

EPA Quietly Moves to Allow More Toxic Air Pollution that Causes Cancer

Juan Declet-Barreto
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March 15, 2018

A Shout-Out to Government Scientists: Have You Completed the UCS Federal Scientists Survey?

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March 14, 2018

Two Major Climate Change Lawsuits Move Forward

Ken Kimmell
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March 14, 2018

Energy Storage Means Energy Security—but Trump’s Budget Gives It the Axe

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March 14, 2018

Food Stamps Cuts Could Hit Rural America Hardest

Sarah Reinhardt
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March 13, 2018

Investing in the Future Farmers and Stewards of America

Marcia DeLonge
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March 12, 2018

This Sunshine Week, How “Draining the Swamp” and Open Government are Faring in the Trump Era

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March 9, 2018

Reason for Optimism AND Concern in the Proposed US-North Korean Nuclear Summit

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March 9, 2018

California’s Clean Fuels Standard Poised to Get Even Better

Jeremy Martin
Senior Scientist and Director of Fuels Policy

March 8, 2018

Why NRC Nuclear Safety Inspections are Necessary: Vogtle

Dave Lochbaum
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March 8, 2018

New Data Show Electric Vehicles Continue to Get Cleaner

David Reichmuth
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Las mujeres fortalecen las industrias de energía renovable

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March 7, 2018

Collaboration Between Ranchers and Scientists Leads to Rangeland Management Opportunities

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March 6, 2018

Five Things We’ve Learned from Surveys of Government Scientists

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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March 5, 2018

Proposed Budget Cuts to NASA’s Earth Science Division Are Damaging for All of Us

Rachel Licker
Former Staff

March 2, 2018

Building Relationships to Promote Science-Based Decision Making

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March 2, 2018

NOAA’s Life-Saving Research is on the Chopping Block in FY19 Federal Budget

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Scott Pruitt, Superfund, and Communities: A Burning Desire to Remediate the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site

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March 1, 2018

Hawaii’s False Missile Alert

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March 1, 2018

Scott Pruitt Ensnares the Clean Power Plan in More Red Tape

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March 1, 2018

UPDATED: The Disturbing Facts of Gun Violence Research in the US

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How Does the Farm Bill Affect Everyday Americans?

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