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NOAA’s Weather and Climate Science Is Under Relentless Attack from Trump Administration. Will Congress Stand Up for Us?

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June 30, 2025

Schedule F by Another Name Is Still a Threat to Science

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July 2, 2025

Massachusetts’ Freedom to Move Act Can Get Transportation on Track

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EPA Rolls Back Fuel Efficiency Standards at the Request of Automakers

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March 30, 2018

Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Safety Dashbored

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March 30, 2018

No Shortcuts for Dirty Diesel Engines

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March 29, 2018

Dear EPA Staff, We Fixed Your Climate Change Talking Points for You

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March 29, 2018

Room for Ruminants in a Sustainable Future? Taking a Step Back to Find More Steps Forward

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March 29, 2018

Regenerative Farming Trailblazers: How Reintegrating Livestock and Restoring Soils Can Lead to More Resilient Farms

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March 29, 2018

Where Are the Solar Jobs? New Resource Can Tell You

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March 28, 2018

Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Census Tampering

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March 27, 2018

Why the Senate Should Reject Pompeo as Secretary of State

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March 27, 2018

Taking Action for Public Science: Re-Imagining Iowa’s Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

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March 27, 2018

Experts Warn: Census is Under Attack

Michael Latner
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March 27, 2018

Solar and Wind Need a Larger Electric Grid—and California Might Just Create One

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March 26, 2018

Will Michigan’s Public Service Commission Stand Strong and Reject DTE’s Billion-dollar Natural Gas Gamble?

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March 26, 2018

Fukushima’s Nuclear Safety Dividend at Surry Nuclear Plant

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March 23, 2018

How Did Climate and Clean Energy Programs Fare in the 2018 Federal Budget?

Rob Cowin
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March 23, 2018

Another Nail in the Coffin of the Misguided MOX Program

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March 22, 2018

The New Government Omnibus Spending Bill Shows that Science Advocacy Matters

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March 22, 2018

How Do Big Oil Companies Talk about Climate Science? Four Takeaways from a Day in Court

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March 22, 2018

This One Policy Would Provide Billions to Protect Massachusetts from Climate Change

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March 22, 2018

Scott Pruitt Will Restrict the EPA’s Use of Legitimate Science

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March 21, 2018

Pseudoscience on Trial: The Spectacular Fall of President Trump’s Voter Fraud Thesis

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March 21, 2018

WIN: Congress Cracks Open Door for Gun Violence Research to Resume

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March 21, 2018

What to Look For in Tomorrow’s DOE Budget Hearing

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Energy Storage is the Policy Epicenter of Energy Innovation

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