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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

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

Senior Scientist

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June 21, 2018

What Our 50-State Scorecard Says About Farming and Water Pollution (and What the Farm Bill Should Do About It)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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June 20, 2018

The Fate of My Grandmother’s Home: Facing Sea Level Rise in New Jersey

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SB 100 Lobby Day in Sacramento

June 20, 2018

California Takes Another Run at 100 Percent Clean Electricity

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

June 20, 2018

Role of Regulation in Nuclear Plant Safety: A New Series of Posts

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

June 18, 2018

Trump Wants a New Low-Yield Nuclear Weapon. But the US Has Plenty Already.

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

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June 18, 2018

Peter Wright’s 50+ Chemical Facility Conflicts: A Disaster Waiting to Happen

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Eric Kilby

June 15, 2018

Massachusetts Senate Unanimously Endorses a Bold Vision for Clean Transportation

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

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June 14, 2018

Hey California, Let’s Spare the Air and Turn Down the Gas

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

The Chevron Richmond refinery fire in August 2012.

June 13, 2018

Contents Under Pressure: Speak Out Against EPA Proposed Chemical Facility Safety Rollbacks That Put Communities at Risk

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

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June 13, 2018

New Evidence Shows Just How Bad the Trump Administration is at Governing

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

Community solar projects are becoming popular as a way to provide access to solar for everyone while being able to take advantage of the economies of scale for larger projects. (Source: Wikimedia)

June 13, 2018

Acceso equitativo a la energía solar en Massachusetts, en manos del Senado

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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June 12, 2018

Massachusetts’s Clean Energy Economy: What the Legislature Needs to Do Now

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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June 12, 2018

We Ranked All 50 States from Farm to Fork. Why We Bothered—and a Taste of Our Takeaways

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

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June 12, 2018

ExxonMobil Refuses to Give Scientists the Floor: Reflections from a Corporate Shareholders’ Meeting

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June 12, 2018

Supreme Court Ignores Science, Enables Voter Purging, But Data May Have Final Say

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

June 11, 2018

The Versatile Test Reactor Debate: Round 2

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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June 7, 2018

Will Chevron Show Leadership in Climate Solutions? Notes From the 2018 Shareholders’ Meeting

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June 7, 2018

Our Latest Automaker Rankings: What The Industry Needs to do to Keep Moving Forward

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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June 6, 2018

It’s Time to Implement Stronger Autonomous Vehicle Testing Standards

Richard Ezike
Former Contributor

June 5, 2018

Update on the Low-Yield Trident Warhead: Time for the Senate to Step Up

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

June 5, 2018

Why NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System Matters

Rachel Licker
Former Staff

June 2, 2018

Debriefing the EPA’s Science Advisory Board Meeting

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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June 1, 2018

Who’s Interested in the Trump Coal Bailout?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

June 1, 2018

The difference between 4,645 and 64 deceased in the aftermath of Hurricane María is… science

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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