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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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February 2, 2018

Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review: Top Take-Aways

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February 2, 2018

Pruitt’s EPA Attempts to Undermine California’s Leadership on Vehicle Standards

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February 1, 2018

China and Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review

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January 31, 2018

Why a Boring, Bureaucratic Reorganization at the Department of Energy Might Be Worse Than It Seems

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January 31, 2018

When Renewable Energy Costs Fall Quickly, How Should Buyers Get Good Information?

Mike Jacobs
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January 31, 2018

Science 1, Gobbledygook 0: Debunking Trump’s Climate Claims

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Director of Scientific Excellence

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January 31, 2018

Donald Trump’s State of the Union: Actions Speak Louder Than Words

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January 31, 2018

State of the Union: The Values that Can Stop a Wrecking Ball Presidency

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January 31, 2018

Sea Level Rise Will Make Oregon’s Existing Flooding Problems Worse

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January 30, 2018

Cyanobacteria-Based Biofuel: an Innovative Platform for Clean Energy Production

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January 30, 2018

Governor Brown Aims to Boost California’s Leadership on Electric Cars

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January 30, 2018

Leadership from California mayors on climate change, air quality, and public transit

Jimmy O'Dea
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January 30, 2018

What the Science Tells Us About Making Football Safer This CTE Awareness Day

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January 29, 2018

New EPA Guidance Stands to Increase Hazardous Air Pollutants in Environmental Justice Communities

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January 29, 2018

Clean Energy Leadership: Next Steps for Massachusetts

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January 29, 2018

DTE Customers Could Save $340 Million with Clean Energy Compared to Proposed Gas Plant

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January 26, 2018

Infrastructure in the Trump Congress: We Must Build for the Future, Not the Past

Rob Cowin
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January 26, 2018

Despite Rhetoric, Coal Jobs Not Set to Increase in the Future

Jeremy Richardson
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January 26, 2018

Science and the Law: Two Pillars of Truth Intersect at Political Boundaries

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January 25, 2018

Building Momentum After the Tax Bill: A Call for Scientists to Remain Engaged

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January 25, 2018

Three Good Things Massachusetts is Doing on Climate

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January 25, 2018

Should the President Have Sole Authority to Launch a Nuclear Attack? In the Age of Trump, Experts Offer an Alternate Plan

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January 24, 2018

ExxonMobil’s Jekyll-and-Hyde Act: A Year in Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable

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January 24, 2018

Why the Solar Tariff Slows Clean Energy Progress and Hurts California Workers

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