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August 20, 2025

What Is a “Skinny” Farm Bill—and Is It a Bad Thing?

The House Agriculture Committee may attempt to push through a scaled-down version of the farm bill—but there are certain things it cannot leave out.

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

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August 19, 2025

We Can Have it All: Forward-Looking Climate Policy and Affordability. Here’s How.

Daniel Barad
Western States Policy Manager

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August 14, 2025

Scientists’ Role in Defending Democracy

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Abengoa’s plant in Hugoton Kansas will produce 25 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels and 21 MW of electricity per year – enough to power the plant and sell some back to the local Stevens County community. Photo credit Abengoa.

August 30, 2017

Pruitt’s EPA Undermines Cellulosic Biofuels and Transparency in Government

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

August 29, 2017

Halting a National Academy of Sciences Study Is Unacceptable

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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August 29, 2017

Warehouses As an Environmental Justice Issue

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August 29, 2017

North Korea’s Missile Test over Japan

David Wright
Former Contributor

August 25, 2017

Comments Needed Now! The Trump Administration Might Revoke Vital Beryllium Protections

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

NOAA

August 24, 2017

Hurricane Harvey Threatens to Bring Dangerous Storm Surge and Flooding to Texas Coast

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

August 24, 2017

ExxonMobil Attacks New Study That Exposes Its Climate Deception…Again.

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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August 22, 2017

The Soil Solution: One Reason to be Optimistic About the Environment is Right Beneath Our Feet

UCS Science Network

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August 22, 2017

Is Sam Clovis a Scientist? A Racist? 9 Questions the Senate Should Ask

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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August 22, 2017

Historic Communities Face New Challenges as Sea Levels Rise along the South Carolina Coast

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

August 21, 2017

Morgan Stanley Is Wrong About Tesla's Electric Cars

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

August 21, 2017

Going in the Wrong Direction: We Need More Advice on the Impacts of Climate Change

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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August 18, 2017

Trump's Executive Order Will Make America Flood Again (and Again and Again)

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

August 16, 2017

US Talks to China about North Korea, But Does Not Listen

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

August 16, 2017

How Quickly Have US Solar and Wind Grown?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

August 16, 2017

Galveston County, Texas, Faces Sea Level Rise and Storms

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

NASA.Gov

August 15, 2017

Three Myths About Solar Energy and the Eclipse

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

August 12, 2017

The Pyroprocessing Files

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

August 11, 2017

Massachusetts Leads on Clean Electricity—Let's Take On Clean Transportation

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

NASA

August 11, 2017

¿Listos para el eclipse solar? Nuestro sistema eléctrico sí lo está.

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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August 10, 2017

Floods, Droughts, and Soil: The Movie (or, Why I Destroyed a Small City for Page Views)

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

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August 10, 2017

The Solar Eclipse and Our Electricity Supply: Why We've Got This Covered

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

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August 9, 2017

How Healthier Soils Help Farms and Communities Downstream Deal with Floods and Droughts

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

The world's largest fossil fuel companies have worked to deceive hte public about the realities and risks of climate change for decades. Photo: Steve Garvie

August 8, 2017

US Abandons Global Science Leadership, Zeroes Out IPCC Funding

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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