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July 24, 2025

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

US taxpayers are facing double jeopardy thanks to a reckless and inhumane budget bill that hands billions of dollars to the oil and gas industry as it worsens the impact of climate change

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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July 24, 2025

Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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July 24, 2025

From the Courtroom to the Internet, the Fight Over Federal Science Is On

Jules Barbati-Dajches
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Senate confirmation hearing for Brock Long to head FEMA on June 7, 2017.

June 16, 2017

5 Reasons Why Congress Should Immediately Greenlight the Nation’s Natural Disaster Responder-in-Chief

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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June 16, 2017

As Washington Flounders, Midwest Businesses Forge Ahead on Clean Energy

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

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June 15, 2017

Beliefs Won’t Save Tangier Island, Virginia, From Sea Level Rise—Informed Preparedness Will.

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

June 15, 2017

The Case of the Missing Numbers

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

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June 15, 2017

How Do We Get to 100% Renewable Energy? Could be Storage, Storage, Storage

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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June 14, 2017

This Summer’s Gulf “Dead Zone” Could Be Bigger Than Connecticut—and Trump’s Budget Cuts Would Make It Worse

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

June 14, 2017

Signed, Sealed, Delayed? The New Fate of the Added Sugar Rule and Other Safeguards

Genna Reed
Former Staff

June 14, 2017

Nuclear Leaks: The Back Story the NRC Doesn’t Want You to Know about Palo Verde

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

Pittsburgh, 1947, on the left; Pittsburgh, 1974, on the right. Sources: EPA

June 13, 2017

The EPA Budget Cuts Are A Direct Attack on Our Air, Water, and Health

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

June 13, 2017

Oyster Creek Reactor: Bad Nuclear Vibrations

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

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June 12, 2017

Five Questions Scott Pruitt Should Answer at This Week's EPA Budget Hearing

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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June 9, 2017

Protect the Science, Protect the Species

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

June 9, 2017

Drowning in a Sea of Sufficient Ozone Research: An Open Letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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June 9, 2017

Wind Keeps Creating Jobs, Even as We Pull Out of Paris

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

June 9, 2017

Increase in Cancer Risk for Japanese Workers Accidentally Exposed to Plutonium

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

USDA

June 9, 2017

Federal Science Advisory Boards Under Threat: Why Scientists Should Get Involved

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

June 8, 2017

Trump Budget Bares Wholesale Disregard for Environmental Justice Communities, But a New Bill Gives Hope

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

June 8, 2017

An Insider’s View on the Value of Federal Research

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June 8, 2017

Does Trump's Paris Decision Make Him the Most Dangerous Man in the World?

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June 8, 2017

Palo Verde: Running Without a Backup Power Supply

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

June 7, 2017

The Ugly: Post #3 on the NNSA’s FY2018 Budget Request

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

Photo: Dennis Schroeder / NREL

June 7, 2017

There Are 68.4 Million Better Places for Solar Panels Than Mr. Trump’s Wall

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

June 7, 2017

How the Size of Your iPhone Relates to Sea Level Rise

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

June 7, 2017

The Ill-logic of Alternative Facts (sic)

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