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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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March 22, 2017

You Can Support Science and Push Back Against the Anti-Science Agenda: Here’s How

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March 22, 2017

Trump’s "Skinny" Budget Would Starve Farmers of Support, Leave Kids and Seniors Hungry

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March 22, 2017

When I March for Science, I’ll March for Equity, Inclusion, and Access

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March 22, 2017

The Safety of Coal Miners—and Every Worker in America—Is at Risk

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March 22, 2017

Fact-checking the Trump Administration's Claims about EPA's Vehicle Standards

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March 20, 2017

Counting the Attacks on Science by the Trump Administration and Congress

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March 20, 2017

Why Freezing North Korea’s Weapons Programs Would Make Us Safer

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March 17, 2017

What NASA Earth Missions are on the Chopping Block? – PACE, CLARREO, OCO-3, and DSCOVR

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March 17, 2017

Cover Crop Challenges: A Reminder That In Agriculture, Even Small Changes Can Be Hard

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March 17, 2017

Secretary of Defense James Mattis: The Lone Climate Change Soldier in this Administration’s Cabinet

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March 16, 2017

Food Production Does NOT Need to Double by 2050 (And Other Required Reading for the Next USDA Secretary)

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Deputy Director

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March 16, 2017

Budget Proposal Throws Coal Communities under the Bus

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March 16, 2017

New START is a Winner

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March 16, 2017

Will Congress Turn Its Back on the Safety of America's Workers?

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Former Executive Director

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March 16, 2017

Helping the FDA Define "Healthy" Food Labels

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March 16, 2017

Are Electric Buses Feasible?

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March 15, 2017

Who's Marching for Science—and Why? Here Are 15 Answers

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March 15, 2017

We’ve Said It, the Post Says It, Now SciAm Too: Take Weapons Off Alert

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March 15, 2017

President Trump Has a Wrecking Ball (and it’s Aimed at the Climate)

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March 15, 2017

EPA Pulls Back Sound Policy Judgment at Behest of Auto Industry

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March 15, 2017

How's EPA's Science Advice Process Doing? Celebrating Sunshine and Progress at the EPA

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March 15, 2017

Trump Administration Attacks Public Health Protections with Proposed Cuts to EPA Budget

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How to Make Disasters More Costly and Harmful: Cut FEMA’s Budget

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March 14, 2017

Stand Up for Science: 5 Ways Scientists Can Make Their Voices Heard

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