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June 18, 2025

What We’re Watching: Coming Historic Heat Plus Acute Risks Could Make Rest of June a Hot Mess

Expected extreme heat in US was made more likely by climate change.

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Worsening Wildfires Contribute to Increasingly Unaffordable Insurance and Housing Costs

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June 17, 2025

Railroads Are Running Dirty Diesel Trains Through Communities and No One Is Doing Anything About It

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March 6, 2017

North Korea Launches Four Missiles “Simultaneously”

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March 3, 2017

What We Need Are Farms That Support Farmers, Consumers AND the Environment

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March 3, 2017

President Trump’s Opening Salvos on Clean Water—and Other Public Health Safeguards

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

March 3, 2017

President Trump’s Visit to Newport News, VA and His Speech Aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford: The Climate Connection

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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March 3, 2017

A Dozen Doozies: Setting the Record Straight on Richard Lindzen’s Letter to President Trump

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Director of Scientific Excellence

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March 2, 2017

Beryllium Exposure: Trump Administration Delays Protecting Workers from a Devastating Risk

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March 2, 2017

The Consequences of Connecticut’s Tesla Ban

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March 1, 2017

China’s Changing Foreign Policy

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February 27, 2017

The NRC and Nuclear Safety Culture: Do As I Say, Not As I Do

Dave Lochbaum
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February 27, 2017

Will the US Choose to Be on the Right Side of History and Welcome Climate Refugees?

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February 24, 2017

A Tribute to Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Prize Winner and a Giant Among Economic Thinkers

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February 23, 2017

Congress Does Industry’s Bidding by Cutting Public Safeguards

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February 23, 2017

Overpopulation, and a Movie that Definitely Won’t Get the Oscar

Doug Boucher
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February 23, 2017

Marginalizing Transgender Students Weakens Science and Diminishes America

Michael Halpern
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February 22, 2017

Governor Dayton Must Step Up to Protect Energy Consumers

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February 22, 2017

Why You Can't Buy a Tesla in Connecticut (and 5 Other States)

Daniel Gatti
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February 21, 2017

Will New Mexico Join the Next Generation of Clean Energy Leaders?

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Director of State Policy and Analysis

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February 17, 2017

The Man Who Sued the EPA is Now Running It. What Does That Mean for the Environment?

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February 15, 2017

Learning from Oroville Dam Disaster: State Water Board Proposes Climate Change Resolution

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February 15, 2017

Kudos to NRC for Lessons-Learned Review at Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility

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Solar vs Nuclear: The Tale of Two Energy Sources

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February 14, 2017

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February 14, 2017

UCS Founder Kurt Gottfried Wins AAAS Award

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