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July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Continued attacks on NOAA’s ability to conduct science will make it increasingly difficult to reduce the size of the Gulf dead zone.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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July 30, 2025

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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July 29, 2025

Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo

Carly Phillips
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January 11, 2017

New Study Shows How Solar Can Enhance Grid Reliability

Laura Wisland
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January 11, 2017

What Will US Energy Leadership Look Like at Rick Perry's Department of Energy?

Rob Cowin
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January 11, 2017

The Department of Energy Just Created a Powerful Tool to Protect its Scientists

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 11, 2017

What Electric Vehicle Sales in 2016 Mean for the Future of Transportation

Peter O'Connor
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January 10, 2017

Rex Tillerson and “We’ll Adapt” to Climate Change: Millionaire Oilmen Say the Darndest Things

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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January 10, 2017

New Year, New Clean Energy Analysis: New Study Finds Lots of Benefits, Few Costs

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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January 6, 2017

The Inquisition Congress, Abetted by Trump, Has Begun

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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January 6, 2017

How Will the National Park Service Protect America’s Heritage from Climate Change?

Adam Markham
Former Staff

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January 3, 2017

California Snow Levels Below Normal Despite Heavy Rains

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

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January 3, 2017

Attacking Science in Week One: How Congress is Trying to Dismantle Public Protections

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

January 3, 2017

Scientists’ Letter to Trump Supporting Iran Nuclear Deal

David Wright
Former Contributor

January 3, 2017

Watts Bar Hokey Pokey is Not Okey Dokey

Dave Lochbaum
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December 27, 2016

Frazzled at FitzPatrick

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 23, 2016

Peter Navarro: Trump’s “China Policy Czar” ?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

December 22, 2016

Year in Review: How 8 States Made 2016 a Huge Year for Clean Energy

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

December 22, 2016

Breaking News From the Arctic: It Is not Santa, It Is Global Warming

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

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December 22, 2016

Mr. Pruitt, the EPA’s Job Is to Protect Our Health and Safety. Will You?

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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December 22, 2016

Self-Driving Cars in 2017: Navigating the Promises and Pitfalls

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

December 21, 2016

‘Little’ Errors Add Up: What an Electric Vehicles Study Gets Right, and What It Gets Wrong

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

December 21, 2016

Four Economic Errors that Cause Environmental Problems (and How to Correct Them)

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December 21, 2016

The Congressional Review Act: A Radical Threat To Science

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

December 21, 2016

Ready and Organizing: Scientists, and Most Americans, Have Climate Change on Their Minds

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

Amelia Moore

December 20, 2016

In the Rush to Repeal Obamacare, A Reminder: Food Policy Is Health Policy

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

December 20, 2016

Michigan Finally Moves Forward on Clean Energy, As the Final Bell Tolls on 2016 Session

Sam Gomberg
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