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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
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August 14, 2025

Scientists’ Role in Defending Democracy

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April 21, 2016

Congress Can Help Prevent Diabetes with Healthy School Lunches

Karen Perry Stillerman
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April 21, 2016

Bad science: Russian objections to US plutonium proposal not a reason to keep MOX

Stephen Young
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April 20, 2016

This Earth Day, Four Reasons to Bring Food and Farms to the Table

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April 20, 2016

What You Get When You Vote With Your Dollar: The Case of Organic Wheat

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April 19, 2016

Finally, a Silica Rule: A Story of Industry Interference and Regulatory Delay

Gretchen Goldman
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April 19, 2016

Food Access and Diabetes Rates in Communities of Color: Connecting the Dots

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April 19, 2016

Senate Energy Bill Better than Doing Nothing

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April 19, 2016

Nuclear Spent Fuel Damage: Pool Accident

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April 18, 2016

New Analysis: Renewables and Efficiency Key to Economic and Public Health Benefits in Michigan

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April 15, 2016

The Last 3 Months Were the Warmest on Record…

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April 14, 2016

What Do Fetal Tissue and Climate Have in Common? Silencing of Science and Scientists

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Vice President of Programs, Policy & Advocacy

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The Best Way to Fail: Smart Charging vs. Everything Else

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April 14, 2016

What's Driving Deforestation Now?

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April 13, 2016

BP Should Not Shirk Climate Responsibility at Annual General Meeting

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

April 13, 2016

Why Electricity Bills Go Up and Down: Putting Costs in Context

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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Here are the Top 5 New Clean Cars for 2017

Josh Goldman
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April 13, 2016

Peabody Energy’s Bankruptcy Filing: Top 4 Things You Should Know

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April 12, 2016

Here Come Natural Gas Price Increases

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Reactor Core Damage: Power Excursion

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April 11, 2016

New NNSA Stockpile Plan Same as the Old Plan: Problematic

Stephen Young
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Still in the Dark on TTIP: Trade Agreement with the European Union Is a Black Box

Celia Wexler
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The Trouble with Science Funding

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