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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

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January 25, 2016

Oil and Gas: What We Know is Concerning, but What We Don’t is Worse

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January 22, 2016

El Niño Won’t Fill Up California’s Critical Groundwater Reservoirs

Juliet Christian-Smith
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January 22, 2016

5 Things Governor Baker Got Right About Energy in Massachusetts (and 1 Thing He Missed)

John Rogers
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January 22, 2016

Winter Storm Jonas, Storm Surge, and the Science of Coastal Flooding

Erika Spanger
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January 21, 2016

The 3 Biggest Mistakes You’ll Read in Transportation Stories This Year

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

January 20, 2016

That’s Not How Commerce Works—U.S. Chamber Wrong (Again) in New Clean Power Plan Report

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

January 20, 2016

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Marcia DeLonge
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January 20, 2016

Who Was 2015’s Got Science Champion? The Results Are In…

Ken Kimmell
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January 20, 2016

Climate Risks Are #1 Threat to Global Economy

Rachel Cleetus
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January 19, 2016

The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act Heads to the Senate

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
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January 19, 2016

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Dave Lochbaum
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January 15, 2016

Governor Brown Urges Water Managers to Plan for Climate Change

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

January 14, 2016

Coming to the Table: Fixing Food to Combat Inequity

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
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January 14, 2016

It’s The Largest Methane Leak in U.S. History. Who’s Responsible?

David Babson
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January 14, 2016

Virginia Coastal Protection Act: New UCS Analysis Highlights Opportunity for Carbon Revenue

Jeremy Richardson
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January 13, 2016

Just How New is the New, Nuclear-armed Cruise Missile?

Stephen Young
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January 12, 2016

The Public Interest Lies in Promoting Transparency AND Protecting Scientists from Harassment

Michael Halpern
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January 12, 2016

Ill Prepared

Dave Lochbaum
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January 11, 2016

Earth to API—It’s 2016 (not 1916) and “Energy Voters” Want Renewables

David Babson
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January 11, 2016

President Obama’s Final State of the Union: What to Expect, and What to Hope For

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January 11, 2016

There’s New Support for Agricultural Research in 2016—But What Kind of Green Revolution Should We Aim For?

Marcia DeLonge
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American Petroleum Institute Regresses with All Fossils, All the Time Plan

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