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August 5, 2025

As States Continue to Fail Workers, We Need Federal Heat Protections

It’s getting hotter. And states keep blocking heat protections for outdoor workers—including, most recently, Kentucky.

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US. This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US.

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August 7, 2025

What We’re Watching: Wildfire Smoke and Trump Administration Mirrors

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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August 5, 2025

Trump’s Latest Move to Deny Climate Science and What it Means for Vehicle Standards

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June 26, 2015

Green Guilt, Really? A Response to Slate’s Daniel Gross and the Concept of Green Privilege

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June 25, 2015

Where's the Beef? Wendy's New Palm Oil Pledge Lacks Meat

Lael Goodman
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June 25, 2015

Making Clean Cars Easier to Buy in California

David Reichmuth
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June 24, 2015

Look Ahead Minnesota: There’s Reason for Optimism about Your Clean Energy Future

Sam Gomberg
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June 24, 2015

School Lunch: What's the Cost of Noncompliance?

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June 23, 2015

The New Electric Car from KIA: Review of a 2015 Kia Soul EV Test Drive

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June 23, 2015

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June 22, 2015

8 Ways Science Can Save Gas On Your Summer Road Trip

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June 22, 2015

Summer, Solar, and an Iceberg of Excuses: Why I Don’t Have Rooftop Solar (and Why I'm Wrong)

John Rogers
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June 19, 2015

The Pope Is an Energy Wonk. Engineers Agree with His Assessment.

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June 19, 2015

Big Rigs, Big Benefits; How Strong Rules Will Clean Up the Road

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June 18, 2015

What Does the Pope’s Climate Encyclical Mean?

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June 18, 2015

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Ken Kimmell
Former President

June 18, 2015

Missouri and the Clean Power Plan: Comprehensive State Energy Plan Should Support Compliance

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

June 18, 2015

New National Academies Study Says EPA and NHTSA Got it Right

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June 16, 2015

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June 16, 2015

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June 15, 2015

Was There No Global Warming Slowdown? A New Paper Challenges the Theory

Roberto Mera
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June 12, 2015

New Flawed Study of the Clean Power Plan: How the MISI Study Gets It So Wrong

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June 12, 2015

The Pope on Climate Change, Science, and Morality: Can His Message Change the Conversation?

Angela Anderson
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June 11, 2015

Remembering Jay Fay

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June 10, 2015

The No-Muss, No-Fuss Solution to Preventing Accidental Nuclear War

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