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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
Western States Policy Manager

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August 14, 2025

Scientists’ Role in Defending Democracy

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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February 25, 2015

Stormy Seas, Rising Risks: New Analysis Shows Undisclosed Climate Change Impacts at Oil Refineries

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

February 24, 2015

What Kinds of Scrutiny of Scientists are Legitimate?

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

February 24, 2015

Willie Soon’s Failure to Disclose Industry Funding for Contrarian Climate Research is Another Reason to Support Transparency

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

February 24, 2015

Supporting the Nuclear Front Line

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 23, 2015

Obama’s Nuclear Legacy #4: Give Nuclear Weapons a Sole Purpose

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

February 20, 2015

The Problem with the Environmental Movement

UCS Science Network

February 20, 2015

No Scientist Should Face Harassment. Period.

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

February 20, 2015

USA Today Gets it Wrong – The Benefits of EVs Are Real

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

February 19, 2015

Big Sugar Is Watching You: Four Ways the Food Industry Is Trying to Rig the Game

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

February 19, 2015

Four Ways Scientists Can Give Good Answers to Bad Questions

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

February 18, 2015

The Potential for Clean Fuels in Washington

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

February 17, 2015

Millstone Unit 3 Reactor’s AFW Near-Miss (to be continued)

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 13, 2015

What Snow and the U.S. Army Tell Us About Coal vs. Renewable Energy

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

February 13, 2015

Obesity and Vaccine Efficacy

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

February 13, 2015

A Dam Waste: Outdated Reservoir Rules Dump Water During Drought

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

February 13, 2015

Twenty Years of Open Records Attacks

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

February 12, 2015

An Energy State in Transition: Pennsylvania Can Be a Renewable Energy Leader

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

February 12, 2015

Baltimore against the Measles: A Victory for Science, but for How Long?

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

February 11, 2015

Another Day, Another U.S. Solar Record: 5 Great Facts About the Desert Sunlight Project

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

February 11, 2015

Why Electric Vehicles Matter in Georgia (and your state too!)

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

February 10, 2015

Groundbreaking New Report on Geoengineering Tackles Carbon Dioxide Removal Experiments

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

February 10, 2015

Reflecting Sunlight to Cool Earth: The NAS Weighs Controversial Measures in New Report

Peter Frumhoff
Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist

February 10, 2015

Accident Sequence Precursors for Nuclear Reactors

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 9, 2015

Hair-Trigger Alert: Some Risks are Not Worth Taking

Ken Kimmell
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