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Acting Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) David Richardson looks flustered as he testifies before a House committee in July 2025.

August 12, 2025

A Hopeful Sign for FEMA’s Flagship Disaster Preparedness Program

The future of a FEMA pre-disaster preparedness program, implemented during the first Trump administration, is anyone’s guess.

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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August 11, 2025

Why the EPA’s Latest Move Could Worsen the Climate Crisis

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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August 8, 2025

EPA’s Proposal to Focus Biofuel Policy on Domestic Fuels Doesn’t Add Up

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

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February 20, 2015

No Scientist Should Face Harassment. Period.

Gretchen Goldman
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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
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February 19, 2015

Four Ways Scientists Can Give Good Answers to Bad Questions

Aaron Huertas
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February 18, 2015

The Potential for Clean Fuels in Washington

Josh Goldman
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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A Dam Waste: Outdated Reservoir Rules Dump Water During Drought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
Former President

February 9, 2015

Fire Borrowing, the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, and an Opportunity for Bipartisan Action

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

February 6, 2015

Detective or Scientist? Fingerprinting the Ocean to Estimate Global Sea Level Rise

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February 6, 2015

A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: How the Bay Bridge Was Rebuilt Without Considering Climate Change

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

February 6, 2015

Here are the Top 5 New Clean Cars for 2015 and 2016

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

February 5, 2015

Regardless of the Groundhog’s Shadow, Farmers and Scientists are Planning for Spring

Marcia DeLonge
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February 5, 2015

Where Florida’s Electricity Comes From, and How It Can Do Better

John Rogers
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