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December 16, 2025

The Exploding Scope of the Military-Industrial Complex

Members of both major political parties have begun to question ballooning defense expenditures, which have almost tripled since the 1990s.

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The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

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March 8, 2015

No More Ft. Calhouns!

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Can Republican Politicians Change Their Tune on Climate and Energy?

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March 4, 2015

Who’s Against Healthy School Lunches for Kids? (No Really, Who Is?)

Karen Perry Stillerman
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Days of Haze: How Palm Oil and Landscape Fires Affect Health in Southeast Asia

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March 3, 2015

Willie Soon, Academic Freedom, and How We Can Deal With Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest

Gretchen Goldman
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March 3, 2015

Pennsylvania Governor Proposes Big Investments in Renewable Energy and Efficiency

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www.UNready.gov??

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March 2, 2015

Heart of Science: Leonard Nimoy, 1931-2015

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China's Not So Silent Spring: Can One Video Save China's Environment?

Gregory Kulacki
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Smothering Snow, Spiking Sea Levels, and Other Climate Plot Twists: Expecting the Unexpected in the Northeast

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February 27, 2015

Lessons from the Lunchroom: What Do We Know About School Lunch and Kids' Diet?

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February 26, 2015

Rep. Grijalva’s Requests and the Real Problem with Conflict of Interest Disclosure

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February 26, 2015

Counting the Benefits of Agroecology: We Have the Tools, Let’s Use Them

Marcia DeLonge
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February 26, 2015

Is Small Farmers’ Firewood Use Burning up the Forests?

Doug Boucher
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February 25, 2015

5 Reasons Why Colorado Should Increase—Not Roll Back—Its Renewable Energy Standard

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

February 25, 2015

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

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February 24, 2015

What Kinds of Scrutiny of Scientists are Legitimate?

Michael Halpern
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February 24, 2015

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

Aaron Huertas
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February 24, 2015

Supporting the Nuclear Front Line

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February 23, 2015

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

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February 20, 2015

The Problem with the Environmental Movement

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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

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

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