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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
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December 2, 2014

Why Does Good Produce Cost So Much?

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

December 2, 2014

What Happened at the LA Auto Show? Small SUVs, Hydrogen Cars, and 2015 Fuel Economy Gains

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

December 2, 2014

Interstellar: Climate Change and the Evolution of Cli-Fi Movies

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

December 2, 2014

Nuclear inSecurity

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 1, 2014

Amazon Deforestation in Brazil: New Numbers, Better Understanding

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

December 1, 2014

EPA Relaxes the Leash on Independent Science Advisors

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

December 1, 2014

Taking Nuclear Missiles off Hair-Trigger Alert

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 1, 2014

Could Lima Mark a Climate Turning Point? What to Look For

Ken Kimmell
Former President

December 1, 2014

Russia’s Small Maneuvering Satellites: Inspectors or ASATs?

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

November 26, 2014

A Science-Based Ozone Standard At Last? The Obama Administration Releases Long-Awaited Draft Rules

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

November 25, 2014

Simplified Drawings: Electrical Distribution Drawings

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 24, 2014

The Proposed Bailout for Ohio's Coal Plants: A Bad Idea Any Way You Look at It

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

November 24, 2014

The 2014 USCC Report: Still Sloppy After All These Years

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

November 24, 2014

Added Sugar? You’re Killing Me

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

November 24, 2014

How to Talk About Climate Change at Thanksgiving: Recipes for Good Conversations

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

November 24, 2014

Embracing Change: Equipping Ph.D.s for Careers Outside Academia

UCS Science Network

November 21, 2014

Independent Review of DOD’s Nuclear Enterprise: Money, Maintenance, and Morale

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

November 20, 2014

2014 on Track to be Hottest Year on Record

Melanie Fitzpatrick

November 20, 2014

It’s Cold Out But it’s Not the Polar Vortex

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

November 20, 2014

Lifetime Achievement Award to Michael Mariotte

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 19, 2014

Visualizing the UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

November 18, 2014

Here’s a Utility Hiding Some Facts About the EPA Clean Power Plant Rule

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

November 18, 2014

Have Two Minutes? Call Congress, as the House is Voting on Whether to Paralyze the EPA

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

November 18, 2014

Is the Hummer Back? How Falling Gas Prices Impact Clean Vehicles and Transportation

Josh Goldman
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