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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.

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August 11, 2025

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

Rachel Cleetus
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August 8, 2025

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

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Carbon Capture, Water, and the U.S.-China Climate Agreement

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Why We Need a Policy for Food, Health and Wellbeing

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November 12, 2014

Good News for the Climate: U.S. & China Agree to Cut Emissions (Finally!)

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November 12, 2014

World Heritage Sites Among Many Cultural Resources Threatened by Climate Change

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November 12, 2014

The Bering Sea Bomb and the Polar Vortex in our Warming World

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November 11, 2014

Veterans Day in Asia

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November 11, 2014

Simplified Drawings: Piping and Instrumentation Drawings (P&IDs)

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November 10, 2014

Out of Facts, Climate Contrarians Seek to Intimidate

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November 7, 2014

A Bad Day for the Climate, But Hope in the West

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November 6, 2014

Clean or Dirty? Fighting Over the EPA Clean Power Plan Gets Messy

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November 5, 2014

Hyundai-Kia, the EPA, and 100 Million Reasons to Take Fuel Economy Seriously

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November 5, 2014

Uintas Pika Watch or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Middle Schoolers

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What Happens When Solar Energy is Cheaper Than Local Electricity Prices?

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The Day After: What the Mid-Terms Mean and How To Move Forward

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November 4, 2014

Toward Science-Based Children’s Environmental Health Policies

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November 4, 2014

NRC and Safety Culture

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November 3, 2014

An Update on Missile Defense Testing Plans

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November 2, 2014

The IPCC’s New Climate Science Guide for the Perplexed Policymaker

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October 31, 2014

Nuclear Arms Control in China Today

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October 31, 2014

Public Health Service Scientists Deserve Robust Whistleblower Protections

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October 30, 2014

Community-Driven Study Finds Unsafe Air Pollution Levels near Oil and Gas Facilities

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October 30, 2014

So Sweet it’s Spooky: Get Special Interests out of School Lunches

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October 29, 2014

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