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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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October 8, 2014

Want to Talk to a Scientist in Canada? Don't Look to the Federal Government

Michael Halpern
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October 8, 2014

Encroaching Tides: How Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding Threaten U.S. East and Gulf Coasts Communities over the Next 30 Years

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

October 7, 2014

Dorks for LEDs, Unite! 5 Reasons Why the 2014 Nobel Physics Prize is Right On

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

October 7, 2014

Oconee Irony

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 3, 2014

Doing Science that Matters: Engaging with Communities in Collaborative Scientific Research

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October 3, 2014

The U.S. National Missile Defense System Turns 10

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

October 2, 2014

Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding: Forthcoming Report on Encroaching Tides Signals a New Chapter for Many Coastal Communities

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

October 1, 2014

You Can’t Close a Safe, Economical Nuclear Reactor

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 1, 2014

Clean Tech Comes In All Shapes and Sizes, Including Really Big Trucks

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

October 1, 2014

Combatting Panic: Ebola, the CDC, and Crisis Communication

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

September 30, 2014

How to Cut Carbon, Ramp up Renewable Energy, and Rebuild the Energy Sector

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

September 30, 2014

Big Oil, Climate Change, and California's AB32

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

September 30, 2014

Nuclear Cops with Badges, Guns and Handcuffs

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 29, 2014

More Misrepresentations of Climate Science in Legal Briefs Criticizing Michael Mann

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

September 29, 2014

Facebook “Dislikes” ALEC’s Climate Change and Clean Energy Deception

Angela Anderson
Former Contributor

September 29, 2014

Warming Trends in the Pacific Northwest Are Not Due to Natural Variability

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

September 28, 2014

New Quarterly Update to the UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

September 25, 2014

New U.S. Nuclear Warheads? Politically and Technically, a Bad Idea

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

September 24, 2014

Hershey Bars, Global Warming and Deforestation: a Sweet New Policy

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

September 24, 2014

Ohio Senate President Stacks the Deck against Renewable Energy

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

September 24, 2014

3 Ways of Looking at a Peanut Butter Sandwich—Or, the Challenge of Avoiding Added Sugar

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

September 24, 2014

China’s Nuclear Threshold and No First-Use

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

September 23, 2014

What Would a Bike-only World Look Like?

Rachael Nealer
Former Contributor

September 23, 2014

Misleading New York Times Op-Ed on Forests, but Real Progress on Ending Deforestation

Doug Boucher
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