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Community members grieve the lives lost to flooding in Texas' Hill Country at a vigil.

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August 4, 2025

Despite Clear Preferences from Texas Hill Flood Survivors, Uncertainty Looms

Residents of Texas Hill Country testified about what recovery means to them. Who will listen?

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

satellite photo of the continental United States with the rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri watershed highlighted; all the rivers eventually drain into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana

NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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July 30, 2025

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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September 12, 2014

Why Are Latinos Way Ahead of the Climate Change Curve?

Roberto Mera
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September 10, 2014

The Colorado Oil and Gas Task Force: Still a Chance for Science to Inform Fracking Policy

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

September 9, 2014

How Much Carbon Dioxide Is in the Atmosphere? A Massive Increase in 2013 Sets a Record

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

September 9, 2014

California Tops 100K Electric Vehicles Sold

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

September 9, 2014

The Missile Defense Agency IG Report

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

September 9, 2014

Rain Reboots at Calvert Cliffs

Dave Lochbaum
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September 5, 2014

Sugar Association Sweet-Talks Attendees at a Diabetes Conference

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

September 5, 2014

How Can Conservation Scientists Make Their Expertise More Resonant? Apply for the New Wilburforce Fellowship

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

September 5, 2014

Cap and Trade: Alive and Well

Ken Kimmell
Former President

September 4, 2014

How Many Homes Have Rooftop Solar? The Number is Growing…

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

September 4, 2014

Where Is the Wastewater Going? How Better Data Can Make Us More Resilient

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September 4, 2014

On the SEC Disclosure Rule, the People Have Spoken

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

September 3, 2014

Michael Mann Responds to Misleading Filings in Climate Change Lawsuit

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

September 2, 2014

Hierarchy of Nuclear Regulatory Requirements

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 28, 2014

Science Diplomacy and Subtle Ways of Discouraging International Collaboration

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

August 28, 2014

What Kind of Car Should I Buy? The Science Behind Purchasing a Vehicle

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

August 27, 2014

Diablo Canyon: NRC Insider’s Dissent

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 27, 2014

Growing Pains: Why Companies Need to Learn to Eat Their Vegetables and Move Beyond GreenPalm Certificates

Lael Goodman
Former contributor

August 27, 2014

3 Reasons You Don’t Want to Communicate About Your Research but Absolutely Should

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

August 26, 2014

A Funny Thing Happened at the Fish and Wildlife Service: The Wolverine Endangered Species Listing

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

August 26, 2014

Price-Anderson and Nuclear Safety Good Buys (or Good Byes?)

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 25, 2014

The Cost of Installing Solar Panels: Plunging Prices, and What They Mean For You

John Rogers
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August 21, 2014

Birds, Solar Power, and the Future of Renewable Energy in California

Laura Wisland
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August 20, 2014

How Much Does Rooftop Solar Power Cost? Grid Parity Here or Coming in More Than Half of U.S. States

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