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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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August 12, 2014

Is EPA Excessively Restricting Access to its Science Advisory Board Members?

Andrew Rosenberg
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August 12, 2014

5 Things I Learned in Iowa about Biofuels

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

August 12, 2014

Exelon’s Full Fixes

Dave Lochbaum
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August 11, 2014

Scientists Say “Yes” to Investment in Sustainable Agriculture

Ricardo Salvador
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August 11, 2014

Fracking: Energy Abundance or Crisis?

Mike Jacobs
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August 11, 2014

Hawaii Hurricanes, El Niño, and Climate Change

Roberto Mera
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August 11, 2014

Senate’s Good Work on Nuclear Weapons All for Naught?

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

August 8, 2014

The Colorado Hydraulic Fracturing Deal: Amidst Politics, A Chance for Science

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

August 8, 2014

5 Reasons New Jersey Should Rejoin RGGI

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

August 7, 2014

New Vaccine Misinformation Book Gets the Science Wrong

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

August 7, 2014

Solar Power on the Rise: Rooftop Solar, Large-Scale PV, CSP, and the Solar Revolution

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

August 6, 2014

Healthy Food and Hospitals Go Together Like Peas and Carrots

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 6, 2014

Hiroshima, Hair-Trigger, and Existential Risks

David Wright
Former Contributor

August 6, 2014

Car Dealers Not Plugged into the EV Revolution

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

August 5, 2014

Bio-what? Organic Waste Can Provide Clean Energy

Ken Kimmell
Former President

August 5, 2014

Los Alamos Firing Demonstrates Exactly What’s Wrong with Scientific Integrity at the Department of Energy

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

August 5, 2014

No Undue Risk

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 4, 2014

Ecoservice: What It Is and Why Scientists Should Do More of It

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August 4, 2014

Los Alamos, Freedom of Speech, and Nuclear Disaster

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

August 1, 2014

Sickly Sweet: Fighting Our Addiction to Sugar

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August 1, 2014

House Testimony: Renewable Electricity Standards are Delivering Significant Economic Benefits Across the United States

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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Fed up with filling up? I am!

Rachael Nealer
Former Contributor

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How Much Money Can You Save By Switching to an Electric Car?

David Reichmuth
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Hot Models Try to Forecast CO2 Reductions

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