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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
President of UCS

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June 27, 2014

Behind the Curtain, Grid Operators Reveal Path to Reduce Carbon

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

June 26, 2014

Dear Surgeon General: We're Fed Up, Let's Act on Sugar

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

June 26, 2014

Jack Bauer: The NRC Needs You

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

June 25, 2014

Cleaner Trucks, Buses, and Freight Projects Poised for Big Boost in California

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

June 25, 2014

Three Major Mistakes the House Science Committee Chairman Made in the Wall Street Journal

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

June 25, 2014

Missile Defense Test Hits Target, But Not Off the Hook Yet

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

June 25, 2014

Good Jobs, Green Jobs: Moving Freight More Efficiently

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

June 24, 2014

Deforestation and its Drivers: What Does ALL the Science Say?

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

June 24, 2014

Added Sugar, Subtracted Science: A New Report and a Labeling Debate at the FDA

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

June 24, 2014

Fire When NOT Ready

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

June 23, 2014

Obama’s Commencement Speech on Climate Change: A Graduation Day to Remember

Angela Anderson
Former Contributor

June 23, 2014

The World Cup and Concussions: Allowing Medical Evidence to Keep Soccer Players Safe

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

June 20, 2014

Upcoming Missile Defense Test: Success or Failure, Time to get Serious

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

June 20, 2014

Uruguay Wins, Science Loses in the World Cup as Pereria Concussion Is Ignored

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

June 20, 2014

Basking in the Rays of the Summer Solstice, California Positioned to Break Solar Generation Record

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

June 17, 2014

It's Electric! The Science of Cleaner Vehicles

UCS Science Network

June 17, 2014

Nuclear Power and Emergency Preparedness

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

June 16, 2014

Missiles and Morale

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

June 16, 2014

Science, Democracy, and International Ocean Policy: Thank You, Secretary Kerry

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

June 13, 2014

“Your Mileage May Vary”…and for Some of Ford’s Most Efficient Vehicles, It Does

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

June 12, 2014

#ActOnTrucks: Putting Heavy-duty Vehicles on an Oil Diet

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

June 11, 2014

As School Year Ends, Will Congress Fail Lunch?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

June 10, 2014

More High Profile FOIA Requests at the University of Virginia

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

June 10, 2014

Nuclear Inspections: When NDE Becomes NDE

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

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