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December 15, 2025

China and the United States Are Racing Towards Different Ends in AI

While China sees AI as another tool for controlling its populace, the United States is rushing to create AI that will give it global economic dominance.

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Stacy Woods

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Melissa Kaplan

Senior Manager of Government Affairs

Eryn MacDonald

Global Security Analyst

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August 25, 2014

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

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

August 21, 2014

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

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

August 20, 2014

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

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

August 19, 2014

RCIC Look See

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 15, 2014

Update: EPA Will Review Troublesome Communications Policy for Independent Science Advisory Board

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

August 15, 2014

There Oughtta Be a Law to Fix the Grid—and There Is!

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

August 15, 2014

Charles Mann and The Atlantic Miss The Mark in a Confused Climate Change Piece

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

August 14, 2014

Not All Forests Are Created Equal: Reforesting the Tropics for People, Biodiversity, and Carbon

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August 14, 2014

Why Chrysler Has the "Dirtiest Tailpipe" and Why I Want to See Them Do Better

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

August 13, 2014

Missile Defense: Taking the Path of Least Resistance

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

August 13, 2014

The Economist Ignores Reality, Highlights Flawed Renewable Energy Study

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

August 12, 2014

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

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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
Former Contributor

August 11, 2014

Scientists Say “Yes” to Investment in Sustainable Agriculture

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

August 11, 2014

Fracking: Energy Abundance or Crisis?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

August 11, 2014

Hawaii Hurricanes, El Niño, and Climate Change

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

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 & CEO 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
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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
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