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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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April 1, 2014

Climate Change May Cause Baseball Ticket Prices to Rise

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

April 1, 2014

Three Wet (Nuclear) Pigs

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 31, 2014

On Human Strength and Climate Change: Thoughts on Chavez Day

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

March 31, 2014

Reconsidering Chinese Views on Military Space Strategy

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

March 31, 2014

Heads in the Sand: Koch Brothers Push States to Avoid Carbon Rules

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

March 31, 2014

Sidelined Science: Let’s Get the House Science Committee Back on Track

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

March 27, 2014

Proposed Freeze of Ohio's Clean Energy Standards is Misguided, Not in the Best Interest of Consumers

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

March 26, 2014

Kansas House of Representatives Says “no” to Attack on Renewable Electricity Standard

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

March 26, 2014

So… How Does Science Make You Feel?

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

March 26, 2014

Second Chance: Will EPA’s New Ozone Standard Follow the Science?

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

March 26, 2014

The Ocean’s Cooling Effect: An Air Conditioner for the Planet

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

March 25, 2014

The Nuclear Security Summit Communiqué Statement on Separated Plutonium Is a Step Backward

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

March 25, 2014

An Electric Spring: 3 Strong Trends in the EV Market

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

March 25, 2014

Post-installation and Post-maintenance Testing

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 24, 2014

Fixing the NNSA: Expect Delays

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

March 21, 2014

A Conspiracy Theory Researcher Falls Victim to Conspiracy Theories: Intimidated Journal to Retract Lewandowsky Paper

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

March 21, 2014

What Are We Doing with our Planet’s Land? A Report from Berlin

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

March 21, 2014

The NRC’s Security Inspections at Nuclear Power Plants are Again under Attack

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

March 20, 2014

Celebrate World Water Day: Four Power Plant Cooling Trends Help Us Party More Responsibly

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

March 20, 2014

The New 400ppm World: CO2 Measurements at Mauna Loa Continue to Climb

Melanie Fitzpatrick

March 20, 2014

Renewable Energy Opponents at it Again in Kansas, but Wind (and Solar!) Power Forge Ahead

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

March 18, 2014

Accident Canceled Due to Inclement Weather

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 17, 2014

At the Nexus of Energy and Water, 3 Reasons Why NEWS is Good News

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

March 17, 2014

New Quarterly Update to the UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

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