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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

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February 19, 2014

Palm Oil: From Plantation to Peanut Butter

Calen May-Tobin
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February 19, 2014

Ohio’s Clean Energy Standards Still Under Attack by Fossil Fuel Special Interests

Sam Gomberg
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February 18, 2014

White House Calls For Trucks That Do More With Less Oil

Michelle Robinson
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February 18, 2014

The Secret Science Reform Act: Perhaps We Should Just Call it Catch-22

Andrew Rosenberg
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February 18, 2014

Largest Solar Power Plant in the World Turns On

Laura Wisland
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February 18, 2014

Nuclear Power Safety Report Cards

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February 14, 2014

8 Science-Friendly Presidents in Honor of Presidents Day: Vote for Your Favorite

Deborah Bailin
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February 14, 2014

An Update on Scientific Integrity in Canada, and How Scientists In Other Countries Can Help

Michael Halpern
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February 14, 2014

West Virginia’s Chemical Spill: The Cost of Coal Isn’t Cheap

Jeremy Richardson
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February 13, 2014

Beet Still My Heart: A Valentine Message for the USDA

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

February 12, 2014

“Fukushima: The Story of Nuclear Disaster” Book Released

David Wright
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February 12, 2014

New Book “Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster” Released

David Wright
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February 12, 2014

Comparing Electric Vehicles: Hybrid vs. BEV vs. PHEV vs. FCEV

Josh Goldman
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February 11, 2014

Diesel vs Hybrids: The Costs and Benefits of Both (And a Shiny Calculator!)

Dave Cooke
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February 11, 2014

TVA’s Bad Nuclear Report Cards

Dave Lochbaum
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February 10, 2014

How a (Farm) Bill Became a Law

Karen Perry Stillerman
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February 7, 2014

Scientific Integrity, Beetles, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Michael Halpern
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February 6, 2014

Wind Turbines and Property Values: More Information from a Massachusetts Study

John Rogers
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February 6, 2014

Electric Vehicle Emissions: 4 Lessons Learned from the Literature

Rachael Nealer
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February 5, 2014

Fracking around the Web: New Findings, New Laws, Not-so-new Questions

Deborah Bailin
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February 4, 2014

Best of Both Worlds: Preserving Agriculture on the Urban Fringe

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February 4, 2014

Do EVs Matter? Four Takeaways from a Study on Electric Vehicle Emissions

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February 4, 2014

Invaluable Reactor Safety Reference

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February 3, 2014

A Hole in the Regulation of GMOs that Kudzu Could Fit Through

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