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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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Stephen Young

Senior Washington Representative

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December 17, 2013

How Many Nuclear Weapons Does the U.S. Have? Don’t Ask Congress…

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

December 17, 2013

Don’t Mix Politics and Public Protections: Delays Harm Us All

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

December 17, 2013

Holding Big Carbon Accountable: Response to Severin Borenstein

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

December 17, 2013

Certainty About Uncertainty: Plant Closures

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 16, 2013

West Virginia Looks to the Future

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

December 12, 2013

Should Michigan Commit to More Renewable Energy? All Signs Point to Yes.

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

December 12, 2013

10% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Come from Deforestation

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

December 12, 2013

Monsanto Supersizes Farmers’ Weed Problem

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

December 11, 2013

Tackling the Epidemic of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds with Sustainable Solutions

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

December 11, 2013

Modest Carbon Price Will Significantly Lower Power Sector Emissions

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

December 11, 2013

Survey Says: Over 40% of American Drivers Could Use an Electric Vehicle

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

December 10, 2013

New Wind Power Cheaper than Existing Coal and Natural Gas in Many Parts of the Country

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

December 10, 2013

Lumps of Coal in the House-Passed Farm Bill

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

December 10, 2013

Senate Nuclear Waste Bill: No Near-Term Benefit for Public Safety

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 10, 2013

To Be or Not to Be (Shutdown)

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 9, 2013

Renewable Energy, an Aging Electricity Grid, and the Solutions that Matter

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

December 9, 2013

Ripe for Retirement: Examining the Competitiveness of U.S. Coal Plants

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

December 6, 2013

Misquoting Science in the Texas Textbook Battles

UCS Science Network

December 6, 2013

New Report from the Endangered Species Coalition Celebrating 40 Years of Success

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

December 6, 2013

Nuclear Fuel and the Titanic Principle

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 6, 2013

Nelson Mandela and the Politics of Science

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

December 6, 2013

Iran Space Launch Program: Update

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

December 5, 2013

LED Christmas Lights: Merry, Bright, and 17X Cheaper to Power

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

December 5, 2013

The NRC and Nuclear Terrorism: Still Out of Step on the Insider Threat

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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