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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
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November 20, 2013

Counting the Cost of Climate Disasters: What do Hurricane Sandy and Typhoon Haiyan Tell Us About What the U.S. and the Philippines Have in Common?

Adam Markham
Former Staff

November 20, 2013

Strategic Options for Chinese Space Science and Technology

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

November 19, 2013

CDC's "Get Smart About Antibiotics" Campaign Still Ignoring Animals

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

November 19, 2013

All Eyes on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles at the LA Auto Show

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

November 19, 2013

The EPA and Biofuels: Smart Goals, but an Outdated Roadmap

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

November 19, 2013

Decommissioning Nuclear Plants

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 18, 2013

Mixed Feelings on MOX

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

November 18, 2013

TVA Pulls the Plug on More Coal Plants; Others Will Surely Follow

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

November 14, 2013

Arizonans Stand Up for Solar Power

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

November 14, 2013

Brazil’s Deforestation Progress Takes a Step Backward

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

November 14, 2013

The Global Carbon Budget and Why the Warsaw Climate Talks Matter

Melanie Fitzpatrick

November 14, 2013

Command and Control?

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

November 13, 2013

Beef, the Climate, and Human Health: Changing our Wasteful Food and Land Use System

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

November 13, 2013

China’s New Security Committee

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

November 13, 2013

A Celebration of Carl Sagan: The Man, the Legacy, and the Unanswered Question

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

November 13, 2013

Seismic Shift: The NRC and Diablo Canyon

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 12, 2013

Seven Takeaways for the Warsaw Climate Talks from the New IEA Report

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

November 12, 2013

The New Honda Accord Hybrid: Using Electric Vehicle Technology to Catch Up to the Prius

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

November 12, 2013

Nuclear Risk Accounting 101

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 8, 2013

Climate Science, Nuclear Power, and a Renewable Energy Future

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

November 8, 2013

Through the Looking Glass: Climate Change Denial, Conflict of Interest and Connecting Science to Policy

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

November 8, 2013

Wolf Usurps NASA Authority on International Cooperation

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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Fording an Energy Fjord: Norway's Oil Savings

Josh Goldman
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November 7, 2013

Problems with an East Coast Missile Defense Site

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