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August 5, 2025

As States Continue to Fail Workers, We Need Federal Heat Protections

It’s getting hotter. And states keep blocking heat protections for outdoor workers—including, most recently, Kentucky.

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US. This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US.

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August 7, 2025

What We’re Watching: Wildfire Smoke and Trump Administration Mirrors

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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August 5, 2025

Trump’s Latest Move to Deny Climate Science and What it Means for Vehicle Standards

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

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China’s New Security Committee

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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

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November 12, 2013

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

Rachel Cleetus
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November 12, 2013

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

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Nuclear Risk Accounting 101

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November 8, 2013

Climate Science, Nuclear Power, and a Renewable Energy Future

Steve Clemmer
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November 8, 2013

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

Andrew Rosenberg
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November 8, 2013

Wolf Usurps NASA Authority on International Cooperation

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Fording an Energy Fjord: Norway's Oil Savings

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November 7, 2013

Problems with an East Coast Missile Defense Site

Laura Grego
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Which States Rank Highest on Energy Efficiency Efforts? Latest Results May Surprise

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November 6, 2013

Florida Sea Level Rise: A State’s Race Against The Sea

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

November 6, 2013

Colorado Towns Pass Fracking Moratoria, Bans Despite Big Spending by the Oil and Gas Industry

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

November 6, 2013

Can Attacking Scientists Be a Political Liability?

Michael Halpern
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November 5, 2013

The Balancing Act: Public Engagement for the Academic Scholar

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Congress Wants to Keep the Feds Out of Fracking: Bad Idea

Andrew Rosenberg
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November 5, 2013

Nuclear Safety and Diversity

Dave Lochbaum
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November 4, 2013

The Falling Cost of Wind Power Spurs New Investments

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November 1, 2013

Clearing the Air on Fracking: Reflections from our Recent Webinar

Gretchen Goldman
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November 1, 2013

How Much Does it Cost to Create a Single Nuclear Weapon?

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October 30, 2013

Talking Biofuels: A Conversation with University of Illinois Biofuel Experts

Jeremy Martin
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A Solution to Cancer-Causing Air Pollution… and What You Can Do to Help

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