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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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November 7, 2013

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

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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
Former Contributor

November 5, 2013

The Balancing Act: Public Engagement for the Academic Scholar

UCS Science Network

November 5, 2013

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

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

November 5, 2013

Nuclear Safety and Diversity

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 4, 2013

The Falling Cost of Wind Power Spurs New Investments

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

November 1, 2013

Clearing the Air on Fracking: Reflections from our Recent Webinar

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

November 1, 2013

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

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

October 30, 2013

Talking Biofuels: A Conversation with University of Illinois Biofuel Experts

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

October 30, 2013

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

Michelle Robinson
Former Contributor

October 29, 2013

Performance Drives the B61 Bomb Update

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

October 29, 2013

NAPS Naps

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 28, 2013

Convenient Science for Hire: the American Council on Science and Health Puts the Cart before the Horse

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

October 28, 2013

Lessons from Hurricane Sandy for Flood Risk and Flood Insurance

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

October 25, 2013

Disproving the Skeptics: 10x More Windpower and Solar is No Problem!

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

October 24, 2013

Satellites, Storm Surge, and Sandy: The Need for Science to Inform Our Coastal Planning

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

October 24, 2013

A Boost for Electric Vehicles: Eight States Set New Goals for EV Deployment

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

October 24, 2013

A Food Day Wish List: More Veggies, Less Corn

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

October 23, 2013

"Catastrophic" Fire Conditions Arrive Early in Australia, Mirror the 2013 U.S. Wildfire Season

Melanie Fitzpatrick

October 23, 2013

Editorial Writers Consider the Water Crisis, Informed by UCS Experts

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

October 23, 2013

Wolf Shirks Responsibility for Effects of China Ban

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

October 22, 2013

Do Wind Turbines Affect Property Values? No — or at Least “No Statistical Evidence” — Says New Hedonic Study

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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