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July 24, 2025

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

US taxpayers are facing double jeopardy thanks to a reckless and inhumane budget bill that hands billions of dollars to the oil and gas industry as it worsens the impact of climate change

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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July 24, 2025

Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

L. Delta Merner
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July 24, 2025

From the Courtroom to the Internet, the Fight Over Federal Science Is On

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Scientists Have a Responsibility to Engage

Gretchen Goldman
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July 31, 2013

Wacky Weather, a Warmer Arctic, and a Slower Jet Stream – Is There a Link?

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July 30, 2013

Energy-Water Collisions: A Shared Concern for State Utility Regulators

Steve Clemmer
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July 30, 2013

Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #11: Reactor Protection

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July 29, 2013

Genetic Technology's Answer to A Major Insect Pest

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July 29, 2013

The Science and Democracy Connections of Chemical Safety, Trade Agreements and Money in Politics

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July 29, 2013

Clean Up on Aisle Six! Tax Reform and an Opportunity for Better Biofuels

Josh Goldman
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July 25, 2013

Water Tight: Our Climate Change Future Requires Our Water Smarts Today

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

July 25, 2013

Cover Crops Dramatically Increase Corn Yields–Especially In Drought Conditions

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July 24, 2013

Don’t Like the Endangered Species Act? Try to Weaken It by Gutting the Science

Michael Halpern
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July 23, 2013

Fission Stories #142: Fort Calhoun and the Flawed Safety Net

Dave Lochbaum
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July 22, 2013

UCS Comments on NRC’s Draft Spent Fuel Storage Study

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July 19, 2013

Refocusing the Farm Bill

Margaret Mellon
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July 19, 2013

New Threats To Whistleblowers

Celia Wexler
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July 19, 2013

Arizona: Don't Turn Out the Lights on Solar Power

Laura Wisland
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July 19, 2013

Bigger, Hotter, and Longer Wildfires are the New Normal as the Climate Changes in the West

Adam Markham
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July 18, 2013

A Peek Inside the Administrator’s Inbox – Some of What’s Waiting for Gina McCarthy as New EPA Administrator

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July 18, 2013

The Social Cost of Carbon: Setting the Record Straight Ahead of Today's House Hearing

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July 17, 2013

3+2 = $60 Billion

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July 16, 2013

Water-Smart Power: Why Our Power Plant Choices Matter in a Warming, Water-Constrained World

John Rogers
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July 16, 2013

In Search of the Federal Role on Fracking

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Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #10: Generic Communications

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Nuclear Energy in a Changing China

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