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July 29, 2025

Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo

Wildfires can fundamentally change how water moves through a landscape, leading to changes in both the availability and quality of water.

Carly Phillips
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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

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July 24, 2025

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

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Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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June 7, 2013

Risk Assessments Are Missing Harmful Effects of Neonics on Honey Bees

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June 7, 2013

Transferring Forest Land to Communities Helps Reduce Deforestation – and Can Help Government Budgets Too

Doug Boucher
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June 5, 2013

Money for Nothing

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

June 4, 2013

China in Focus #11: Of Summits Past and Present

Gregory Kulacki
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June 4, 2013

Gene Silencing: New Products and New Risks

Margaret Mellon
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June 4, 2013

Fission Stories #138: U-235–Return to Somebody?

Dave Lochbaum
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June 3, 2013

Solar Dawns on Southern Tea Parties

Mike Jacobs
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June 1, 2013

What Accounts for the Varying Rates of Sea Level Rise in Different Locations?

Elliott Negin
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May 31, 2013

Russia Torpedoes Cleaner Shipping

David Reichmuth
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May 31, 2013

Why Are Electric Companies Standing on Their Own Ignorance to Block Solar Savings? Because the Regulator Lets Them.

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

May 30, 2013

Patriot Coal: Broken Promises

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

May 30, 2013

Don’t Be Fooled by the “Moderate” Tag: The Regulatory Accountability Act Threatens Federal Scientific Integrity

Celia Wexler
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May 29, 2013

Climate Debate Stuck in a Washington Rut

Alden Meyer
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May 29, 2013

Solar Power Heats Up in Minnesota

Laura Wisland
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May 28, 2013

Playing a Shell Game with a Power Plant: Ratepayers Lose

Jeremy Richardson
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May 28, 2013

Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #7: Monthly Operating Reports

Dave Lochbaum
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May 24, 2013

Pesticide Use is Actually Much Greater Than Reported

Doug Gurian-Sherman
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May 23, 2013

Cautiously Open to Open Science

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

May 23, 2013

Surf, Sunscreen, and Gasoline: How Much Will Americans Spend at the Pump this Memorial Day Weekend?

Josh Goldman
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May 22, 2013

What Is All the Fuss Over the Last Decade of Global Average Temperature?

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

May 22, 2013

Evidence to Date Does Not Show Clear Link Between Tornadoes and Climate Change

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

May 22, 2013

The Sciences, the Humanities, and the Sequester: Partners in Democracy at Risk

Deborah Bailin
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May 21, 2013

Charting a Course to Transform California's Freight System – Part 2

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

May 21, 2013

How the Science of Tornado Forecasting Saved Lives in Moore, Oklahoma – and How We Can Do Better

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