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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

Lee Shaver
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July 24, 2025

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

Laura Peterson
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Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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March 8, 2013

The American Community Survey: It's Common Sense!

Celia Wexler
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March 8, 2013

We Know How to Fix Farming

Doug Gurian-Sherman
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March 8, 2013

Have We Restored Science to its Rightful Place?—The Scientific Integrity Memo Turns Four Years Old

Francesca Grifo
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March 7, 2013

UCS 3rd Annual NRC Review

Dave Lochbaum
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March 6, 2013

Time to Reduce Nuclear Dangers

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

March 5, 2013

Into Africa: Palm Oil’s Next Frontier?

Calen May-Tobin
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March 5, 2013

Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit (NEAT) Series

Dave Lochbaum
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March 1, 2013

Containment Venting is Cool(ing)–But Needs Filters

Dave Lochbaum
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February 26, 2013

White House Memo Asks Agencies to Figure Out Open Access Publishing

Francesca Grifo
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February 26, 2013

Fission Stories #131: You Can’t Fix Stupid

Dave Lochbaum
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February 25, 2013

Weaker Antibiotic Regulation: Another Problem with FDA's Voluntary Cooperation Program

Margaret Mellon
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February 25, 2013

Will Clean Energy Research and Development Be Sequestered?

Laura Wisland
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February 22, 2013

Markus Schiller’s Analysis of North Korea’s Unha-3 Launcher

David Wright
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February 22, 2013

PTC Extension Already Making a Big Difference for Wind

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

February 22, 2013

Tradition of Transparency at EPA

Francesca Grifo
Former contributor

February 20, 2013

Putting the Interests of Patients First: Conference Endorses Science-Focused Health Care

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

February 19, 2013

Fission Stories #130: Fukushima’s Dividends or Mea Culpas

Dave Lochbaum
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February 15, 2013

President’s Proposed Energy Security Trust Could Help, But Much More Needed to Address Oil Use

David Friedman
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February 15, 2013

Shining A Light On Physician Payments: Delayed Rule Imperfect But Useful

Celia Wexler
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February 14, 2013

Monsanto Wants You to Know How Much It Hearts Farmers

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

February 14, 2013

The Local Energy Movement: Coming to a Town Near You

Laura Wisland
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February 13, 2013

State of the Union Gives Short Shrift to U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

February 12, 2013

It's Time to Ask Ourselves: What Would Ben Franklin Do?

Michael Halpern
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February 12, 2013

Oil Companies are Laughing All the Way to the Bank as Different Electric Vehicles Jockey for Position

David Friedman
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