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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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Vice President of Programs, Policy & Advocacy

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March 5, 2013

Into Africa: Palm Oil’s Next Frontier?

Calen May-Tobin
Former contributor

March 5, 2013

Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit (NEAT) Series

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 1, 2013

Containment Venting is Cool(ing)–But Needs Filters

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 26, 2013

White House Memo Asks Agencies to Figure Out Open Access Publishing

Francesca Grifo
Former contributor

February 26, 2013

Fission Stories #131: You Can’t Fix Stupid

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 25, 2013

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

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

February 25, 2013

Will Clean Energy Research and Development Be Sequestered?

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

February 22, 2013

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

David Wright
Former Contributor

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
Former Contributor

February 15, 2013

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

David Friedman
Former contributor

February 15, 2013

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

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

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
Former Contributor

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
Former Contributor

February 12, 2013

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

David Friedman
Former contributor

February 12, 2013

Fission Stories #129: Crystal River and the Nuclear Maytag Repairmen

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 11, 2013

Is the Drought a Perfect Storm for U.S. Beef?

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

February 11, 2013

Seaside Retreat: Redefining Coastal Communities as the Ocean Rises

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

February 10, 2013

Timeline for an Iranian Solid-fuel ICBM?

David Wright
Former Contributor

February 8, 2013

Don’t Just Watch the Weather Forecast. Do Something About It! All You Need Is Five Seconds and This New App from NOAA.

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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