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Community members grieve the lives lost to flooding in Texas' Hill Country at a vigil.

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August 4, 2025

Despite Clear Preferences from Texas Hill Flood Survivors, Uncertainty Looms

Residents of Texas Hill Country testified about what recovery means to them. Who will listen?

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

satellite photo of the continental United States with the rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri watershed highlighted; all the rivers eventually drain into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana

NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

A person wipes sweat from their face with a cloth in Manhattan in July 2025, during a heat wave in which 'feels-like' temperatures were above 100 degrees.

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July 30, 2025

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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January 2, 2013

Congress Prevents Wind Industry from Falling Off Cliff

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

January 2, 2013

The Food Versus Fuel Fight Is About Much More than Corn

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

January 1, 2013

Fission Stories #123: Rudolph the Glow-in-the-Dark Reindeer

Dave Lochbaum
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December 27, 2012

Debris from North Korea’s Launcher: What It Shows

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 21, 2012

Tropical Forests in 2012: A Year in Review

Calen May-Tobin
Former contributor

December 21, 2012

Don't Let Calls for Improvement Halt Clean Energy Progress in California

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

December 21, 2012

Congress Should Renew Wind Production Tax Credit

Kevin Knobloch
Former contributor

December 20, 2012

Does a High-Altitude ASAT Test Make Sense?

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

December 20, 2012

Look Up, and Rejoice (Shine Bright Like an LED)

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

December 19, 2012

Ship It Green: Electrification of Delivery Trucks

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

December 18, 2012

President’s Council Report on Agriculture – What About Ecology?

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

December 18, 2012

Fission Stories #122: Monkey Business at Point Beach

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 17, 2012

Measuring Progress on Scientific Integrity Two Years Later

Francesca Grifo
Former contributor

December 17, 2012

Place-Based Food Right Here at Home

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

December 15, 2012

North Korea’s Satellite

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 14, 2012

The Misguided Attack on Organically-Grown Foods – Beyond Oz and EPA

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

December 14, 2012

EPA, Following Clean Air Act, Sets Soot Pollution Standards Based on Science

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

December 12, 2012

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex in Google Earth

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

December 12, 2012

Compounding The Problem

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

December 12, 2012

North Korea Successfully Launches a Satellite

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 11, 2012

Fission Stories #121: Palisades Reprises Davis-Besse

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 10, 2012

North Korea’s April Launch Failure: New Information

David Wright
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December 8, 2012

Is Xi Jinping Changing Chinese Nuclear Weapons Policy?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

December 7, 2012

Claims about China’s Space Plane Unconvincing

Laura Grego
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