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January 14, 2026

Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

There is no single line that, when crossed, moves a country from democracy straight to authoritarianism.

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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January 14, 2026

How Attribution Science Can Help Inform Grid Resilience

Carly Phillips
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January 14, 2026

The Nuclear Testing Moratorium Passes a Milestone

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January 23, 2013

The 78%: The Majority of Orangutan Habitat in Borneo is Under Threat

Calen May-Tobin
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January 22, 2013

The Coming Fork in the Road for Biofuels

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

January 22, 2013

President Obama's Second Inaugural Address and Self-Executing Truths

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 22, 2013

Fission Stories #126: Draining Cooling Water from Reactor Vessels

Dave Lochbaum
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January 18, 2013

Drought Pits Big River against Big Ag

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

January 17, 2013

2013 Begins Without Respite from Drought

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

January 17, 2013

Obama's Climate Legacy

Alden Meyer
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January 17, 2013

All The Science News That Fits? The New York Times Disbands Its Environment Desk

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

January 15, 2013

Restrictions on Gun Violence Research Are on the White House's Radar

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 15, 2013

Fission Stories #125: St. Lucie and Freedom of the Press

Dave Lochbaum
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January 11, 2013

NRC Hearing on Filtered Containment Vents

David Wright
Former Contributor

January 11, 2013

Science, Dogma, and Mark Lynas

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

January 11, 2013

FDA Gets it Right as Merck Suspends Sales of Cholesterol Drug Tredaptive

Michael Halpern
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January 9, 2013

Share This Video: Finding Common Ground for Our Common Atmosphere

Peter Frumhoff
Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist

January 9, 2013

Connecting the Dots: What Recent Events Mean For Our Energy-Water Future

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

January 8, 2013

Science, Guns, and Democracy

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 8, 2013

Fission Stories #124: Don’t Blow It Out of Proportion

Dave Lochbaum
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January 4, 2013

Is January Chinese ASAT Testing Month?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

January 3, 2013

More Foot Dragging on Fire Regulations at Oconee

David Wright
Former Contributor

January 3, 2013

Another Record-Breaking Year for Climate Change

Todd Sanford
Former contributor

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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Debris from North Korea’s Launcher: What It Shows

David Wright
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