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Two young people move a pallet of water bottles through a park in NYC during a heat wave in 2025.

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August 5, 2025

As States Continue to Fail Workers, We Need Federal Heat Protections

It’s getting hotter. And states keep blocking heat protections for outdoor workers—including, most recently, Kentucky.

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US. This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US.

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August 7, 2025

What We’re Watching: Wildfire Smoke and Trump Administration Mirrors

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

John Quentere Jr. looks at the window sticker of a new 2005 Chevy Blazer at Bredemann Chevrolet in Park Ridge, Illinois.

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August 5, 2025

Trump’s Latest Move to Deny Climate Science and What it Means for Vehicle Standards

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

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October 5, 2012

Fact Check: Koch-Funded Group Misleads Michigan Voters on Clean Energy

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

October 5, 2012

Online Course on CTBT Verification Technologies

David Wright
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October 4, 2012

Michigan’s 25 Percent Renewable Electricity Standard is Good for Consumers

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

October 4, 2012

UCS Satelllite Database Update: Passing the 1,000 Mark

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

October 4, 2012

Clean Energy Blurs Political Lines (Despite What You Hear on TV)

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

October 2, 2012

Fission Stories #112: If I Only Had a Drain: Trouble at the Wolf Creek Spent Fuel Pool

Dave Lochbaum
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October 1, 2012

Garwin Comments on National Academies’ Missile Defense Report

David Wright
Former Contributor

September 28, 2012

Energy-Water Collisions Hit Washington's Radar

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

September 27, 2012

Signed, Stamped, and Delivered: Nearly 20,000 Postcards Call on News Corporation to Stop Misleading on Climate Science

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

September 27, 2012

If You Can’t Take the Heat: How Summer 2012 Strained U.S. Power Plants

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

September 27, 2012

New Guide for Scientists: Responding to Criticism and Personal Attacks

Michael Halpern
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September 26, 2012

China in Focus #8: Snippets of Chinese Political History

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

September 26, 2012

California Strives to Remain Ahead in Zero Emission Vehicles

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

September 26, 2012

Reactors in Hot Water

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 25, 2012

The CMRR: Not Dead Yet

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

September 25, 2012

Fission Stories #111: Lordy Byron! Another Wakeup Call for the NRC

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 24, 2012

Are Some Californians Paying Too Much to Charge their Plug-in Vehicles?

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

September 20, 2012

The Risk of Nuclear War with China

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

September 20, 2012

What the World Needs Now Is Arctic Oil… Like I Need a Hole in My Head

David Friedman
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September 20, 2012

Carbon Measurements on the Chopping Block

Todd Sanford
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September 19, 2012

Is NRC Hiding an American Fukushima?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 18, 2012

A Third Era for Nuclear Weapons?

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

September 18, 2012

Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Michigan

Jeff Deyette
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September 18, 2012

Solar Power Gets Down to Business

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