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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
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October 16, 2012

Fission Stories #114: Rub a Dub Dub, Three Pumps in a Tub: A Flood at Hatch

Dave Lochbaum
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October 16, 2012

Rep. Lee Terry Fuel Economy Ad: Historic Fiction

Michelle Robinson
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October 15, 2012

The Other Washington Burns: An Eyewitness Account

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

October 15, 2012

Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods—Let’s Count the Reasons (Part 1)

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

October 12, 2012

The Future of U.S.-China Relations

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

October 12, 2012

Proposal 3: Wind Companies Ready to Create Jobs in Michigan

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

October 12, 2012

What We Should Learn from a Lifecycle Assessment of EVs in the EU

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

October 12, 2012

Rachel Carson's Nightmare: Herbicide-Tolerant Weeds

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

October 12, 2012

Panel+1 Discussion on San Onofre Reactor

David Wright
Former Contributor

October 11, 2012

Crop Rotation Generates Profits without Pollution (or, What Agribusiness Doesn’t Want You to Know)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

October 11, 2012

The Tides They Are A-Changin'

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

October 9, 2012

Fission Stories #113: Lake LaSalle: A Leaky Joint with Big Consequences

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

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
Former Contributor

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
Former Contributor

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
Former Contributor

September 26, 2012

China in Focus #8: Snippets of Chinese Political History

Gregory Kulacki
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