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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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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
Former contributor

September 20, 2012

Carbon Measurements on the Chopping Block

Todd Sanford
Former contributor

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
Director of State Policy and Analysis

September 18, 2012

Solar Power Gets Down to Business

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

September 18, 2012

Fission Stories #110: Fire at the Fort

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 17, 2012

Breaking: Climate Change Scientist Michael Mann (and Scientific Inquiry) Win in Virginia FOIA Case

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

September 17, 2012

To Filter or Not to Filter, That is the Question (with Only One Sane Answer)

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 13, 2012

A Less Thirsty Future Through Engineered Crops?

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

September 12, 2012

New NRC Boost-Phase Missile Defense Report Released

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

September 12, 2012

Reasons to Buy Organic: Let Us Count the Ways

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

September 11, 2012

California Charts a Course for Clean Air: Can We Get There from Here?

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

September 11, 2012

Fission Stories #109: Unsafe Vortex

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 10, 2012

Rethinking Forest Plantations

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

September 7, 2012

Oregon, My Oregon : Leading the Way on Reducing Oil Use Through a Clean Fuels Program

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

September 7, 2012

Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Nearly Triple Over Last Year

David Friedman
Former contributor

September 6, 2012

Everybody's Business: Consumer Goods Companies and Tropical Deforestation

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

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