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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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August 15, 2012

Many Good Reasons to “Eat Local”

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 15, 2012

Video of Lochbaum NRC Briefing

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 14, 2012

Fission Stories #105: Best Laid Plans of Mice and Millstone

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 13, 2012

Future State of Charge: How Clean Will Electric Vehicles Get?

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

August 9, 2012

Will the 2012 U.S. Drought and Other Extreme Weather Events Trigger Another Global Food Crisis?

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

August 9, 2012

Land Sparing, Water Saving, and the 2012 U.S. Drought

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

August 8, 2012

Briefing to the NRC on Fukushima Lessons-Learned

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 8, 2012

Coping With Drought: How to Build a More Resilient Agricultural System

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

August 8, 2012

U.S. Renewable Electricity Future Is Within Reach

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

August 7, 2012

Fission Stories #104: A Little Dab Will Do You, A Big Dab Will Cost You $650

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 7, 2012

How Congress Should Celebrate National Farmers Market Week

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 6, 2012

The Drought-Heat Tango: Why Dry Conditions Can Lead to Even Higher Temperatures

Todd Sanford
Former contributor

August 4, 2012

Iran Exaggerates Missile Accuracy

David Wright
Former Contributor

August 3, 2012

AllThingsNuclear is Moving

David Wright
Former Contributor

August 3, 2012

Obama’s Problems with China

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

August 2, 2012

Biofuels Policy Flexible Enough to Weather the 2012 U.S. Drought

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

August 2, 2012

North Carolina Governor Perdue Balks on Sea Level Rise Science

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

August 1, 2012

Massive Power Outage in India Highlights Energy, Water, and Climate Vulnerabilities

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

August 1, 2012

Where is Sea Level Rise Most Rapid? Today Congress Heard the Answer: North America

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

August 1, 2012

Documents Show Japan Repeatedly Rejected Nuclear Weapons

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

August 1, 2012

Will the 2012 U.S. Drought Burst the Farmland Property Bubble?

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

July 31, 2012

Resilience to Drought Can be Improved…Within Limits

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

July 31, 2012

Fission Stories #103: Nuclear Time Out

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

July 30, 2012

Dangerous Summer Heat on the Rise in the Midwest

Todd Sanford
Former contributor

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