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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
President of UCS

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July 13, 2012

Easy-Baking and Sock-Darning: What to Do with Incandescent Bulbs (Hint: Anything but Lighting)

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

July 13, 2012

Woody Guthrie’s Birthday and the War on Cynicism

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

July 11, 2012

UCS Files in Support of FERC’s Groundbreaking Transmission Rule

Ellen Vancko
Former contributor

July 10, 2012

Beach Daze: With Rising Seas, Sand Now Bad Place to Hide Head

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

July 10, 2012

Fission Stories #100: Diablo Canyon: A Waity Matter

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

July 9, 2012

Solar for You and Me (Not Just the 1%)

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

July 6, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service Scientists Get Some Clarity on Communicating With the Press

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

July 5, 2012

China Assesses the Value of Human Spaceflight

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

July 3, 2012

A Senate Leader Lights the Way

Kevin Knobloch
Former contributor

July 3, 2012

Monsanto Improves its Bottom Line…But Not Agriculture

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

July 3, 2012

Beef, Tropical Forests, Our Climate, and Our Health

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

July 3, 2012

Fission Stories #99: Seabrook’s Blews

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

July 2, 2012

Energy Elsewhere: What's Happening in Clean Energy Outside the Continental United States?

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

July 2, 2012

Tell Pfizer’s Board to Break with Heartland

Kevin Knobloch
Former contributor

June 29, 2012

The Future Health of Scientific Integrity is at Stake in New FDA Law

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

June 29, 2012

A Good Week for Clean Cars – Unless You Are in the House of Representatives

Michelle Robinson
Former Contributor

June 29, 2012

UCS-AAAS Workshop on Nuclear Stockpile Management

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

June 28, 2012

Beware: Wildfire Smoke Can Be Like Smoking a Couple of Packs of Cigarettes over a Few Hours

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

June 28, 2012

Timing the NRC’s 100-Yard Dash with a Calendar

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

June 26, 2012

The Impact of Title IX Beyond Women and Sports

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

June 26, 2012

Fission Stories #98: Fires at Browns Ferry: Get Your Fiddles Ready

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

June 25, 2012

Science, a Cartoon Contest, and a Top Ten List

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

June 25, 2012

Tracking Pit Production

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

June 23, 2012

Shenzhou 9 Mission Update

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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