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June 5, 2025

Fool’s Gold: The Trump Administration’s New Executive Order Is a Bad-Faith Attack on Science

The danger here is that this executive order creates pathways for science to be influenced for political and financial gain.

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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June 5, 2025

What to Expect When You’re Expecting During Danger Season

Alicia Race
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June 4, 2025

Court Affirms Legal Responsibility of Polluters in Climate Case

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August 23, 2023

How Reliable Are Gas Power Plants? What ICAP, UCAP, and ELCC Tell Us.

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August 22, 2023

In the Gulf of Maine, Scientists Race to Save Seabirds Threatened by Climate Change

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August 22, 2023

EPA’s New PFAS Definition Will Make it Harder to Protect the Public

Anita Desikan
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August 22, 2023

Extreme Heat Makes Electricity More Expensive, More Polluting, and Less Reliable

John Rogers
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August 22, 2023

Climate—and a Cautionary Tale of Three New Hampshire Commissioners

Roger Stephenson
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August 21, 2023

In the Fight for Voting Rights, Michigan Is Determined to Win

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August 17, 2023

Netflix’s “Painkiller” Series Reminds Us: Sidelining Science Can Be Deadly

Jacob Carter
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August 17, 2023

Too Many Gas Power Plants Are the Problem, Not the Solution

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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August 16, 2023

EVs Can Support Power Grid Reliability and Reduce Costs. Here’s How.

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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August 16, 2023

California Has a Chance to Ensure EVs Get Even Better With Bidirectional Charging

Samantha Houston
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August 15, 2023

My Reason for Not Watching Oppenheimer (A Perspective from Hiroshima)

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August 15, 2023

Three Things the 2023 Food and Farm Bill Can—and Should—Do

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

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August 14, 2023

How Florida Legislation Will Limit the Student Vote

Alyssa Shearer
Biologist and Science Educator

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August 11, 2023

A Deadly Love Affair: New Mexico, Physics, and the Film Oppenheimer

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August 10, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Will the New Farm Bill Transform the US Food System?

Elliott Negin
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August 10, 2023

The United States and China Must Collaborate, Not Compete, to Meet Today’s Existential Threats to Humanity

Johanna Chao Kreilick
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August 10, 2023

How Will EPA’s Proposed Power Plant Carbon Rule Impact Public Health?

Brady Watson
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August 8, 2023

Can California Cropland Be Repurposed for Community Solar?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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August 7, 2023

Student Voter Turnout: Key Data on Recent Trends and Opportunities

Ingrid Paredes
Engineering Educator

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August 7, 2023

In California, Car Buyers Are Choosing Electricity Over Gasoline in Record Numbers

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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August 6, 2023

How Should We Remember the Invention of the Atomic Bomb?

Gregory Kulacki
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August 4, 2023

Batteries Now Can Replace Old Power Plants

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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August 4, 2023

How Have Nuclear Weapons Evolved Since Oppenheimer and the Trinity Test?

Sulgiye Park
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August 3, 2023

Senate Passes Bill to Help Nuclear Testing Victims, But The Fight for Nuclear Justice Isn’t Over Yet

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