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April 21, 2025

Why Congress Must Block a Liability Waiver for the Fossil Fuel Industry

No US Senator or Representative should vote to shield this industry from facing consequences for its deception and the massive resulting harm.

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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April 21, 2025

The Truth About Regulations

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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April 17, 2025

Dear Climate Movement: They’ve Come for Our Climate Science. We Have to Stop Them.

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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May 25, 2023

California Legislature Could Make Overdue Changes to Water Rights if These Three Bills Pass

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

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May 23, 2023

Investors Need to Know the Full Scope of Corporate Carbon Emissions

Laura Peterson
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May 23, 2023

Good News from Midcontinent Grid Operator—But We Still Need Market Reform

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May 22, 2023

Western Wildfires are Burning Through Local and State Budgets

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

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May 22, 2023

El reúso de tierras de cultivo puede aportar la justicia ambiental, socioeconómica y del agua a California

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

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May 19, 2023

A Toxic Tour Helps Convey What Fenceline Communities Experience

Kristie Ellickson
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May 19, 2023

EPA Must Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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May 18, 2023

Let’s Pay Tribute to Jewish and Asian American Scientists

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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May 18, 2023

Realizing Maine’s Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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May 17, 2023

On Brown v Board of Education Anniversary, School Segregation, Gerrymandering Persist

Sophia Marjanovic
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May 17, 2023

Will EPA Follow the Science and Protect Us from Ozone Pollution?

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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May 17, 2023

California’s Water Rights System is Inequitable, Inadequate, and Possibly, About to Change

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

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May 16, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Calling Out the Companies Responsible for Western Wildfires

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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May 16, 2023

Both Utilities and Fossil Fuel Companies Are to Blame for Western Wildfires

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest

May 16, 2023

Four Reasons We Investigated the Fossil Fuels Behind Forest Fires: an Inside View of Latest UCS Report

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest

May 16, 2023

Cuatro razones por las que investigamos cómo los combustibles fósiles están detrás de los incendios forestales: una mirada detrás del nuevo estudio de UCS

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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May 15, 2023

Farmers Can Adapt to Alternating Droughts and Floods—Here’s How

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

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May 15, 2023

Mens Sana, Sana Mundi: Healthy Minds for a Healthy Planet

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

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May 12, 2023

Cómo la gestión de bosques puede crear ciclos saludables de incendios en el oeste de Norteamérica

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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May 12, 2023

Roundup: A New Scientific Integrity Framework and Overstretched EPA Staff

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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May 12, 2023

I Don’t Make the Rules, I Comment on Them

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May 11, 2023

Illinois Dust Storm Disaster Is a Warning for Agriculture

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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May 11, 2023

As Danger Season Begins, Congress Must Pass Stronger Wildfire Policies

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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May 11, 2023

Repurposing Cropland Can Bring Environmental, Socioeconomic, and Water Justice to California

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

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