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October 7, 2025

Why Planting Too Much Corn Hurts Farmers—and the Environment

US agriculture encourages farmers to plant too much corn, which drives prices down and increases pollution that harms our water and climate.

Kathryn Anderson
Program Director, Food & Environment

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October 6, 2025

After Decades, Relief for Some Harmed by the Nuclear Weapons Industry

Lilly Adams
Senior Outreach Coordinator

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October 6, 2025

An Abundant Blindspot

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

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April 14, 2011

What Happened at Fukushima Dai-Ichi?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

April 9, 2011

Panic on the 18th Floor?

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

April 8, 2011

FOIA Documents from NRC

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

April 6, 2011

How Many Cancers Did Chernobyl Really Cause?

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

April 6, 2011

Internal NRC Documents Reveal Doubts about Safety Measures

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

April 5, 2011

Prague, Two Years Later

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

April 2, 2011

3-Week Update on Japan’s Nuclear Crisis

David Wright
Former Contributor

April 1, 2011

Chairman Jaczko Should Listen to Himself

David Wright
Former Contributor

April 1, 2011

Annotated Photos of Fukushima (continued)

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

April 1, 2011

Annotated Photos of Fukushima

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 31, 2011

China Reacts to Fukushima

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

March 30, 2011

IAEA Confirms Very High Levels of Contamination Far From Reactors

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

March 30, 2011

Lochbaum Senate Testimony on Spent Fuel: March 30

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 29, 2011

Lochbaum Senate Testimony on Japan Crisis: March 29

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 27, 2011

IAEA Data Appear to Show Increased Ground Contamination. Why Doesn’t the IAEA Just Say So?

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

March 27, 2011

How Much Does Japan Know About the Status of its Reactors?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 27, 2011

Where Did the Water in the Spent Fuel Pools Go?

David Wright
Former Contributor

March 25, 2011

How Does a BWR Reactor Work?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 24, 2011

It’s Time for the NRC to Require Transfers to Dry Casks

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 24, 2011

Inspector General Faults NRC for Not Enforcing Safety Regulations

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 23, 2011

Japan: Squandering the Chance for Orderly Evacuation

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

March 22, 2011

New Update of UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

March 21, 2011

More on Spent Fuel Pools at Fukushima

David Wright
Former Contributor

March 20, 2011

Dry-Cask Storage vs. Spent-Fuel Pools

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

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