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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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January 26, 2023

ESG Investing Fight Is Heating up in Kentucky and Could Cost Taxpayers

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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January 26, 2023

Can Talks with China about Nuclear Weapons Be Constructive?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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January 24, 2023

Science and Politics Are Inseparable

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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January 24, 2023

Storm Elliott Knocked Out Fossil-Fuel Power. We’ve Been Here Before.

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

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January 23, 2023

Understanding the Science to Better Protect the Public from Cumulative Impacts

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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January 20, 2023

ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

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January 19, 2023

Confronting the Climate Crisis with Scientist Activism: the Essential Role of Rule Breakers

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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January 18, 2023

Roundup: Congress Passes an Omnibus Spending Bill to Mixed Reviews

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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January 18, 2023

Should New Gas Stoves Be Banned?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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January 17, 2023

Four Quotes From Eisenhower’s Military-Industrial Complex Speech That Still Resonate Today

Jennifer Knox
Policy & Research Analyst

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January 12, 2023

New White House Guidance Protects Federal Scientists and Their Work

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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January 12, 2023

In 2020 and 2022, Voting to Cut Pentagon Budget Didn’t Result in House Losses

Kevin Davis
Washington Representative

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January 12, 2023

Offshore Wind: What to Watch For in 2023

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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January 12, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Confronting Putin’s Nuclear Threat

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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January 12, 2023

Kishida’s Nuclear Conundrum

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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January 10, 2023

Climate Change in 2022: Multiple Billion-Dollar Disasters and Unbearable Human Costs

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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January 10, 2023

Happy New Year, New England?

Roger Stephenson
Former Contributor

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January 5, 2023

Two Years After the Insurrection, Democracy and Disinformation Continue to Collide

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

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January 4, 2023

What Does Western Grid Regionalization Mean for California?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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January 3, 2023

Federal Progress on EV Charging in 2022

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Daily Hampshire Gazette

December 23, 2022

Let’s Celebrate the Electoral Count Reform Act, Then Get Back To Work

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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December 22, 2022

Want Clean Energy? Then You Also Want Battery Recycling.

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

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December 22, 2022

Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

An example of microgeneration via a micro-grid in Cape Verde, using small wind turbines, solar PV and energy storage to power a community.

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December 22, 2022

How Are Lithium-ion Batteries that Store Solar and Wind Power Made?

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

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