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May 5, 2025

The Next Food and Farm Bill Can Make Agriculture More Resilient—With the Help of the ARA

Congress should include the Agriculture Resilience Act in the next food and farm bill to help US farms withstand the impacts of climate change.

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

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May 1, 2025

What’s at Stake in the Budget Reconciliation Process (And What You Can Do About It)

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

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May 2, 2025

Status Quo Transmission Financing in California—Who Pays and Who Profits?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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March 25, 2022

China’s Ukraine Problem

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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March 24, 2022

How the War in Ukraine Could Trigger a Food Crisis

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

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March 24, 2022

Climate Change Is Turning California’s Wildfire Season into Wildfire Year

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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March 23, 2022

The USDA Has a Plan to Fix Our Nutrition Crisis—But Will It Work?

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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March 21, 2022

We Can Electrify One in Three Heavy Duty Trucks by 2030: Here’s How.

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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March 21, 2022

Central Valley Farmworkers: Surviving Extreme Heat While Feeding the US

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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March 18, 2022

China’s Broken Promise to Ukraine

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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March 18, 2022

Your Voice Is Needed as EPA Updates its Rule on Risk Management of Chemical Facilities

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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March 17, 2022

The EPA Is Shuttering its Online Archive: Why that Matters

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March 17, 2022

The Meteoric Rise in Satellite Numbers

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

Natalie Stites Means

March 17, 2022

The COVID-19 Pandemic in Lakota Country and a Mighty Community Response

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March 16, 2022

The EIA Just Released a 30 Year Energy Outlook. It’s… Not Great

Sandra Sattler
Senior Energy Modeler

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March 16, 2022

As War Rages in Ukraine, Policymakers Must Reject Fossil Fuel Industry Spin

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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March 16, 2022

What Is the Nuclear Taboo and Is Putin About to Break It?

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

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March 15, 2022

In California’s Central Valley, Drought Is a Growing Threat to Farms, Food, and People

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

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March 15, 2022

Colorado is Burning. For Many Scientists, It’s Personal.

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

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March 15, 2022

I’m Worried About Ukraine, but it’s Not What You Think

Tara Drozdenko
Director, Global Security Program

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March 14, 2022

Phasing Out Fossil Fuel With Renewables and Grid Changes

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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March 11, 2022

EPA Rejects Industry Attempt to Downplay Ethylene Oxide Harms

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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March 8, 2022

On International Women’s Day, Acknowledging Toll and Triumphs for Women Leaders

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

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March 8, 2022

The Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Fire May Be Out, But the Threat Remains

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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March 8, 2022

Court Case in Hawai’i Against Fossil Fuel Companies Passes Major Milestone

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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March 7, 2022

EPA Recognizes Problem of Truck Pollution, But Hesitates on Solution

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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March 7, 2022

Causes and Consequences of Epic Western US Drought

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
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