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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.

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May 1, 2025

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

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May 2, 2025

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

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California Utilities Shut Off Power for Fewer People, But Too Many Are Still in the Dark

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February 1, 2022

Winter Olympics in a Warming World: a Quiz

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Confronting Smallpox: How an Enslaved Man Helped Spur the First US Vaccine Study

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January 28, 2022

Renewable Energy Advocates Must Support Fossil Fuel Workers for a Just Transition

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January 27, 2022

Five Things to Know About the Recent Scientific Integrity Report from the Biden-Harris Administration

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January 26, 2022

Spoiler Alert: We Can Still Knock the “Comet” Off Course. But We Can’t Squander Solutions.

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January 26, 2022

What I Said—and Wish I’d Had a Chance to Say—When I Testified on Future Oil and Gas Drilling in Gulf of Mexico

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January 24, 2022

La equidad social en el sistema alimentario bajo la administración del Presidente Biden

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January 24, 2022

Odds are Power Plants Near You are Holding Back on Cold Days

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January 20, 2022

Biden USDA Must Do More to Rebuild a Diverse Science Workforce

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January 20, 2022

Announcing REWI, the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute: Now Solar+Wildlife Too

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Three Signs of Progress on Environmental Justice

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January 19, 2022

Roundup: Worker Protections Weakened as Omicron Cases Soar

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January 19, 2022

Coldhearted Policies Put People at Risk of Extreme Heat Work Hazards

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January 12, 2022

Ask a Scientist: Will the Biden Nuclear Policy Wind Up Being the Same Old Same Old?

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January 12, 2022

Why Scientists Need to Stay Engaged in the Nuclear Threat

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January 11, 2022

UN Security Council Members Pledge to Avoid Nuclear War, but Words Are Not Enough

Jennifer Knox
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A Climate Scientist Watches ‘Don’t Look Up’

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2021 Was One of the Deadliest and Costliest Years for Climate Disasters

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January 10, 2022

Taking Action for Racial Justice: Postdocs at Yale Organize

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January 7, 2022

Climate Scientists on ‘Don’t Look Up:’ It’s Infuriating, Soul-Sucking and On-the-Nose

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January 7, 2022

Stopping the Decline of US Democracy: Where Is the Coalition We Need?

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Falsified Government Water Quality Tests Highlight Need for More Federal Scientists

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