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December 16, 2025

The Exploding Scope of the Military-Industrial Complex

Members of both major political parties have begun to question ballooning defense expenditures, which have almost tripled since the 1990s.

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

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Missing Pieces: Why Filling Gaps in Voting Data is Key to Building Trust in Elections

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September 5, 2025

A Resounding Rejection of the US DOE’s Sham “Climate Science” Report

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September 4, 2025

What We’re Watching: Lightning-Ignited Wildfires, Smoke, and New Wildfire Research

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September 4, 2025

How States Can Lead in Addressing Soaring Energy Costs

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September 3, 2025

New to Advocacy? 3 Tips for Early Career Scientists

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September 2, 2025

Trump Appointees “Reorganize” the USDA, Putting the Department’s Mission at Risk

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August 29, 2025

What Happens When Facts Don’t Matter? We’re About to Find Out

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August 28, 2025

A Sober Commemoration: 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina Hit Gulf Coast Communities

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August 28, 2025

How RFK Jr. Dismantled Trust in Public Health: A Student’s Warning for the Future

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August 28, 2025

What New Orleans Taught Me About Climate, Justice, and the Future

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August 27, 2025

Despite Misinformation from Washington, Environmental Justice Is About Common Sense, Fairness, and Access to Clean Air and Clean Water for All

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August 26, 2025

Federal EV Infrastructure Investments Poised to Move Ahead: Here’s What’s Changed Under Trump

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August 26, 2025

Amid US-China Rivalry, What Do Asian Nations Really Want?

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August 26, 2025

Big Oil Has Been Lying to Us for Decades: Don’t Let It off the Hook

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August 25, 2025

The US Undermines Science While the World Demands Climate Justice

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August 25, 2025

With New Guidance, Trump Administration Deceptively Targets Scientific Integrity

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August 22, 2025

I Testified at the EPA Hearing on the Repeal of the Endangerment Finding

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August 21, 2025

What We’re Watching: A Hurricane’s Explosive Growth and Western Wildfires Amid Fresh Climate Naysaying

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August 20, 2025

States Can Deliver a Cleaner Freight System Amid Federal Setbacks

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August 20, 2025

What Is a “Skinny” Farm Bill—and Is It a Bad Thing?

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August 19, 2025

We Can Have it All: Forward-Looking Climate Policy and Affordability. Here’s How.

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August 18, 2025

Entergy Wants to Fast-Track Gas Plants for Meta Data Center, Leaving Ratepayers With the Bill

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August 14, 2025

Scientists’ Role in Defending Democracy

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Ask a Scientist: How Does Documenting Attacks on Science Stop Authoritarians?

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