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May 7, 2025

A Cruel Tradeoff: Building the “Amazon of Deportation” While Tearing Down Health and Human Services

The Trump administration wants to spend $45 billion to build an inhumane deportation industry while planning to cut at least $40 billion in life-saving programs from the Department of Health and Human Services.

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May 7, 2025

How Science and Advocacy Ended Dangerous Nuclear Testing in the United States

Jennifer Knox
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Wetlands and Streams Face a New Threat from the Trump Administration

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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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Michigan Utility Regulators Rejected Home Battery Pilot Project. Here’s Why That Is a Good Thing.

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How Omicron Stole My Christmas: Facing the New Dominant COVID-19 Variant

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December 22, 2021

Union of Concerned Scientists’ 2021 Picks: 53 Things for Science Lovers to Read, Watch, Listen to, Enjoy

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December 22, 2021

COP26: Five Key Takeaways on the Rising Tide of Climate Litigation

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December 21, 2021

Four Pieces of 2021 Progress on Agriculture and Climate Change Worth Celebrating

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December 21, 2021

Congressman Tonko talks Scientific Integrity at AGU

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December 20, 2021

EPA Finalizes Improved Car Rules, But More Needed to Put Auto Industry on Sustainable Trajectory

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December 20, 2021

At Tyson Foods, Workers Need More than a Year-End Bonus

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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2021 Year in Review: Five Stories of Clean Energy Progress

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Climate Change Impacts on California Central Valley: The Warning Shot the US Is Ignoring

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A California Climate Story

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Like Ebenezer Scrooge, Tyson Foods Gets a Visit from the Ghosts of Christmas

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December 16, 2021

Illinois Can Still Say “Knope” to Pawnee Gas Plant

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December 15, 2021

Here’s How You Can Support Recovery Efforts for Historic Kentucky Tornado

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What Science Says about Tragic Early December Tornado Outbreak

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We Need to Act Fast to Electrify our Transportation Sector

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California Energy: A 2021 Review and a Look Ahead

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December 14, 2021

Climate Experts at UCLA Sued by Fossil Fuel Industry Front Group

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December 13, 2021

Gagging Scientists in Florida and Missouri to Hide COVID-19 Data

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Is California About to Give Up the Driver’s Seat on Electric Vehicles?

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December 9, 2021

DC’s Shifting Indoor Mask Mandate: Follow the Science, Mayor Bowser

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