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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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September 20, 2022

California’s Progress Toward Recycling Policy for EV Batteries

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September 19, 2022

If You Live in Rural America, Here’s How to Save Money by Switching to an Electric Vehicle

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September 19, 2022

Fast-Tracking Pilots the Right Way Can Ensure Michigan’s Clean Energy Transition

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September 19, 2022

Five Things to Know About the Updated EV Charging Tax Credit

Samantha Houston
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September 15, 2022

Inequitable Health Impacts from Wildfire Smoke Increased by Danger Season

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September 14, 2022

Ethylene Oxide at the Intersection of Climate, Environment, and Social Justice

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September 14, 2022

Dispatch from Greenland: the Courage to Face Climate Change

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September 13, 2022

President Biden’s Farm Bill Must Transform Our Food System

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September 12, 2022

Can the Electric Grid Handle EV Charging?

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Senior Vehicles Analyst

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September 9, 2022

Mishandling of Classified Nuclear Documents Is Bad. Mishandling of the Sole Authority to Use Nuclear Weapons Would Be Much Worse.

Eryn MacDonald
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September 8, 2022

Ask a Scientist: How to Thwart Threats to Democracy

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September 8, 2022

Survey Shows Preference for EVs, Barriers Faced by Different Racial Groups

Dave Cooke
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September 7, 2022

New UCS Survey Asks Federal Scientists: How are You Faring in the Biden Administration?

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Former Staff

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September 7, 2022

Failure to Plan Could Create an Energy Crisis

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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September 6, 2022

The World’s Most Important Nuclear Treaty Faces New Threats, Familiar Failures

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September 5, 2022

Desperate Tampering Industry Trying to Pass RPM Act to Continue Polluting

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September 2, 2022

New Global Energy Market Risk: War Pushes Overreliance on US LNG in Path of Climate-Amped Hurricanes

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August 31, 2022

September Is Here. That Means Another Nail-Biter for California’s Grid.

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August 31, 2022

New US Policy Makes Federal Science Accessible to All

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August 26, 2022

Can the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Avoid a Major Disaster?

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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August 24, 2022

California Needs a Petroleum Phaseout Plan

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Director of Fuels Policy

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August 24, 2022

Rare and Severe Weather Events Are Now More Common Thanks to Climate Change

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August 23, 2022

Look What Can Happen When Congress Enacts Science-Based Policy

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