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Ask an Expert: How Strong is the Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud?

It’s no wonder the industry has used every procedural tactic in the book to stall these climate deception and damages claims.

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May 19, 2025

What Are Distributed Energy Resources?

Lee Shaver
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May 19, 2025

Federal Science Advisory Committees Are Being Defunded and Dismantled. Here’s a Toolkit to Help Independent Scientists Step Up

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July 16, 2021

The White House Wants Your Advice on Improving Scientific Integrity

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July 15, 2021

The Little Chemical Agency That Could…and Should Do More to Prevent Chemical Disasters

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July 15, 2021

Stop the Burn, Save Lives: The case for a community-led zero waste model in Baltimore

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July 13, 2021

Companies Must Disclose—and Face—Mounting Climate Risks

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July 13, 2021

How a Powerful and Secretive White House Office Can Become a Force for Equity and Justice

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July 13, 2021

We Need More Electric Vehicles, but Extending Regulatory Incentives for EVs is a Bad Idea

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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July 12, 2021

COVID-19 and Eco-Pandemic Injustice

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July 12, 2021

Just When You Assumed It Was Safe to Go Outside, the Delta Variant Strikes

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July 12, 2021

How Do Hypersonic Weapons Work? And Your Other Questions Answered.

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July 8, 2021

We’re in a Climate Crisis. Congress Must Go Big on Climate Action Now.

Rachel Cleetus
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July 8, 2021

Lessons From the Failed Cape Wind Project: Renewable Energy Advocates Must Protect Indigenous Voices

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July 7, 2021

Risk Managed? New Report Finds Chemical Disaster Risks from Climate Change

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July 7, 2021

Ask a Scientist: Defending the Right to Vote

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July 7, 2021

Fighting Climate Change Might Have Just Gotten Easier

Brenda Ekwurzel
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July 6, 2021

How One Science Nerd Became Involved in Movement Building

Melissa Varga
Science Network Senior Manager

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July 1, 2021

Can We Trust Our Power Plants to Keep Us Cool During Dangerous Heat?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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July 1, 2021

I Testified on the Risks of Climate Change to the Financial Sector. Here’s What I Said

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June 25, 2021

New President, Same Wasteful Spending: Why Is the US Still Spending So Much on Nuclear Weapons?

Eryn MacDonald
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June 25, 2021

As Dangerous Heat Becomes Norm in Pacific Northwest, Will Oregon Pass Needed Climate Bills?

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June 24, 2021

California Takes Big Step Towards Clean Electricity, But Not Without Stumbling

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Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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June 24, 2021

DOJ’s Forensic Science Guidance is Putting the Innocent At-Risk

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June 23, 2021

Election Protection: Congress may have failed to act For the People, but they can still prevent election subversion

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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June 23, 2021

Congress Must Advance Bold Power Sector Targets

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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