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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.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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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

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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January 27, 2022

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

Andrew Rosenberg
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January 26, 2022

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

Meghan Hassett
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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

Kristy Dahl
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January 24, 2022

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

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

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January 24, 2022

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

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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January 20, 2022

Biden USDA Must Do More to Rebuild a Diverse Science Workforce

Charlotte Kirk Baer
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January 20, 2022

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

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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January 20, 2022

Three Signs of Progress on Environmental Justice

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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January 19, 2022

Roundup: Worker Protections Weakened as Omicron Cases Soar

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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January 19, 2022

Coldhearted Policies Put People at Risk of Extreme Heat Work Hazards

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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January 12, 2022

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

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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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
Policy & Research Analyst

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January 11, 2022

Highlights from the Historic White House Scientific Integrity Report

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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January 10, 2022

A Climate Scientist Watches ‘Don’t Look Up’

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

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January 10, 2022

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

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Policy Director

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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

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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January 7, 2022

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

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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January 6, 2022

Falsified Government Water Quality Tests Highlight Need for More Federal Scientists

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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January 6, 2022

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

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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December 22, 2021

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

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

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December 22, 2021

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

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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December 22, 2021

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

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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