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June 18, 2025

What We’re Watching: Coming Historic Heat Plus Acute Risks Could Make Rest of June a Hot Mess

Expected extreme heat in US was made more likely by climate change.

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June 17, 2025

Worsening Wildfires Contribute to Increasingly Unaffordable Insurance and Housing Costs

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June 17, 2025

Railroads Are Running Dirty Diesel Trains Through Communities and No One Is Doing Anything About It

Dave Cooke
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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
Policy Director

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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
Director of Scientific Excellence

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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
Global Security Analyst

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June 25, 2021

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

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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June 24, 2021

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

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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June 24, 2021

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

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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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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June 23, 2021

DC Statehood is Our Right

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June 23, 2021

Using Science for Equitable Policies: A framework for climate scientists

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June 21, 2021

Undercutting Climate Goals, Biden Administration Greenlights Oil Drilling in Alaska

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June 21, 2021

Keystone Cancellation Is a Hard-Won Victory for a Social Movement That Must Keep Pushing for More

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June 17, 2021

Juneteenth Is Now a Federal Holiday, But Justice is Delayed (Again) for Black Farmers

Karen Perry Stillerman
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