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April 21, 2025

Why Congress Must Block a Liability Waiver for the Fossil Fuel Industry

No US Senator or Representative should vote to shield this industry from facing consequences for its deception and the massive resulting harm.

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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April 21, 2025

The Truth About Regulations

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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April 17, 2025

Dear Climate Movement: They’ve Come for Our Climate Science. We Have to Stop Them.

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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January 19, 2021

New Documents Reveal the Spectacular Unraveling of a Final Trump Polluter Hand-Out

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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January 18, 2021

Remembering Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Adrienne Hollis
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January 15, 2021

President Biden and Vice President Harris Really Will Listen to the Scientists!

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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January 15, 2021

2020 Ends Hottest Decade on Record: Decadal Temperature Chart as Iconic as CO2 Keeling Curve

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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January 15, 2021

5 (Recent) Actions That Epitomize Andrew Wheeler’s Caustic Chemical Safety Legacy

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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January 15, 2021

Long Overdue COVID Worker Protections Would Still Save Hundreds of Lives

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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January 15, 2021

A 75-year Rally Against Nuclear Weapons Brings the World Closer to Justice

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January 14, 2021

Ask a Scientist: What Should the Biden Administration and Congress Do to Address the Climate Crisis?

Elliott Negin
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January 13, 2021

Restoring Faith and Trust in our Democracy: The Impeachment of Donald Trump

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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January 13, 2021

¿Es el Gobernador de Massachusetts, Charlie Baker, serio con respecto al cambio climático y la justicia ambiental? Lo sabremos mañana

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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January 13, 2021

Is Massachusetts Governor Baker Serious about Climate and Environmental Justice? We’ll Know by Tomorrow

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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January 12, 2021

How to Quarantine a Political Virus: Stopping the Sedition Caucus by Improving Democracy

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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January 12, 2021

Who Is in Charge When You Flip the Light Switch?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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January 11, 2021

Should the Electric Grid Be Antiracist?

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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January 8, 2021

We Just Witnessed the Dangers of the Autocratic Disinformation Playbook

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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January 8, 2021

Massachusetts, Urge Gov. Baker to Sign Climate Bill

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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January 8, 2021

After the Insurrection: Accountability, Reform, and the Science of Democracy

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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January 6, 2021

New Year, New EPA: How the Biden Administration Can Catalyze PFAS Action in 2021

Genna Reed
Former Staff

January 6, 2021

Ask a Scientist: Iran and the Bomb: Some Factors to Consider

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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January 5, 2021

Congress Continues to Affirm that Climate Security is National Security

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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December 29, 2020

New Dietary Guidelines Cater to Alcohol and Soda Industries

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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December 23, 2020

Bright Spots on Climate to End a Dark Year

Ken Kimmell
Former President

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December 23, 2020

Will Renewables Finish Ahead of Coal in 2020?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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