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July 8, 2025

What China’s Approach to Iran Tells Us About Its Foreign Policy

By not taking sides against Iran or Russia in recent conflicts, China is trying to achieve stability and play the role of global mediator.

Robert Rust
China Analyst

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July 8, 2025

Climate Lawsuits Are Rising as Political Pushback Intensifies

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

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July 7, 2025

Seven Things You Need to Know About the Texas Flash Flood Tragedy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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Kate Cell

Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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March 17, 2021

Let’s Toast to Open Government—It’s Sunshine Week!

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

Xcel Energy decommissioned coal-fired power unit in Denver's Arapahoe Station.

Will von Dauster, NOAA

March 17, 2021

What Xcel’s Western Coal Fleet Can Learn From its Northern One

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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USDA/Preston Keres

March 16, 2021

3 Research Questions Could Hold the Key to Sustainable Eating

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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March 16, 2021

The Texas Power Outages Were A “Wake-Up Call” Only Because Decisionmakers Everywhere Keep Hitting Snooze

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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March 16, 2021

Masking the Danger: States Dismantle COVID-19 Safety Protocols at Our Peril

Derrick Z. Jackson
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Eleanor Fort/UCS

March 15, 2021

Why Scientists Shouldn’t Heed Calls to “Stay in Our Lane”

UCS Science Network

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March 12, 2021

A Win for Public Health: EPA Breathes New Life into Long-awaited Formaldehyde Study

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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Baltimore County Government

March 11, 2021

Ask a Scientist: Pandemic Maps Tell the Story of Racial Inequity

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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March 10, 2021

US Offshore Wind’s Next Step Forward: A Project, a Plan, and a Pathway

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

Juan Declet-Barreto

March 10, 2021

123 Years Later, the Unfinished Business of Self-Determination for Puerto Ricans

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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March 10, 2021

US Should Pledge to Cut Heat-trapping Emissions At Least 50 Percent Below 2005 Levels by 2030

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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March 10, 2021

Gov. Newsom’s Proposal to Invest $1 Billion in ZEV Infrastructure is a Smart Proposition

Jason Barbose
Former Contributor

March 9, 2021

New Maps Highlight Inequitable Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines

Casey Kalman
Former Contributor

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March 8, 2021

Who’s to Blame for a $10,000 Electric Bill?

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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March 8, 2021

Three Ways Climate Disclosure Helps Everyone

Nicole Pinko
Former Contributor

Will Brown

March 5, 2021

The FHFA Begins to Reckon with Climate Risks to the Housing Market

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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March 4, 2021

We Must Urgently Build an Inclusive Science Advocacy Movement

Fernando Tormos-Aponte
Former Staff

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March 3, 2021

Federal Policy For Charging Access: A Tale of Two EV Drivers

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

US Department of the Interior

March 3, 2021

Science Wins at the Interior Department

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Ford Media Center

March 3, 2021

Three Truths About Electric Vehicles

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

USGS

March 3, 2021

FEMA’s Expert Committee Breathes a Sigh of Relief: They can now “Actually Say Climate Change.”

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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March 2, 2021

With New FERC Office of Public Participation, You Can Help Shape Energy in Your Community

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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March 2, 2021

The Social Cost of Carbon Gets an Interim Update from the Biden Administration

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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February 26, 2021

For Years, the Federal Workforce Languished. Congress is Planning to Revive It

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

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