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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
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January 25, 2021

Science is Alive and Well in Maine

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January 22, 2021

The Unheard Voices of the Cuban Missile Crisis

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January 22, 2021

Consequential Biden Actions Nobody Is Talking About

Andrew Rosenberg
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January 22, 2021

Using Workshops as a Tool to Build Scientists’ Engagement in Policy

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January 22, 2021

The Environmental Justice Movement Moves Front and Center in the Biden Administration

Derrick Z. Jackson
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January 21, 2021

The TPNW, Equity, and Transforming the Nuclear Community: An Interview with Nuclear Scholar Dr. Aditi Verma

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

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January 19, 2021

Under Biden Administration, a New Decade Has Dawned—Passenger Car Regulations Must Keep Up

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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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
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January 15, 2021

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

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

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January 15, 2021

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

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January 15, 2021

Long Overdue COVID Worker Protections Would Still Save Hundreds of Lives

Sarah Reinhardt
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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
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January 11, 2021

Should the Electric Grid Be Antiracist?

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January 8, 2021

We Just Witnessed the Dangers of the Autocratic Disinformation Playbook

Genna Reed
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January 8, 2021

Massachusetts, Urge Gov. Baker to Sign Climate Bill

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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January 8, 2021

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

Andrew Rosenberg
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