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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
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Kate Cell

Senior Climate Campaign Manager

Laura Peterson

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May 11, 2020

COVID-19 Collision with the 2020 Fire Season Will Ignite Multiple Threats

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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May 8, 2020

Timeline: 23 Years of Attempts to Restrict Public Health Science at EPA

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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May 8, 2020

The Push to Relax COVID-19 Protections Exposes Age-Old Racial Wounds

Derrick Z. Jackson
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US Air Force

May 8, 2020

We Need a New Normal Post-COVID-19 That’s Not a Death Sentence to Black People

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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May 8, 2020

The Latest US Test Flight of a Hypersonic Weapon: the Common Hypersonic Glide Body

Cameron Tracy
Former Contributor

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May 6, 2020

Hot Weather and COVID-19: Added Threats of Reopening States in Summer

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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May 6, 2020

BlackRock Faces the Reality of Climate Activism

Nicole Pinko
Former Contributor

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May 6, 2020

Responding to COVID-19 Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Frontline Communities

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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May 6, 2020

Responder al COVID-19 no tiene que significar sacrificar a las comunidades vulnerables

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Derrick Jackson

May 5, 2020

Why Congress Must Invest in Environmental Justice and Equity in the Next Recovery Package

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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May 5, 2020

New Study Shows Benefits of Voting by Mail

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Nathan Waters

May 5, 2020

Ask a Scientist: What Should a Post-Pandemic Economy Look Like?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

U.S. Department of Energy

May 4, 2020

Nuclear Weapons, Frontline Communities, and the COVID Stimulus. What You Need to Know.

Lilly Adams
Senior Outreach Coordinator

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May 2, 2020

Movie Review: Michael Moore’s “Planet of the Humans” Traffics in Myths, Errors, and Dangerous Misdirection

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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May 1, 2020

Does Japan Have Nuclear Weapons?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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May 1, 2020

The White House Scrapped the Science on Trichloroethylene—So We’re Urging the EPA to Investigate

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

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April 30, 2020

Trump Administration Axes Coronavirus Research

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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April 29, 2020

In the Wake of COVID-19, Congress Must Support Pre-Disaster Mitigation Programs

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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April 29, 2020

The Crisis Within the Crisis: COVID-19 Is Ravaging African Americans

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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April 29, 2020

What I Wish I Had Said on CNN About Trump’s “Lysol and Sunshine” Speech

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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April 29, 2020

EPA Advisory Board’s Restricted Science Advice Is Too Little, Too Late, and Comes During a National Crisis

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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April 29, 2020

The Biggest Step To-Date on Electric Trucks

Jimmy O'Dea
Former Contributor

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April 29, 2020

Even With Negative Oil Prices and COVID-19 Global Standstill, ExxonMobil, Chevron Must Still Commit to Net Zero Emissions

Nicole Pinko
Former Contributor

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April 28, 2020

How to Keep US South Safe from COVID-19 and Scorching Heat, Even as Some States Ignore Pandemic Dangers

Rachel Licker
Former Staff

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