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August 20, 2025

What Is a “Skinny” Farm Bill—and Is It a Bad Thing?

The House Agriculture Committee may attempt to push through a scaled-down version of the farm bill—but there are certain things it cannot leave out.

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

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August 19, 2025

We Can Have it All: Forward-Looking Climate Policy and Affordability. Here’s How.

Daniel Barad
Western States Policy Manager

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August 14, 2025

Scientists’ Role in Defending Democracy

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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Stephen Young

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April 13, 2020

While Pandemic Unfolds, EPA is Attempting to Sideline Science with Exclusionary New Policies

Ken Kimmell
Former President

Bureau of Land Management

April 13, 2020

Trump Administration Considers Hunting in Wildlife Refuges a Celebration of COVID-19 “Success”

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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April 13, 2020

The Price We Will Pay for Suppressing CDC Scientists During Pandemic

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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April 13, 2020

Forging Ahead on DTE’s Energy Future

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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April 13, 2020

Continued Social Distancing Critical for US Regions Where Flooding and COVID-19 Are Set to Collide

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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April 10, 2020

Reminder to Congress: The Coal Industry Trade Association Doesn’t Give a Damn About Its Workers

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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April 10, 2020

President Trump Is More Focused on TV Ratings than Saving Lives from COVID-19

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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April 9, 2020

Why the White House Must Address Coronavirus’s Disproportionate Impacts on African Americans

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

Climate

April 9, 2020

Ask a Scientist: 2030 or Bust? What is the Importance of the Year 2030 Climatewise?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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April 9, 2020

The Election Travesty in Wisconsin is a Wake-up Call for the Nation

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

EPA

April 8, 2020

EPA Science Advisory Board’s Job Gets Harder—and More Important—By the Minute

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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April 8, 2020

COVID-19 Has Put Our Democracy in Critical Condition

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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April 8, 2020

Housewives and Fishmongers Defeat the US Nuclear Establishment

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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April 8, 2020

New Harvard Study Links COVID Deaths and Air Pollution: An Interview with Study Author Dr. Francesca Dominici

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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April 7, 2020

Roundup: Sidelining Science Hits New Lows in Response to Public Health Crisis

UCS Science Network

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April 6, 2020

Trump Administration Finalizes Car Rule as Handout to Fossil Fuel Industry

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Derrick Jackson

April 6, 2020

La lucha por una respuesta justa al COVID-19

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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April 3, 2020

EPA Advances Broad Science Restrictions in Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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April 2, 2020

Lessons From A Small-Town Fire Department On Prevention, Preparation, and Leadership

Sean Meyer
Former Contributor

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April 2, 2020

EPA Watchdog Report Reveals a Failure to Talk to Communities with Higher Ethylene Oxide Health Risks

Genna Reed
Former Staff

U.S. Department of Energy

April 2, 2020

How Clean Energy is Part of Economic Recovery after Pandemic

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Derrick Jackson

April 2, 2020

Fighting for a Just COVID-19 Response

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

CDC

April 1, 2020

Let CDC Scientists Speak to the Public about Coronavirus

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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April 1, 2020

Fitting Hypersonic Weapons into the Nuclear Arms Control Regime

Cameron Tracy
Former Contributor

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