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May 13, 2025

Putting Science to Work for Security: A Call to Prevent Nuclear Testing

Scientists have a role to play in protecting our collective future by speaking in opposition to a resumption of nuclear weapons testing.

Dylan Spaulding
Senior Scientist

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May 13, 2025

What is a Just Land Transition?

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

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May 13, 2025

Denial, Restriction and Manipulation: New Trump Administration Targets Voting Rights, Fair Representation

Liza Gordon-Rogers
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October 4, 2019

Weighing in on Xcel Energy’s Plans for Minnesota’s Energy Future

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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October 4, 2019

Recusal Is Not an Excusal: William Pendley and Conflicts of Interest at the BLM

Andrew Rosenberg
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October 3, 2019

Bipartisan Support for Scientific Integrity Reform is Growing

Ken Kimmell
Former President

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October 3, 2019

Clean Energy Tax Policy is Congress’s Last Chance to do Anything Meaningful on Climate This Year

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

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October 2, 2019

Cultivating Censorship at the National Park Service: New Acting Director Issues Controversial Memo

Maria Caffrey
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October 2, 2019

Score One for Worker Safety: Trump Administration Drops Proposed Beryllium Rollback

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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October 2, 2019

An October Heat Wave Bakes the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Is This Our Future?

Rachel Licker
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October 2, 2019

New Studies on Red and Processed Meat Are a Big, Fat Nothingburger

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

October 1, 2019

North Korea’s Latest Missile Test

David Wright
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Dave Stone

October 1, 2019

Science Advice Shouldn’t Be at the Whim of a President and His Appointees

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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October 1, 2019

Our Next Generation of Scientists, Exploited

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September 30, 2019

The Indelible Ink of SharpieGate Spreads to NOAA Fisheries

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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September 30, 2019

Trump Axing Advisory Committees Is Bad for Farmers and Nation’s Food Supply

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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September 30, 2019

Science Workshop on PFAS Highlights the Need for Government Action

Genna Reed
Former Staff

September 29, 2019

The United States and China Should Start Over

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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September 27, 2019

Bureau of Land Management Headquarters to Move in with Chevron. Will They Share a Bed?

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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September 26, 2019

What You Should Know This Mesothelioma Awareness Day

Guest Commentary

Andreas Lindlahr

September 26, 2019

Scary Changes Documented in the IPCC Report on Climate Change and the Ocean

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Genna Reed

September 26, 2019

The EPA Cut Science Out of Air Pollution Standard-Setting. We’re Putting It Back.

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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September 24, 2019

By Phasing Out Animal Testing, the EPA Could Turn You into the Guinea Pig

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

Florida Power & Light

September 24, 2019

Utility Restoration Workers a Large Factor in Speed—and Cost—of Hurricane Response

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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September 24, 2019

ExxonMobil, BP, Shell Oppose Methane Regulation Rollback, Here’s What Else They Should Do

Nicole Pinko
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September 24, 2019

Dear Students of STEM, I Challenge You to Vote!

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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September 23, 2019

Threatened by EVs, Oil Companies Employ Disinformation Tactics in Massachusetts

Samantha Houston
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