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May 25, 2023

Biomethane Threatens to Upend the Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit

Loopholes in the Inflation Reduction Act’s hydrogen production tax credit could end up causing more climate harm than good—nearly defeating its purpose.

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

May 25, 2023

California Legislature Could Make Overdue Changes to Water Rights if These Three Bills Pass

Amanda Fencl
Western States Senior Climate Scientist

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May 23, 2023

Good News from Midcontinent Grid Operator—But We Still Need Market Reform

Guillermo Pereira
Senior Energy Analyst

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May 30, 2023

Three Reasons Why Spring is a Great Time for Renewable Energy

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May 30, 2023

Long-Duration Energy Storage is Key to Cleaning up the Power Grid

Maria Chavez
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May 25, 2023

Biomethane Threatens to Upend the Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

May 25, 2023

California Legislature Could Make Overdue Changes to Water Rights if These Three Bills Pass

Amanda Fencl
Western States Senior Climate Scientist

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May 23, 2023

Investors Need to Know the Full Scope of Corporate Carbon Emissions

Laura Peterson
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May 23, 2023

Good News from Midcontinent Grid Operator—But We Still Need Market Reform

Guillermo Pereira
Senior Energy Analyst

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May 22, 2023

Western Wildfires are Burning Through Local and State Budgets

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

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May 22, 2023

El reúso de tierras de cultivo puede aportar la justicia ambiental, socioeconómica y del agua a California

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

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May 19, 2023

A Toxic Tour Helps Convey What Fenceline Communities Experience

Kristie Ellickson
Kendall Fellow

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May 19, 2023

EPA Must Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

May 18, 2023

Let’s Pay Tribute to Jewish and Asian American Scientists

Elliott Negin
Senior Writer

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May 18, 2023

Realizing Maine’s Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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May 17, 2023

On Brown v Board of Education Anniversary, School Segregation, Gerrymandering Persist

Sophia Marjanovic
Bilingual Senior Organizer

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May 17, 2023

Will EPA Follow the Science and Protect Us from Ozone Pollution?

Anita Desikan
Senior Analyst

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May 17, 2023

California’s Water Rights System is Inequitable, Inadequate, and Possibly, About to Change

Amanda Fencl
Western States Senior Climate Scientist

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May 16, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Calling Out the Companies Responsible for Western Wildfires

Elliott Negin
Senior Writer

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May 16, 2023

Both Utilities and Fossil Fuel Companies Are to Blame for Western Wildfires

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest

May 16, 2023

Four Reasons We Investigated the Fossil Fuels Behind Forest Fires: an Inside View of Latest UCS Report

Kristy Dahl
Principal Climate Scientist

US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest

May 16, 2023

Cuatro razones por las que investigamos cómo los combustibles fósiles están detrás de los incendios forestales: una mirada detrás del nuevo estudio de UCS

Kristy Dahl
Principal Climate Scientist

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May 15, 2023

Farmers Can Adapt to Alternating Droughts and Floods—Here’s How

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

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May 15, 2023

Mens Sana, Sana Mundi: Healthy Minds for a Healthy Planet

Johanna Chao Kreilick
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May 12, 2023

Cómo la gestión de bosques puede crear ciclos saludables de incendios en el oeste de Norteamérica

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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May 12, 2023

Roundup: A New Scientific Integrity Framework and Overstretched EPA Staff

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May 12, 2023

I Don’t Make the Rules, I Comment on Them

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