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As Extreme Heat Challenges Our Outdoor Workers, White House Announcement Will Save Lives

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September 23, 2021

Congress and Reconciliation: Why This New Clean Energy Program Matters

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September 21, 2021

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Hurricane and COVID-19 Set to Collide on the Gulf Coast. It Didn’t Have to Be This Way.

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August 27, 2021

A Transformative Climate Action Framework for Transportation

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August 27, 2021

Extreme Heat Hits Clean Energy Workers Hard–How Can the Industry Keep Them Safe?

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August 25, 2021

Worker Protections Are Needed Amid Climate Crisis

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August 25, 2021

Is Tyson Foods’ Vaccination Push Too Little, Too Late?

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August 25, 2021

Can Science Help Save the Voting Rights Act?

Michael Latner
Senior Voting Rights Fellow

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August 24, 2021

Extreme Heat is a Threat to Midwestern Outdoor Workers

James Gignac
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August 23, 2021

Political Jeopardy! Disinformation Campaigns for $400

Andrew Rosenberg
Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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August 20, 2021

New UCS Climate Analysis Too Hot to Work Shows Mounting Risks to Outdoor Workers from Heat Extremes

Rachel Licker
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August 20, 2021

Too Hot to Work: New Map Tools and 433 Congressional District Fact Sheets Show What’s at Stake for Outdoor Workers

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August 20, 2021

New USDA Nutrition Research Leads to Historic Increase in SNAP Benefits

Sarah Reinhardt
Senior Analyst, Food Systems and Health

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August 20, 2021

Roundup: A Mixed Picture for Both COVID-19 and Scientific Integrity in General

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August 19, 2021

Louisiana Policymakers: To Solve the Dead Zone, Climate Change, and COVID-19, Embrace Equitable, Science-Based Policies Now

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August 19, 2021

5 Questions to Ask About the CEPP, A Powerful Tool For Clean Energy

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Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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August 18, 2021

Zero-emission Transportation Must Be Included in Congressional Priorities

Jonna Hamilton
Director of Policy, Clean Transportation Program

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August 17, 2021

With Census Data Now Available, You Can Help Protect Democracy: Here’s How

Michael Latner
Senior Voting Rights Fellow

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August 17, 2021

Electric Vehicles are the Future – Yes, Even in Your Neck of the Woods

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August 17, 2021

Ask a Scientist: How Can We Cool Off Urban Heat Islands and Protect the Most Vulnerable?

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August 17, 2021

Accurately and Appropriately Accounting for Risk: Why Steven Koonin and George Will Are Unsettling

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August 13, 2021

More Heat This Weekend–More Inequities of Keeping Cool

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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August 13, 2021

Four Lessons from a Scientist Working to Inform Climate Litigation

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August 13, 2021

Safariland Promised to Stop Making Chemical Weapons—But Has It?

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August 13, 2021

What We Told the White House about Science Communication and Scientific Integrity

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