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November 30, 2021

US Got “Lucky” with 2021 Hurricane Season—3rd Most Active in Recorded History

The 2021 hurricane season is what it looks like to get “lucky” in our warmed world.

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

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November 22, 2021

Democracy in Peril: Top Political Scientists Highlight What’s at Stake with Freedom to Vote Act

Michael Latner
Senior Voting Rights Fellow

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November 30, 2021

Lessons from a Career Serving the Public

Kathleen Rest
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November 1, 2021

The Clock is Running Out to Protect Voting Rights

Michael Latner
Senior Voting Rights Fellow

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November 1, 2021

Science Is Rising: STEM Students Rocked the Vote in 2020 Election

Melissa Varga
Science Network Community & Partnerships Manager

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October 29, 2021

Tyson Foods Is a Monster in Disguise

Karen Perry Stillerman
Sr. Strategist and Sr. Analyst, Food & Environment Program

American Petroleum Institute

October 28, 2021

Why High Natural Gas Prices Are So Spooky This Halloween

Joseph Daniel
Senior Energy Analyst

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October 27, 2021

William Shatner, Joe Manchin, and a Rare Trip to Space and Back

Brenda Ekwurzel
Senior Climate Scientist, Director of Climate Science

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October 27, 2021

Why Utility Planning Must Be Inclusive

Joseph Daniel
Senior Energy Analyst

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October 27, 2021

Fossil Fuel Obstruction Brought Us the Climate Crisis: Hard Questions Big Oil CEOs Should Answer

Erika Spanger-Siegfried
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

October 27, 2021

Fossil Fuel CEOs to Testify in Congress: Five Greenwashing Claims Debunked

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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October 26, 2021

Welcome Silence: Biden Administration Passes on ConocoPhillips Alaskan Drilling Appeal

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

Greenpeace UK Unearthed

October 26, 2021

Despite Cutbacks, ExxonMobil Continues to Fund Climate Science Denial

Elliott Negin
Senior Writer

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October 26, 2021

The Day of Reckoning for the Oil Industry?

Elliott Negin
Senior Writer

US Department of Energy

October 22, 2021

The Bar for Climate Ambition is Set by Science, Not Congressional Politics

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

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October 20, 2021

Republicans Reject the Freedom to Vote Act

Michael Latner
Senior Voting Rights Fellow

John Duffy

October 20, 2021

Colorado’s Fossil Fuel Industry Wants to Buy Your Friendship. Don’t Be Fooled.

Ortal Ullman
Senior Outreach Coordinator

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October 19, 2021

Here’s What Richer Countries Must Deliver to Make COP26 in Glasgow a Success

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

US Coast Guard

October 19, 2021

The Build Back Better Act is a Bridge to the Future We Need. Senator Manchin, Don’t Blow It Up!

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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October 19, 2021

EPA Plans to Take Bold Action on PFAS. Will it Be Enough?

Anita Desikan
Research Analyst

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October 19, 2021

Calling All Scientists: The Federal Government is Hiring

Taryn MacKinney
Investigative Researcher

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October 19, 2021

Your Chicken Nuggets May Be Driving the Pandemic

Rebecca Boehm
Economist

Greenpeace UK Unearthed

October 18, 2021

To Find Out If ExxonMobil Really Supports a Carbon Tax, Just Follow the Money

Elliott Negin
Senior Writer

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October 14, 2021

New USDA Research Grants Show Promising Focus on Food Systems

Sarah Reinhardt
Senior Analyst, Food Systems and Health

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J.L. Simonis

October 14, 2021

Top US Chemical Weapons Company Selling Lethal Smoke as Non-Hazardous

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October 13, 2021

Roundup: Welcome Steps on Masks and Concerns about Booster Advice

UCS Science Network

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October 13, 2021

Coal Ash Cleanup: Victory for the Environment, the Economy, and Environmental Justice

Jeremy Richardson
Senior Energy Analyst

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