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May 14, 2024

Ask a Scientist: Stopping Big Ag from Hijacking US Farm and Food Policy

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April 9, 2024

Ask an Expert: What to Expect this Oil Industry Proxy Season

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March 12, 2024

Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to Its Portfolio

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January 16, 2024

Ask a Scientist: Can Election Science Ensure the Integrity of the 2024 Elections?

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October 16, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Building on Advances in Scientific Integrity

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August 10, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Will the New Farm Bill Transform the US Food System?

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July 13, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Scientists and Arms Control from Oppenheimer to Today

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June 14, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Top Takeaways from the New EPA Carbon Pollution Rules

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May 16, 2023

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

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April 13, 2023

Ask a Scientist: The Electric Car and Power Grid’s Shared Future

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March 14, 2023

Ask a Scientist: New UCS Federal Scientist Survey Shows Real Progress

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February 9, 2023

Ask a Scientist: EPA Failing to Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Gas

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January 12, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Confronting Putin’s Nuclear Threat

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December 8, 2022

Ask a Scientist: In Moments of Despair, Climate Progress Can Keep Hope Alive

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October 12, 2022

Ask a Scientist: What’s Up With the Attack on ESG Investing?

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September 8, 2022

Ask a Scientist: How to Thwart Threats to Democracy

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August 10, 2022

Ask a Scientist: ‘Danger Season’ Summers Disproportionately Harm Disadvantaged Communities

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July 13, 2022

Ask a Scientist: In Search of a ‘Green’ Electric Car Battery

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June 8, 2022

Ask a Scientist: How to Disarm Disinformation

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May 12, 2022

Ask a Scientist: Two Dozen States Can Meet 100 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables by 2035

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February 10, 2022

Ask a Scientist: Assessing the Biden Administration’s Progress in Its First Year

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January 12, 2022

Ask a Scientist: Will the Biden Nuclear Policy Wind Up Being the Same Old Same Old?

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December 8, 2021

Ask a Scientist: How to Get a Charge out of Your EV

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November 10, 2021

Ask a Scientist: While Nations Dither, US Cities, Counties and States Are Suing Fossil Fuel Companies

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