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Opportunities, Obstacles, and Needs Surrounding Public Support for Agroecology
Scientist survey says: To promote the spread of agroecological practices, we need to remove these barriers.
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Environmental Justice for Delaware
A study of seven Delaware communities highlights the unfair share of toxic pollution risk faced by people of color and those living in poverty.
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Committing to Renewables in New Mexico
While the decline of New Mexico’s coal industry is inevitable, the composition of resources that will replace it is not.
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Whose Finger Is on the Button?
In the United States, a single person is authorized to make the decision to use a nuclear weapon—the president.
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How Secure is Space?
Today, military space capabilities are less clearly “peaceful” and are a yet greater source of contention.
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Accelerating US Leadership in Electric Vehicles
Financial incentives for electric vehicles boost sales and decrease costs, benefiting consumers and industry.
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Fuel Efficiency and Income
Fuel efficiency and tailpipe pollution standards save money for all drivers, especially low- to middle-income earners
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State Benefits of Vehicle Efficiency Standards
Proposals to weaken the standards are gaining traction in the Trump administration.
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Turning Soils into Sponges
Floods and droughts in farm country do billions of dollars in damage every year. Farmers can reduce that damage by building healthier soils.
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Sidelining Science Since Day One
Six months in, the Trump presidency has shown a clear pattern of actions that threaten public health and safety by eroding the role of science in policy.
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When Rising Seas Hit Home
There comes a threshold of chronic flooding that makes normal routines impossible and forces communities to make difficult, often costly choices.
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Space-Based Missile Defense
A spaced-based missile defense system would require many hundreds of orbiting interceptors to defend against one or two missiles, and it would have serious inherent vulnerabilities that would render it ineffective.