Reports

Floods and droughts in farm country do billions of dollars in damage every year. Farmers can reduce that damage by building healthier soils.

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.

There comes a threshold of chronic flooding that makes normal routines impossible and forces communities to make difficult, often costly choices.

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.

Biomethane can be used as a direct replacement for natural gas in vehicles, yet policymakers must not conflate the two fuels because they have significantly different life cycle emissions.

SNAP is a smart long-term investment that helps millions of people stay out of poverty and lead healthier lives. We need to make it stronger, not weaker.

Drivers, electric utilities, and the environment can all benefit when electric vehicles are better integrated with the grid.

Shifting Iowa's dominant two-crop farming system toward a more diverse crop mix can be a win-win for farmers and the environment.

Is your state embracing clean energy? You might be surprised at which states are leading.

No single individual should have the authority to start nuclear war.

The NRC promotes a positive safety culture at US nuclear power plants—but it may have a poor safety culture of its own.

Congress wants a third missile defense site—but security experts, scientists, and the Pentagon all think it’s a bad idea.