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Trump rips his mask off.

What Trump might do on vaccines, pandemics, global health, and more 

By | Biosecurity

Why this is a climate election—even if that hasn’t been apparent on the trail

By Andrew Revkin | Analysis, Climate Change, Opinion

Why what happened to Oppenheimer then is relevant now

By Daniel M. Kammen | Opinion, Personal Essay

Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, welcomes Dr. Ali Bagheri Kani, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and his delegation upon their arrival at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 December 2021. Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA. (CC BY 2.0)

Iran’s nuclear potential can be cut, but not eliminated

By Jon B. Wolfsthal | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

bright protest banner about fossil fuels

Climate Change: A Biden vs Trump scorecard

By Oliver Milman, Alvin Chang | Climate Change

bird in flight at dawn in marsh

Climate change is a crisis. But should President Biden declare a national emergency?

By John Morales | Climate Change, Opinion

broken hourglass with sand pouring out

Congress has to fix Trump’s 11th-hour climate rules—before it’s too late

By Gary Yohe, Henry Jacoby, Richard Richels, Benjamin Santer | Climate Change

wide photo of US Capitol at sunset

Riots in the Capitol. Is this who we are?

By Adam Sobel | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion

White House covid-19 coronavirus fail

How to ignore the CDC’s new coronavirus guidelines, in six official White House photos

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Satire

Trump is a “superspreader.” Of misinformation

By Dawn Stover | Columnists, Disruptive Technologies

smokestacks and brown skies

Trump pushes to deliver on 2016 campaign pledge to essentially “get rid of” EPA

By Rebecca Leber | Climate Change

heron taking flight on Mississippi River

Trump, coronavirus, and climate change: using a pandemic to gut the EPA

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change