Reports

In the United States, a single person is authorized to make the decision to use a nuclear weapon—the president.

Today, military space capabilities are less clearly “peaceful” and are a yet greater source of contention.

Financial incentives for electric vehicles boost sales and decrease costs, benefiting consumers and industry.

Fuel efficiency and tailpipe pollution standards save money for all drivers, especially low- to middle-income earners

Proposals to weaken the standards are gaining traction in the Trump administration.

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.