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![Oklahoma rancher Pat Crenshaw](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-06/leveling-the-fields-thumb.jpg?itok=z2Y6wMZD)
Leveling the Fields
US agriculture presents many obstacles for Black people, Indigenous people, and other people of color. We review opportunities to begin overcoming the history of racist policies and exclusion.
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![Fishing boat off Grand Isle, Louisana](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-05/reviving-dead-zone-thumbnail.jpg?itok=pUGv_tVj)
Reviving the Dead Zone
Each year, nitrogen runoff from Midwestern farms produces a large "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, damaging fisheries and the people who make their living from them. Fortunately, there are solutions that can benefit both farmers and fishers.
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![President Trump at a COVID-19 briefing with Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-05/trump-covid-briefing.jpg?itok=d9Ywcn5f)
Let the Scientists Speak
In its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House has pushed experts out of the process and delivered inaccurate and contradictory messages—leaving the US public less informed about the risks we face.
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![Coal plant smokestack](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-05/Coal-Smokestack-Kenn%20W.%20Kiser-morgueFile.com_.jpg?itok=0iEc1S4B)
Used, But How Useful?
Some monopoly utilities have found a way to exploit loopholes in the market rules and state regulation so that they can run expensive power plants all day long even while lower-cost resources are plentifully available on the open market.
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![Person reading screen with coding software open](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-09/laptop-reading.jpg?itok=cFnDNNja)
Compound Climate Risks in the COVID-19 Pandemic
A comment in Nature Climate Change.
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![red Tesla EV at 2019 LA Auto Show](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-05/evs-cleaner-than-gasoline-red-tesla.jpg?itok=C1_lydH4)
Cleaner EVs
Electric vehicles will be an important part of the US transportation future—especially when charged by a clean electricity grid.
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![A cashier during the COVID-19 crisis, with food scarcity signs.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-04/Cashier-COVID-inequality.jpg?itok=vdyRknCr)
COVID-19 and Vulnerable Populations
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing vulnerabilities that have long, entrenched links with inequality.
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![General Motors (GM) logo](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-04/gm-logo.jpg?itok=3WJFGqyR)
Owners Want GM to Support Cleaner Cars
A UCS poll finds GM's failure to support strong vehicle pollution standards results in a nearly one-half decline in the company’s favorability among existing GM owners.
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![Person reading screen with coding software open](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-09/laptop-reading.jpg?itok=cFnDNNja)
Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions Implications under 2018 Guidance on US Clean Air Act Requirements
A peer-reviewed article in the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association.
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Coronavirus and Flooding in the United States
In regions facing significant flooding, strong social distancing measures could reduce the total number of COVID-19 cases by more than two-thirds.
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![Person reading screen with coding software open](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-09/laptop-reading.jpg?itok=cFnDNNja)
The Relationship between Written District Policies and School Practices
A peer-reviewed article in the Journal of School Health.
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![Person reading screen with coding software open](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2020-09/laptop-reading.jpg?itok=cFnDNNja)
Systematic Review of Dietary Patterns and Sustainability
A peer-reviewed article published in *Advances in Nutrition*.