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The C-Max MPG Fix: Getting it Right is Good for Consumers and Automakers Alike 27 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
The recent announcement from Ford that they will be changing the MPG rating of their Ford C-Max hybrid isn’t just a reminder of how much consumers care about fuel economy, but how important it is to g...
This Just In: Crash Test Dummies Prefer Electric Vehicles 26 Aug 2013 | 09:44 pm
If you follow UCS, you are probably aware that electric vehicles are clean, cheap to fuel, and an important part of our plan to reduce projected oil consumption by half within 20 years. You may not be...
Small Insect’s Big Lessons for the Farm Bill: Agroecology and Breeding Top Monsanto’s Industrial Agriculture 26 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm
My last post discussed the success of public sector scientists who discovered and developed genes in soybean, using conventional breeding, that confer resistance to the invasive soybean aphid. These i...
White House, Finally, Releases Silica Rule 24 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am
And now, for some good news. After more than two years of unnecessary delay, the White House Office of Management and Budget has finally allowed the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA...
Staying Ahead of the Storm: The Case for Funding Weather Forecasting 23 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm
I have a confession to make . . . I’m a meteorologist. The forecasts that my colleagues and I make every day can be the scorn of many — as anyone who got dressed expecting a beautiful sunny day can at...
Al Gore, Climate Science, and the Responsibility for Careful Communication 23 Aug 2013 | 02:08 am
UPDATE (Aug. 23, 1:35 p.m.): According to Joe Romm at Climate Progress, the full transcript of Vice President Gore’s remarks was incorrectly transcribed by the Post. Read more. When I was in fourth g...
Messengers Matter: Overcoming the Age of Denial 22 Aug 2013 | 10:36 pm
The Internet is abuzz with University of Rochester Professor Adam Frank’s op-ed provocatively titled “Welcome to the Age of Denial.” It’s the most e-mailed piece on the New York Times right now, and i...
From New York to New Mexico, Modest Public Investments Support Healthy Food for All 20 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
In a recent post, I wrote about the health benefits—and attendant reductions in health care spending—that could be achieved if public policies helped all Americans to eat healthy foods instead of subs...
Wolves, the Endangered Species Act, and Why Scientific Integrity Matters 19 Aug 2013 | 10:56 pm
Shark week has come and gone, and as a marine scientist I feel most at home with these top predators, but it is another, equally charismatic predator species that is in the news. You can guess that b...
When “Sound Science” Isn’t 16 Aug 2013 | 10:07 pm
“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” – George Orwell When I cited that quotation while speaking to a group of students last year, many of...
