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In a Tuesday, June 5, 2012 photo, Lt. Sam Greenaway, right, looks at side scan sonar data along with survey tech Dvid Moehl, left, aboard the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration research ship Ferdinand R. Hassler in Norfolk, Va. The federal research vessel that will help update nautical charts on the East Coast will be commissioned Friday June 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Blinding Us From Science
May 18, 2013 | Q&A

The director of the Center for Science and Democracy says scientific research is a core part of our democracy that is under threat from corporations and sequestration cuts. Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, the Center’s director, explains how industry manipulates and undermines scientific research, and the challenges scientists face in the digital age. Continue reading

Waves crash against the cliffs of Big Sur, Calif. A new report says erosion could cause coastal cliffs to retreat more than 100 feet by 2100. (AP Photo/Anja Schlein, FILE)
Where Do the Candidates Stand on Climate Change?
October 29, 2012 | Virtual Town Hall
Despite record-breaking temperatures, vanishing glaciers, rising seas, droughts and wildfires, climate change wasn’t discussed in any of the debates, and rarely has been mentioned on the campaign trail.
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On Climate Change, Money Trumps Common Sense
June 3, 2012 | Connecting the Dots
Carbon dioxide levels hit a "troubling new milestone" as big oil and gas political donations rise in Washington.
With oil pump jacks as a backdrop, President Barack Obama speaks at an oil and gas field on federal lands, March 21, 2012, in Maljamar, NM. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Drill, Mr. President, Drill – For Campaign Contributions
May 16, 2012 | Money & Politics
The White House and the natural gas and oil industry are getting along better than they have in years.