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Environment
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Position On The Heating and Cooling Relief Act of 2025

The Federation of American Scientists supports The Heating and Cooling Relief Act of 2025. With summer right around the corner, it is more important than ever to ensure life-saving home cooling is affordable to all Americans.

04.07.25 | 2 min read
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Environment
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Position On The Cool Roof Product Rebate Act of 2025

The Cool Roof Product Rebate Act of 2025 would direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a federal rebate program for the purchase and installation of cool roofs. Cool roofs can help households lower energy costs, prevent the negative health impacts of high indoor temperatures, and improve community resiliency by reducing the strain on the grid.

04.07.25 | 1 min read
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Environment
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Position on S.1166, The Excess Urban Heat Mitigation Act

Extreme heat is the leading weather-related cause of injury and death and innovations in the built environment can save money and lives.

04.01.25 | 1 min read
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FAS
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Federation of American Scientists Announces Arrival of our Inaugural Cohort of Senior Fellows to Advance Audacious Policy that Benefits Society

Fellows Brown, Janani Flores, Krishnaswami, Ross and Vinton will work on projects spanning government modernization, clean energy, workforce development, and economic resiliency

03.17.25 | 4 min read
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Global Risk
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Chinese Nuclear Weapons, 2025: Federation of American Scientists Reveals Latest Facts on Beijing’s Nuclear Buildup

China is NOT a nuclear “peer” of the United States, as some contend.
China’s total number of approximately 600 warheads constitutes only a small portion of the United States’ estimated stockpile of 3,700 warheads.

03.12.25 | 3 min read
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Environment
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Position on the Re-Introduction of the Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025

The Federation of American Scientists strongly supports the Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025.

03.11.25 | 1 min read
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Environment
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Position on the Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act of 2025

The Federation of American Scientists strongly supports the Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act of 2025.

03.11.25 | 1 min read
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Global Risk
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Federation of American Scientists Welcomes Dr. Yong-Bee Lim as Associate Director of the Global Risk Team

Dr. Lim will help develop, organize, and implement FAS’s growing contribution in the area of catastrophic risk including on core areas of nuclear weapons, AI and national security, space, and other emerging technologies.

03.07.25 | 2 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Federation of American Scientists and 16 Tech Organizations Call on OMB and OSTP to Maintain Agency AI Use Case Inventories

The first Trump Administration’s E.O. 13859 commitment laid the foundation for increasing government accountability in AI use; this should continue

03.06.25 | 3 min read
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Environment
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Position on the Re-Introduction of H.R. 471 – The Fix Our Forests Act

The Federation of American Scientists supports H.R. 471, the re-introduction of the Fix Our Forests Act.

03.05.25 | 2 min read
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Clean Energy
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Position on the Reintroduction of the Critical Materials Future Act and the Unearth Innovation Act

The Federation of American Scientists supports the Critical Materials Future Act and the Unearth Innovation Act.

02.14.25 | 2 min read
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Environment
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Position on the Wildfire Intelligence Collaboration and Coordination Act of 2025

The Wildfire Intelligence Center would bring together expertise at all levels of government to give our firefighters and first responders access to cutting-edge tools and the decision support they need to confront this growing crisis.

02.06.25 | 1 min read
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