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March 13, 2025

What Does Science Have to Do with the Price of Eggs?

The new agriculture secretary claims to have solutions to bird flu and high egg prices, but her proposals could just make things worse.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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March 13, 2025

Whose House? Our House. Why We Must Fight the Theft and Butchering of Our Federal Agencies

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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March 10, 2025

We Are Charting a Path for Science in the Trump Era

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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The User-Pay Myth: We ALL Pay for Our Roads, Not Just Drivers

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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What Does Science Have to Do with the Price of Eggs?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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March 13, 2025

Whose House? Our House. Why We Must Fight the Theft and Butchering of Our Federal Agencies

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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March 12, 2025

The Long History of Climate Models

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

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March 12, 2025

A Hundred Attacks and Counting: What Happened to Federal Science in February

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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We Are Charting a Path for Science in the Trump Era

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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March 6, 2025

Farmers Will Pay More for Fertilizer Because of President Trump’s Tariffs

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

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March 6, 2025

Trump Administration Extends Its Attempted Power Grab with Executive Orders

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

President Trump signs an executive order at the White House.

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March 6, 2025

President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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March 6, 2025

Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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March 5, 2025

Musk Is Pushing the Great American Innovation Machine to the Brink

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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March 4, 2025

Transportation Burdens Add to All that Communities Are Already Facing

Kevin X. Shen
Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

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March 4, 2025

US South’s March Wildfires Signal Risks of a Dangerous Spring Fire Season

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

House Committee on Oversight

March 3, 2025

What UCS Said at the Congressional Hearing on ‘Opportunities to Strengthen US Energy Reliability’

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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March 3, 2025

The East Palestine Chemical Disaster Shows the Need for a Cumulative Impacts Approach

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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March 3, 2025

What Does NOAA Do for Us, and How Can We Defend It?

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February 28, 2025

Political Stunts Worsen Western Water Woes

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

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February 28, 2025

What the Auto Industry Isn’t Telling You About California’s Clean Vehicle Rules

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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February 27, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Deletion of Environmental Justice Data Does Real Harm

Stacy Woods
Research Director

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February 27, 2025

Trump Blocked Federal Scientists from Attending Latest IPCC Meeting: What Now?

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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February 25, 2025

Can China and the United States Cooperate Under Trump 2.0?

Robert Rust
China Analyst

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February 25, 2025

FEMA and HUD Firings: the Newest Tactic to Politicize Disaster Aid

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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February 25, 2025

Congress, and All of Us, Will Reckon with Budget Reconciliation This Year

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

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February 24, 2025

Native American Stereotyping Contributes to Climate Change

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