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April 26, 2026

Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members

This is an attempt to silence independent scientists, shut down evidence-based decision making, and keep the public in the dark.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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April 23, 2026

Why Is the US So Anxious to Unlearn the Lessons of the Chernobyl Disaster?

Edwin Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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April 22, 2026

Investors Move Fight Over Fossil Fuel Dangers From the Boardroom to the Courtroom

Laura Peterson
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April 29, 2026

New Records Set in the Renewable Energy Marathon

John Rogers
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April 27, 2026

The Science Behind the Headlines: Understanding Attribution Science

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April 26, 2026

Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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April 23, 2026

Is the Way We Pay for Transportation Equitable? We Take a Close Look.

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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April 23, 2026

Building a Global Roadmap to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

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

Edwin Lyman

April 23, 2026

Why Is the US So Anxious to Unlearn the Lessons of the Chernobyl Disaster?

Edwin Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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April 22, 2026

Investors Move Fight Over Fossil Fuel Dangers From the Boardroom to the Courtroom

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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April 21, 2026

Terrible Team: Super El Niño and Climate Change Could Lead to Record-Breaking Global Temperatures

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

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April 17, 2026

Can California’s Interconnection Reforms Deliver a Cleaner Grid?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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April 16, 2026

Word on the STReet: What Folks Are Saying About Transportation Policy

Kevin X. Shen
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April 14, 2026

Policymakers Must Act to Protect Louisianans from Billions in Data Center Driven Costs

Paul Arbaje
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April 13, 2026

The True Cost of Fertilizer Hurts Farmers—and the Rest of Us, Too

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April 13, 2026

As Data Centers Test Michigan’s Grid, It’s Time to Strengthen Clean Energy Standards—Not Abandon Them

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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April 9, 2026

The Slow Dismantling of American Science (and What We Can Do about It)

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April 9, 2026

Ask a Scientist: Are Farmers Wasting Money on Fertilizer?

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April 9, 2026

The United States Can Still Reach the Stars. President Trump’s New Budget Can’t.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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National Low Income Housing Coalition’s (NLIHC) annual Housing Policy Forum in Washington, DC, March 2026. Alicia Race.

April 8, 2026

Top 3 Takeaways from the National Low Income Housing Coalition Housing Policy Forum

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April 8, 2026

Transit Privatization Is a Bad Idea. Here’s Why.

Kevin X. Shen
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April 7, 2026

Smokey Knows: President Trump’s Forest Service Restructuring Is Bad News

Julian Reyes
Chief of Staff

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April 7, 2026

Californians Are Changing How They Drive—and It’s Paying Off

David Reichmuth
Research Director, Clean Transportation Program

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April 6, 2026

Climate Change Is a Significant Driver of More Dangerous Wildfire Seasons

Rachel Cleetus
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March 31, 2026

Here’s How Environmental Leadership Protects Californians from Price Spikes and Greedy Polluters

Daniel Barad
Western States Associate Director

A blue sign reading NOTICE is attached to a fence in front of a coal-fired power plant spewing emissions into a gray sky over Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Under President Trump, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin revoked a finding that carbon dioxide emissions are hazardous to human health.

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March 31, 2026

Despite What This EPA Says, Enforcement under Trump Has Dropped

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March 31, 2026

One Year in, the Anti-Science Agenda of the Trump Administration Is Evident

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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