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June 12, 2025

5 Actions Needed after President Trump’s FEMA Review Council Meeting

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

President Trump, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other administration officials sit at a table in the White House.

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June 12, 2025

Science Under Fire in Washington

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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US Department of Energy

June 12, 2025

Ask a Scientist: New Plutonium Pits for Nuclear Weapons Are Not Needed

Guest Commentary

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June 12, 2025

Big and Backwards on Transportation: Three Things to Know About Congress’s Reconciliation Bill

Steven Higashide
Clean Transportation Program Director

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June 12, 2025

100K Louisianans Were Left Without Power. Without Transmission Planning, It’ll Keep Happening.

Guest Commentary

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June 11, 2025

To Build True Resilience, Grid Planners Must Seek Community Wisdom

Sital Sathia
Energy Justice Research Associate

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June 10, 2025

What Can California Learn From Other States About State Transmission Authorities?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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June 10, 2025

The Transit for All PA Funding Package Can Help Keep Pennsylvania Moving

Kevin X. Shen
Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

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June 10, 2025

How Can Distributed Energy Resources Support Energy Justice?

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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June 9, 2025

Science Caught in a Rip Tide: How Authoritarianism Sweeps Away Evidence-Based Policy

Melissa L. Finucane
Vice President of Science & Innovation

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June 9, 2025

Very Few People Will Benefit From the New EV Tax Credit. That is By Design.

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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June 9, 2025

With Proposed Budget Bill, House Crushes Clean Energy—And Risks Creating an Actual Energy Emergency

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

a woman in a lab coat conducts a scientific test outdoors.

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June 5, 2025

Fool’s Gold: The Trump Administration’s New Executive Order Is a Bad-Faith Attack on Science

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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June 5, 2025

What to Expect When You’re Expecting During Danger Season

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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June 4, 2025

Why Immigration Belongs in the Mobility Conversation

Guest Commentary

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June 4, 2025

Court Affirms Legal Responsibility of Polluters in Climate Case

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

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June 3, 2025

Strength in Numbers: Why We Need More Climate Science in Power System Planning

Rachel Licker
Former Staff

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June 3, 2025

Planning For Climate Change Isn’t Happening. It’s Putting Communities At Risk.

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

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June 2, 2025

The Future of US Battery Manufacturing is At Stake

Jessica Dunn
Scientist

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June 2, 2025

What Are Virtual Power Plants?

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

U.S. President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to physicist Richard Garwin during an East Room ceremony at the White House November 22, 2016 in Washington, DC.

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May 30, 2025

Memories of Dick Garwin

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

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May 29, 2025

Entergy Doesn’t Want Louisianans to Know How Expensive this Gas Project Could Be

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

three scientists in goggles and lab coats conduct experiments.

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May 29, 2025

Trump’s Executive Order Puts Science Under the Thumb of Politics

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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May 28, 2025

What Are Microgrids?

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst