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June 5, 2025

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

The danger here is that this executive order creates pathways for science to be influenced for political and financial gain.

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

Court Affirms Legal Responsibility of Polluters in Climate Case

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

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Dylan Spaulding

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Melissa Varga

Science Network Senior Manager

Kathy Mulvey

Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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May 30, 2019

It’s National Heat Awareness Day—Let’s Protect Farmworkers from Extreme Heat

Rafter Ferguson
Former Contributor

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May 30, 2019

Hurricane Season 2019: Global Warming, Forecasts, and Probabilities

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

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May 30, 2019

Trump Administration Puts Offshore Oil Rig Workers’ Lives at Risk

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Science and Democracy Fellows, along with trainers and fellows at COMPASS, gather for their first training.

May 29, 2019

Managing the Work: Reflections on a year of science advocacy from the 2018 UCS Science and Democracy Fellows (Part 2)

UCS Science Network

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May 28, 2019

Offshore Wind’s Next Steps: 6 to Watch For

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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May 28, 2019

You Can’t Ignore the Future: 5 Reasons Climate Science Looks Beyond 2040

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

May 28, 2019

Drops, Ripples, Waves: Reflections on a year of science advocacy from the 2018 UCS Science and Democracy Fellows (Part 1)

UCS Science Network

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May 28, 2019

Energy Collision Coming: Technology Evolved, Why Haven’t Utilities?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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May 23, 2019

The Wettest 12 Months: New Analysis Shows Spikes in Flood Alerts in the US

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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May 23, 2019

PREPA’s Agreement is Terrible for Puerto Rico

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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May 23, 2019

The Basics of Integrated Resource Planning in California

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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May 22, 2019

Children’s Health Research Centers Protect Our Kids. The EPA Just Defunded Them.

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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May 21, 2019

How Scientists are Responding to On the Media’s Reporting on Researcher Harassment

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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May 21, 2019

Acuerdo de Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica Es Pésimo Para Puerto Rico

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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May 20, 2019

If 3M Really Cares About the PFAS Science, Here’s How They Should Move Forward

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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May 20, 2019

Xcel Energy’s Plan to Eliminate Coal and Boost Solar in Minnesota

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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May 17, 2019

California’s Infrastructure Earns a C-. We Need More Equitable and Climate-Safe Infrastructure Now

Jamesine Rogers Gibson
Former Contributor

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May 17, 2019

Hot Arctic and a Chill in the Northeast: What’s Behind the Gloomy Spring Weather?

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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May 16, 2019

A Stroller Debacle at CPSC Politicizes Child Safety and I Have No Chill

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

May 16, 2019

5 Reasons Why HB 6, Ohio’s Nuclear Plant Subsidy Proposal, Should Be Rejected

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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May 14, 2019

Three Ways Federal Infrastructure Policy Can Speed Up Our Clean Energy Transition

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

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May 14, 2019

ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips Climate Risk Reports Miss the Mark

Nicole Pinko
Former Contributor

USDA

May 13, 2019

Improving Transparency and Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest for Science Advisory Committees

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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May 13, 2019

The National Academies Illustrates the More Nuanced Value of Transparency in Science

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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