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May 1, 2025

What’s at Stake in the Budget Reconciliation Process (And What You Can Do About It)

The majority is considering slashing spending to clean energy, to electric vehicles, to sustainable agriculture, to climate resilience. Here’s what you can do.

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

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May 1, 2025

Trump’s 6 Worst Attacks on FEMA in the First 100 Days

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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April 29, 2025

President Trump’s 100 Days of Federal Housing Policy Chaos

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Director of Scientific Excellence

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April 10, 2019

Yes, EPA: Regulating Mercury Pollution Is “Appropriate and Necessary”

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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April 9, 2019

Fires in Texas Spark Interest in Chemical Safety

Anthony Gutierrez
Former Contributor

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April 9, 2019

4 Questions for the New Census of Agriculture

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

Before switching to no-till, farmer Gary Hula described the soil as having the consistency of flour. Just four years later and the structure and moisture in the soil is undeniable. Photo courtesy USDA/Flickr

April 8, 2019

Farmers Are Excited About Soil Health. That’s Good News for All of Us.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

April 5, 2019

There are Faster, Cheaper, Safer and More Reliable Alternatives to the Energy Department’s Proposed Multibillion Dollar Test Reactor

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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April 5, 2019

Confronting Solar Geoengineering: What You Need to Know

Shuchi Talati
Former Contributor

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April 5, 2019

5 Wind Power Facts (From Better Sources Than President Trump)

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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April 5, 2019

Xenophobia Run Amok at the National Institutes of Health

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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April 5, 2019

6 Ways to Make Your Science Advocacy Effective at the State and Local Levels

UCS Science Network

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April 2, 2019

Shell Puts Trade Groups on Notice about Climate Policy

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

April 1, 2019

Food Companies at the Table in Trump Administration’s Dietary Guidelines Committee

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

April 1, 2019

Trump Administration Proposes Sponsorship Opportunities for Federal Agency Staff Positions and “Assets”

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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March 29, 2019

Five Takeaways from the EPA Meeting on Particulate Pollution

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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March 29, 2019

Nine Reasons to Oppose the Trump Administration’s Proposed SNAP Changes

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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March 29, 2019

What Climate Change Could Mean for the Future of California’s Springtime Snowpack

Geeta Persad
Former Contributor

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March 28, 2019

Equality, More or Less: How the Supreme Court Might Fix Gerrymandering

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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March 28, 2019

How Securitization Can Help Achieve a Just Transition for Coal Communities

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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March 27, 2019

How the Chemical Industry Deployed the Disinformation Playbook on PFAS

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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March 27, 2019

EPA Needs to Trust Its Own Scientists and Protect Us from Ethylene Oxide

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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March 27, 2019

1,399 Endangered Species Latest Casualty as David Bernhardt’s Siege on Science Continues at Interior Department

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

March 25, 2019

Taking Science Out of Air Pollution Protections

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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March 25, 2019

How the Green New Deal Can Unify Rather than Divide Us

Ken Kimmell
Former President

March 22, 2019

New Mexico Commits to 100

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

Photo: US Air Force

March 21, 2019

Illinois’ Energy Future: Less Coal, More Renewables

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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