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June 9, 2025

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

Independence is why authoritarian regimes invariably target science and scientists. Authoritarianism acts as a relentless rip tide, pulling science beneath the surface of political control.

Melissa L. Finucane
Vice President of Science & Innovation

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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

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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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May 14, 2019

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

Nicole Pinko
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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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May 10, 2019

Top Clean Cars for 2019 and 2020

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

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May 10, 2019

How Big is Gridlock in our Electric Grid?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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May 9, 2019

US Solar: 2 Million Systems Strong. And Definitely Growing

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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May 9, 2019

Trump Administration Outdoes Itself on Climate Change Denial, Insists Arctic Warming is Good

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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May 8, 2019

The Science Denial is Crystal Clear: The EPA Ignores Scientists on Asbestos

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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May 8, 2019

Healthy Soil, Coming to a Theater Near You: 5 Lessons from “The Biggest Little Farm”

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

A wide range of stakeholders from across the country met in December 2018 to develop a set of principles to ensure equitable deployment of energy storage technologies. (Photo: Megan Rising/UCS)

May 8, 2019

Putting Communities First in Deploying Energy Storage

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

May 7, 2019

China’s Counterproductive Response on New START

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

May 6, 2019

NNSA’s FY20 Budget Request: Full Speed Ahead on Weapons Development and Production

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

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May 1, 2019

Moving Ahead on Minnesota Clean Energy Legislation

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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April 30, 2019

USDA Provides Blueprint for Dismantling a Government Research Agency

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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April 30, 2019

Challenging Trump’s Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

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April 30, 2019

Deadly Shooting at California Synagogue—Where is the Gun Violence Research, CDC?

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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April 30, 2019

The Vicious Climate-Wildfire Cycle

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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April 30, 2019

EPA’s Plan to Ignore Co-Benefits will Cost American Lives

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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April 30, 2019

Taking the “Public” out of Public Service, New Interior Secretary Bernhardt Refuses to Address Climate Change

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

April 29, 2019

Donald Trump: Serious about Arms Control?

David Wright
Former Contributor

April 27, 2019

Hopes for Nuclear Disarmament from Tokyo

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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April 26, 2019

On Worker Memorial Day: Remember the Fallen and Continue the Fight for Workplace Safety and Health

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

April 25, 2019

Four New (Old) Ways the White House is Trying to Restrict Science for Policymaking

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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April 25, 2019

Vegetable Production in the US: Lots of Potatoes, More Kale, and Other Trends

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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