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December 16, 2025

The Exploding Scope of the Military-Industrial Complex

Members of both major political parties have begun to question ballooning defense expenditures, which have almost tripled since the 1990s.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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July 11, 2019

PFAS Amendments Form a Blueprint for Remedying National Toxic Threat

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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July 11, 2019

How Alaska’s Recent Heat Wave May Worsen Climate Warming

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

July 10, 2019

Censoring a Senior Analyst at the State Department for Telling the Truth is a Damned Shame

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

July 10, 2019

The House is Setting a New, More Rational Direction for US Nuclear Policy

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

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July 9, 2019

Psychologists and Pediatricians Know that Families Belong Together: A Call to Action

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July 9, 2019

Maine Hits Clean Energy Grand Slam

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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July 9, 2019

How Do Power Grids Beat the Summer Heat?

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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July 9, 2019

6 Maps That Show How Bad Energy Poverty Is and Reveal 2 Ways to Make it Better

Joseph Daniel
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July 8, 2019

Can Trees, Oceans and Giant Carbon Sucking Machines Save Us from Climate Catastrophe?

Angela Anderson
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July 3, 2019

Happy Birthday America: The Census is Intact, for Now

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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July 3, 2019

Is the USDA Relocation Just Good Old-Fashioned Rent Seeking?

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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July 3, 2019

The Other Existential Threat: Nuclear Weapons & the 2020 Presidential Campaign

Sean Meyer
Former Contributor

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July 2, 2019

Congress Investigates Rollback of the Clean Car Standards – an Epic Oversight Hearing

Jonna Hamilton
Former Contributor

Adam Markham

July 2, 2019

A New Way to Assess Impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage Sites

Adam Markham
Former Staff

July 2, 2019

Xi’s China Stands with the World. Trump’s America Stands Alone.

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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July 1, 2019

The Supreme Court’s Partisan Gerrymandering Decision is Justice Scalia’s Last Laugh

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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July 1, 2019

As Methane Levels in the Atmosphere Soar, Trump Administration Moves to Gut Regulations

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

July 1, 2019

What Can Concerned People Do about Attacks on Science?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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June 28, 2019

The US Supreme Court Turns its Back on Democracy

Ken Kimmell
Former President

Dan Broun

June 28, 2019

It’s Time to Stop Ignoring the Climate Change Threat to World Heritage

Adam Markham
Former Staff

June 27, 2019

LGBQT+ Representation in Science 50 Years After the Stonewall Riots

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

June 27, 2019

Trump Opens Door to Renegotiating Controversial Okinawa Base Deal

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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June 27, 2019

Who Breathes the Dirtiest Air from Vehicles in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic?

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Scientist

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June 27, 2019

Electric Airport Shuttle Buses Are Taking Off

Jimmy O'Dea
Former Contributor

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