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July 24, 2025

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

US taxpayers are facing double jeopardy thanks to a reckless and inhumane budget bill that hands billions of dollars to the oil and gas industry as it worsens the impact of climate change

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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July 24, 2025

Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

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

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July 24, 2025

From the Courtroom to the Internet, the Fight Over Federal Science Is On

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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Daniel Barad

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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

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March 21, 2019

Illinois’ Energy Future: Less Coal, More Renewables

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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March 21, 2019

What’s Hot in Offshore Wind: 5 Dispatches from the Front Lines

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

March 19, 2019

Maps Lie. Beyoncé Doesn’t

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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March 18, 2019

The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Continues to Weaken

UCS Science Network

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March 18, 2019

Inspiration, Humility, Hope, and Sadness: Reflections on the Youth Climate Strike

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

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March 14, 2019

Trump’s Proposed 2020 Budget Takes Aim at Science (Again)

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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March 14, 2019

A Comment Guide for Fighting the EPA’s Attacks on Mercury Standards and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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March 14, 2019

Perdue’s Paradox: Proposed USDA Reorganization Would Undermine Farmers and Science-Based Research

Mike Lavender
Former Contributor

March 13, 2019

The Scientific Integrity Act is Good for Science and Good for Government

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

March 13, 2019

Bury the Science, Then Claim It Doesn’t Exist: Interior Department Undermines Arctic Drilling Review

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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March 11, 2019

Getting to 100% Clean Energy—and the Grid Operators that Stand in the Way

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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March 8, 2019

3 Key Facts on the Participation of Women in Renewable Energy

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

En la conferencia ANDREC con líderes de la industria de energía renovable en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

March 8, 2019

3 Cifras Claves Sobre la Participación de la Mujer en la Energía Renovable

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

Alaska Airlines

March 7, 2019

Washington State Tackles Transportation Emissions

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

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March 6, 2019

100% Clean Electricity in Washington State: Everything You Need To Know

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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