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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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Melissa Kaplan

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Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

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June 10, 2019

Winning at Climate Change: an Arctic and Boreal Story

Carly Phillips
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June 10, 2019

Chevron Evades Questions About its History of Climate Disinformation

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June 10, 2019

HBO’s Chernobyl: A Fictionalized Representation of the True Horrors of Sidelining Science

Anita Desikan
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June 10, 2019

One Thing You Can Do to Stand Up for Science This Week

Michael Halpern
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June 10, 2019

Under Our Noses: PFAS Contamination in Southern Colorado

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June 10, 2019

Reality Bites: Fossil Fuel Companies Face Climate Liability Claims After Decades of Denial

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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June 7, 2019

Secretary Perdue is Moving The Cheese and It’s Not Good For Any Of Us

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

June 7, 2019

Three Times EPA Administrator Wheeler Failed His Science Advisors This Week

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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June 6, 2019

Bury Myers’ NOAA Nomination

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June 6, 2019

Wheeler’s Breathtaking Ignorance of Science, in One Comment

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

June 6, 2019

Will the Trump USDA Deliver on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans? Our New Report Shows What’s at Stake

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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June 6, 2019

“Big Food” Companies Spend Big Money in Hopes of Shaping the Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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June 5, 2019

Understanding the New Restrictions on Fetal Tissue Research, and Attacks on the Scientists Who Use It

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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June 5, 2019

Scientists Advocating for Climate Action in Oregon: Why we are stepping up and speaking out

UCS Science Network

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June 5, 2019

Climate Change and Human Health – The Win-Win of Tackling Air Pollution

Rachel Licker
Former Staff

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June 4, 2019

Votes of No-Confidence in ExxonMobil’s Climate Leadership

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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June 4, 2019

Put Them In, Coach: Why Sidelining the EPA’s Science Advisory Board Is a Disservice to Us All

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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June 4, 2019

This Crazy Trick Could Help New Orleans Utility Customers Save Money

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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June 3, 2019

Let’s Stop Letting Minority Rule Give Us Science Fiction Abortion Laws

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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June 3, 2019

La Energía Eólica Marina – 5 Próximos Pasos

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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June 3, 2019

The Billion-Dollar Coal Bailout Nobody Is Talking About: Self-Committing In Power Markets

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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May 31, 2019

My Testimony Before the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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May 31, 2019

Court Records Reveal Plan to Use Census for Racial Discrimination

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

May 30, 2019

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

Rafter Ferguson
Former Contributor

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