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July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Continued attacks on NOAA’s ability to conduct science will make it increasingly difficult to reduce the size of the Gulf dead zone.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

A person wipes sweat from their face with a cloth in Manhattan in July 2025, during a heat wave in which 'feels-like' temperatures were above 100 degrees.

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July 30, 2025

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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July 29, 2025

Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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A price on carbon would help reduce emissions from large emitters in Washignton. Photo: Scott Butler / Flickr

December 19, 2018

BP’s Hypocrisy on Climate Policy

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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December 19, 2018

Why Was Climate Change Content Removed from the Department of Transportation Website?

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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December 18, 2018

A Big Win on Climate Change and Clean Transportation

Ken Kimmell
Former President

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December 18, 2018

The Bipartisan 2018 Farm Bill Brings Some Consequences, Cautious Optimism for Conservation

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

Super Typhoon Yutu as seen from the RAMMB CIRA SLIDER on October 23, 2018

December 17, 2018

Climate Change Is Strengthening Typhoons, Hurricanes and Cyclones. The US Isn’t Paying Attention.

UCS Science Network

Derrick Z. Jackson

December 17, 2018

Record-Smashing Auction Sets America on Course for Offshore Wind

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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December 17, 2018

Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Hangs in the Balance

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

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December 17, 2018

Queremos Sol Puerto Rico: un recurso 100% local y extraordinario

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

Justin Bilicki

December 17, 2018

5 Tips for Working in the Trump Administration Like an Absolute Pro

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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December 15, 2018

Zinke Circles the Drain, but the Stains of His Reign Remain at Department of the Interior

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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December 14, 2018

Sonny Perdue’s School Lunch Bait-and-Switch

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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December 14, 2018

Xcel Commits to 100% Carbon Free Energy. Why is this a big deal? How will they do it?

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

December 13, 2018

As the Dietary Guidelines Process Begins, Health Experts Want to Keep Science Front and Center

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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December 13, 2018

Rural Drivers Can Save the Most From Clean Vehicles

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

David Nagy

December 13, 2018

Do Shell’s New Climate Commitments Make the Grade?

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

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December 13, 2018

Gutting Protections in a Marine Sanctuary: Trump and Zinke Take Aim at Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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December 12, 2018

What if “Sustainable Agriculture” Weren’t Theoretical? The Case of Cuba

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

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December 12, 2018

Massachusetts Needs More Than MOR-EV

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

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December 10, 2018

Scientists to EPA: Stop Sidelining Science in the Air Pollution Standard Update for Particulate Matter

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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December 10, 2018

Trump Digs Coal… Into an Ever-Deeper Hole

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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December 10, 2018

Congress Can Finally Secure Our Right to an Equally Weighted Vote: Here’s How

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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December 7, 2018

Monumental Disaster at the Department of the Interior

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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December 7, 2018

The Global Warming Emissions Report Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Didn’t Want You to See

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

December 6, 2018

The National Climate Assessment Provides Exactly the Information the Country—and Its Leaders—Need to Hear

Rachel Licker
Former Staff

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