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September 23, 2025

The USDA Cancels Annual Hunger Study While Trump Policies Drive Up Food Prices

Canceling the annual Household Food Security Reports is part of a broader Trump administration effort to suppress data inconvenient to its political agenda.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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How to Make the Next Trump-Kim Meeting a Success

Gregory Kulacki
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January 14, 2019

The Long-Overdue Missile Defense Review Expected (Again) This Week

Stephen Young
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January 11, 2019

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January 9, 2019

Record Number of Satellites in Orbit

Laura Grego
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January 8, 2019

Memo to Congress: America Already Has Low-yield Nuclear Warheads

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

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January 8, 2019

Mercury Is Toxic. Andrew Wheeler’s Proposed Rollback Is Even Worse.

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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January 8, 2019

Wind vs. Gas: Winter Wind Beats New Pipelines

Mike Jacobs
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January 8, 2019

The Government Shutdown Hurts Public Health and the Environment. Do You Have a Story to Tell?

Michael Halpern
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January 8, 2019

Four Things the New Congress Can Do to Hold Trump’s USDA Accountable

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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January 3, 2019

What is Resource Adequacy? Three Requirements that Keep the Lights on in California

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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January 2, 2019

What’s Hiding in Your Electric Bill? How Utility Customers Finance Risky Investments

Joseph Daniel
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January 2, 2019

China in Focus #22: Whither Engagement?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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December 30, 2018

The EPA, Mercury, and Air Toxics, Oh My!

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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December 30, 2018

The Miraculous Hope of Climate Realists

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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December 30, 2018

Feeling Blue About Climate Change? You’re Not Alone.

Kristy Dahl
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December 27, 2018

Year in Review: 9 Clean Energy Transition Stories from 2018

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

December 21, 2018

Nuclear Weapons, President Trump, and General Mattis

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

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December 20, 2018

Dear New Midwest Governors: The Green New Deal and You

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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December 20, 2018

Birds, Bats, and Wind Power: An Interview with Abby Arnold of the American Wind Wildlife Institute

John Rogers
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December 20, 2018

The 2018 Farm Bill Is Now Law. But the Shenanigans Continue…

Ricardo Salvador
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December 20, 2018

Seasonal Shutdowns: How Coal Plants That Operate Less Can Save Customers Money

Joseph Daniel
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December 20, 2018

Queremos Sol Puerto Rico: a 100% Local and Extraordinary Resource

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December 20, 2018

Trump Administration Seeks to Undermine SNAP After Congress Negotiates Bipartisan Farm Bill

Sarah Reinhardt
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December 19, 2018

Dear Automakers – Consumers Want Cleaner Cars this Year and Every Year!

Michelle Robinson
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December 19, 2018

BP’s Hypocrisy on Climate Policy

Kathy Mulvey
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