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December 15, 2025

China and the United States Are Racing Towards Different Ends in AI

While China sees AI as another tool for controlling its populace, the United States is rushing to create AI that will give it global economic dominance.

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

UCS Science Network

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Stacy Woods

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Melissa Kaplan

Senior Manager of Government Affairs

Eryn MacDonald

Global Security Analyst

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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

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

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
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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March 6, 2019

EPA Report Shows Vehicles Are Most Efficient Ever But is Trying to Roll Back That Progress

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

March 4, 2019

50 Years of Science In Action

Ken Kimmell
Former President

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March 1, 2019

6 Ways H.R.1 Would Strengthen Democracy and Science-Based Policy

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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February 28, 2019

Remember the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster? The Trump Administration Wants You to Forget

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

February 27, 2019

Confirmed: Andrew Wheeler’s Love of Polluters, Disdain for Science and Public Health

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Photo: Patrick Dirden/Flickr

February 27, 2019

Why Wet Weather in California Now Doesn’t Equal Lots of Water for Californians Later

Geeta Persad
Former Contributor

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February 27, 2019

From Minnesota to Louisiana, Renewables are Poised for Dramatic Growth, but…

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

Richmond Builds

February 27, 2019

6 Clean Energy Milestones to Watch For

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Lance Cheung

February 26, 2019

After Two Years, Trump’s USDA Is Making Good on Promises (to Agribusiness)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

February 26, 2019

¿Por qué es político el sistema agroalimentario?

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

February 26, 2019

The Energy Burden: How Bad is it and How to Make it Less Bad.

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

February 25, 2019

North Korea’s Missiles and the US-NK Summit

David Wright
Former Contributor

Jesse Springer

February 25, 2019

5 Ways the Trump Administration Uses Disinformation & Why We Need Oversight

Genna Reed
Former Staff

February 25, 2019

Shopping for Change: A Virtual Trip to the Supermarket, and 4 Key Takeaways

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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