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January 15, 2026

The Future Is Not Written. It Is Ours to Create.

After one year of President Trump’s second term, let’s challenge ourselves to imagine and bring to life a much, much better future.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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January 15, 2026

One Year of the Trump Administration’s All-Out Assault on Climate and Clean Energy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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January 14, 2026

Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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April 30, 2025

Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service)

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April 30, 2025

May Day 2025: An Invitation for Cross-Movement Solidarity

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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April 29, 2025

The Truth Is Out There: The Cost of Roads Is Bankrupting the Highway Trust Fund, Not Electric Vehicles

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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April 29, 2025

President Trump’s 100 Days of Federal Housing Policy Chaos

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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April 21, 2025

Why Congress Must Block a Liability Waiver for the Fossil Fuel Industry

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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April 21, 2025

Will Congressional Republicans Attack Clean Energy in Budget Reconciliation?

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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April 21, 2025

The Truth About Regulations

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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April 17, 2025

Dear Climate Movement: They’ve Come for Our Climate Science. We Have to Stop Them.

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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April 17, 2025

These Climate Policy Rollbacks Just Made Our Financial Future a Lot Riskier

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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April 17, 2025

“It Starts with Censorship”: An Interview with Science Defender Lisa Schiff

Pallavi Phartiyal
Vice President of Programs, Policy & Advocacy

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April 16, 2025

Hey Congress, Please Stand Up to the Trump Administration’s Attacks on NOAA

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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April 16, 2025

5 Reasons NOAA and NASA Cuts Will Be Disastrous for Everyone in the US

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

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April 16, 2025

Everyone Loses When Environmental Justice Programs Are Cut

Elise Tolbert
Senior Energy Campaign Manager

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April 15, 2025

Eliminar las traducciones de alertas meteorológicas en EE UU pone en riesgo la vida de millones de personas

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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April 15, 2025

5 Ways the Chaos at HHS Could Affect Your Community’s Health

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April 14, 2025

Electric Vehicles Help Combat Climate Change, Here’s Why.

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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April 14, 2025

Losing Academic Freedom Is Too High a Price

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

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April 10, 2025

Climate at Your Door: The Climate and Housing Crisis in 11 Sobering Photos

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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April 10, 2025

RFK Jr.’s Incompetence Is Costing Kids’ Lives

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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April 10, 2025

Ask a Scientist: A Hundred Days of Harm—How the Trump Administration Is Eviscerating Science and What We Can Do About It

Seth Michaels
Senior Science Policy Writer

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April 9, 2025

Zeldin Wants to “Reconsider” the EPA’s GHG Endangerment Finding. He Can’t Bury the Facts on Climate Science.

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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April 9, 2025

Justice for Downwinder Communities in Washington

Elizabeth McClure
Kendall Fellow

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April 9, 2025

Why the Climate Accountability Act Matters to Me—and Wisconsin

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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April 9, 2025

Keeping Track: Mapping the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science and Health

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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