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May 13, 2025

Putting Science to Work for Security: A Call to Prevent Nuclear Testing

Scientists have a role to play in protecting our collective future by speaking in opposition to a resumption of nuclear weapons testing.

Dylan Spaulding
Senior Scientist

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May 13, 2025

What is a Just Land Transition?

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

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May 13, 2025

Denial, Restriction and Manipulation: New Trump Administration Targets Voting Rights, Fair Representation

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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March 23, 2018

How Did Climate and Clean Energy Programs Fare in the 2018 Federal Budget?

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

March 23, 2018

Another Nail in the Coffin of the Misguided MOX Program

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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March 22, 2018

The New Government Omnibus Spending Bill Shows that Science Advocacy Matters

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

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March 22, 2018

How Do Big Oil Companies Talk about Climate Science? Four Takeaways from a Day in Court

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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March 22, 2018

This One Policy Would Provide Billions to Protect Massachusetts from Climate Change

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

March 22, 2018

Scott Pruitt Will Restrict the EPA’s Use of Legitimate Science

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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March 21, 2018

Pseudoscience on Trial: The Spectacular Fall of President Trump’s Voter Fraud Thesis

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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March 21, 2018

WIN: Congress Cracks Open Door for Gun Violence Research to Resume

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

March 21, 2018

What to Look For in Tomorrow’s DOE Budget Hearing

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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March 21, 2018

Energy Storage is the Policy Epicenter of Energy Innovation

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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March 20, 2018

Spate of Nor’easters Rips Down Wires, Sparks Calls to Do Better

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

March 19, 2018

The Case of the “Low-Yield” Trident Warhead

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

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March 19, 2018

Automakers Turn to Climate Deniers in Quest to Lower Fuel Economy Regulations

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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March 19, 2018

Unseasonably Warm Arctic Winter is Thawing Alaska and May Be Linked to Nor’easters

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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March 16, 2018

Rep. Lamar Smith Misunderstands Science

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March 16, 2018

Black Lung, Abandoned Mines, Struggling Communities—And No Leadership

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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March 16, 2018

Scientists Stand Up Against Shoddy Science on Glider Vehicles

Jonna Hamilton
Former Contributor

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March 15, 2018

3 Takeaways from the Latest Solar Results

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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March 15, 2018

EPA Quietly Moves to Allow More Toxic Air Pollution that Causes Cancer

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

March 15, 2018

A Shout-Out to Government Scientists: Have You Completed the UCS Federal Scientists Survey?

UCS Science Network

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March 14, 2018

Two Major Climate Change Lawsuits Move Forward

Ken Kimmell
Former President

March 14, 2018

Energy Storage Means Energy Security—but Trump’s Budget Gives It the Axe

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

March 14, 2018

Food Stamps Cuts Could Hit Rural America Hardest

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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March 13, 2018

Investing in the Future Farmers and Stewards of America

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

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