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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 8, 2025

FIRO para evitar el FOMO hídrico: cómo no desperdiciar ni una gota en operaciones de embalses en California

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

California State Senate

April 8, 2025

California’s Push to Close the EV Battery Loop

Jessica Dunn
Scientist

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April 8, 2025

Neither Global Development nor Nuclear Disarmament Happen Unilaterally

Robert Rust
China Analyst

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April 8, 2025

FIRO to Avoid Water FOMO: How to Save Every Drop with Smart Reservoir Operations in California

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

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April 7, 2025

Mineral Recovery Rates—the Why and How for Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Policy

Jessica Dunn
Scientist

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April 4, 2025

Ode to the Federal Scientist

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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April 3, 2025

7 Things to Know About Burning Hydrogen in Gas Plants: An H2 FAQ

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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April 3, 2025

Science Silenced, Justice Denied: The Trump Administration’s Attack on NEJAC

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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April 2, 2025

A Backward March: Another Month of Attacks on Federal Science

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

FEMA

April 1, 2025

7 Takeaways from Trump’s Disaster Preparedness Executive Order and What It Means for US

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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April 1, 2025

Automakers Are Partnering with an Ohio Senator to Decrease Consumer Choice and Increase Pollution

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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April 1, 2025

Trump’s NIH Ditches Its Scientific Integrity Policy. That’s Bad News for Public Trust in Government Science

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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March 31, 2025

Western Energy Markets, Sabrina Carpenter, and the Grid Espresso Paradox

Daniel Barad
Acting Associate Director, Western States

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March 28, 2025

Hurricane Musk: How to Think About—and Oppose—the Obliteration of the US Scientific Infrastructure

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

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March 27, 2025

Trump National Security Officials: Add NOAA to the Chat for Climate Literacy

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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March 26, 2025

Who Benefits from Dismantling EPA Science?

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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March 26, 2025

SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Sewage: You Can’t Make This Sh** Up

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

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March 25, 2025

My City Got Disaster Recovery Money, Now What?

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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March 25, 2025

The EPA’s Research Office Launched My Career. Now It’s in Danger.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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March 25, 2025

The California Legislature: Where Global Warming is Real and Science Still Matters

Daniel Barad
Acting Associate Director, Western States

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March 24, 2025

With Fewer Weather Balloons, People in US Heartland Will Be Less Prepared for Tornado Season

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

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March 24, 2025

EPA Staff Stand Firm As Administration Lobs Cuts, Baseless Accusations, and Cruelty

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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March 24, 2025

The Illegal Trump Scheme to Have Agencies Obliterate Critical Rules and Safeguards

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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March 21, 2025

Our Environmental Movement Outrageously SLAPPed in the Face

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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