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May 8, 2025

The State of Science at 100 Days: Co-Opted, Hindered, and Undermined

We’ve been watching how the Trump administration has been abusing and co-opting science to advance its political goals across the federal government in its first 100 days.

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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May 8, 2025

The Trump Administration Is Attacking the Science in the National Environmental Policy Act

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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May 7, 2025

A Cruel Tradeoff: Building the “Amazon of Deportation” While Tearing Down Health and Human Services

Derrick Z. Jackson
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February 16, 2018

CDC Scientists Plea to Congress: Let Us Research Gun Violence

Charise Johnson
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February 16, 2018

Nuclear Hawks Take the Reins in Tokyo

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

February 15, 2018

The “Versatile Fast Neutron Source”: A Misguided Nuclear Reactor Project

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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February 15, 2018

Science For Justice: A New Blog Series

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

Architect of the Capitol

February 15, 2018

Congress must address gun violence safety

Yogin Kothari
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February 13, 2018

Federal Scientists! Make a Note for the Record. We All Need to Know of Your Work.

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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February 13, 2018

How Bad Are Proposed Budget Cuts at the EPA? Let Me Count the Ways

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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February 13, 2018

Tell Congress to Send Support, Not Poison Pills, to Endangered Species Protections

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

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February 13, 2018

President Dumps Clean Energy in Proposed Budget

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

The wildfires in northern California in 2017 destroyed more than 8,000 structures, exacerbating the existing housing crisis and creating a jobs shortage for low-income workers, especially farmworkers, domestic workers, and workers in the tourism industry. Photo: National Guard

February 13, 2018

Why Climate Change and Equity Matter for Infrastructure: An Interview with Chione Flegal of PolicyLink

Jamesine Rogers Gibson
Former Contributor

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February 12, 2018

Popular Nutrition Program for Farmers and Families at Risk in 2018 Farm Bill (Correction)

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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February 12, 2018

Our Science for Public Good Project: Hosting a Holiday Air and Water Quality Party

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February 12, 2018

The Truth about Coal, in Under Three Minutes

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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February 12, 2018

ExxonMobil’s Climate Disinformation Campaign is Still Alive and Well

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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February 12, 2018

Science Alert to EPA Chief Pruitt: Pollution Kills People

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

February 12, 2018

UCS is Surveying Federal Scientists Working Under the Trump Administration

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

February 12, 2018

An Unseasonably “Hot” February for California’s Clean Energy Landscape

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

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February 8, 2018

Pruitt Squirming away from the Weight of Climate Evidence

Rachel Licker
Former Staff

February 8, 2018

Making the Leap from Coal to What Could Be: New Mexico’s Energy Future

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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February 8, 2018

Top Clean Cars and Trucks of 2018

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

February 8, 2018

NRC’s Project Aim: Off-target?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

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February 7, 2018

Trump Administration Raids Workers’ Tip Jars, Buries Data Showing That’s a Horrible Idea

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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February 7, 2018

Demolishing Public Protections to Build Trump’s Wall

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

Florida National Guard

February 6, 2018

How One Utility Is Using Tax Reform to Hide a Billion-Dollar Climate Problem

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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