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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
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February 21, 2018

And Then They Came for the Social Scientists

Jacob Carter
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February 21, 2018

Pennsylvania’s New Congressional Map is Fair, But Reveals Fundamental Tradeoffs in Institutional Choice

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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February 21, 2018

The Facts About Trump’s Solar Tariffs – Who Gets Hurt? Who Gets Helped?

John Rogers
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February 21, 2018

Toyota Cries Over Climate Change While Their Trade Groups Cry Over Climate Policy

Josh Goldman
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February 20, 2018

Court To Decide Fate Of EPA’s Chemical Disaster Rule

Josh Goldman
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February 16, 2018

8 Presidents Who Shaped the US Food System (for Better and for Worse)

Karen Perry Stillerman
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February 16, 2018

CDC Scientists Plea to Congress: Let Us Research Gun Violence

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

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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
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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

US Department of Energy

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
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February 12, 2018

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

UCS Science Network

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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
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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
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February 12, 2018

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

Laura Wisland
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February 8, 2018

Pruitt Squirming away from the Weight of Climate Evidence

Rachel Licker
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