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June 26, 2025

We Need Sound Policy Informed by Science. The Trump Administration Is Undermining it.

With a name like “gold standard science,” you might expect the Trump administration’s guidelines on federal science to be awesome. They’re not.

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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June 26, 2025

Maine Commits to 100% Clean Electricity by 2040

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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June 25, 2025

What Are the Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence?

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

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Jules Barbati-Dajches

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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

Anna Scott

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
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

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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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February 5, 2018

Conflicts of Interest in the Trump Administration: The Cases of Alex Azar and Brenda Fitzgerald

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

February 5, 2018

Clinton Power Station: Déjà vu Transformer Problems

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 2, 2018

Rigor and Transparency as an Antidote to Politicization at EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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February 2, 2018

Your Home vs. Winter: Let these “Game of Thrones” Quotes Be Your Guide

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

February 2, 2018

Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review: Top Take-Aways

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

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February 2, 2018

Pruitt’s EPA Attempts to Undermine California’s Leadership on Vehicle Standards

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

February 1, 2018

China and Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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January 31, 2018

Why a Boring, Bureaucratic Reorganization at the Department of Energy Might Be Worse Than It Seems

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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January 31, 2018

When Renewable Energy Costs Fall Quickly, How Should Buyers Get Good Information?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

January 31, 2018

Science 1, Gobbledygook 0: Debunking Trump’s Climate Claims

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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