Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images August 20, 2025 What Is a “Skinny” Farm Bill—and Is It a Bad Thing? The House Agriculture Committee may attempt to push through a scaled-down version of the farm bill—but there are certain things it cannot leave out. Melissa Kaplan Senior Manager of Government Affairs
Cedric Letsch/Unsplash August 19, 2025 We Can Have it All: Forward-Looking Climate Policy and Affordability. Here’s How. Daniel Barad Western States Policy Manager
Alex Wong/Getty Images August 14, 2025 Scientists’ Role in Defending Democracy Gretchen Goldman President of UCS
February 15, 2018 The “Versatile Fast Neutron Source”: A Misguided Nuclear Reactor Project Ed Lyman Director, Nuclear Power Safety
Anthony Eyring/UCS 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 Former Contributor
February 13, 2018 Federal Scientists! Make a Note for the Record. We All Need to Know of Your Work. Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
The EPA's Clean Air Act standards protect the health of all Americans, especially our children. Photo: USEPA/Flickr February 13, 2018 How Bad Are Proposed Budget Cuts at the EPA? Let Me Count the Ways Kathleen Rest Former Executive Director
Photo: USFWS 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
Photo: Erik Scheel/CC0 BY SA, Pexels 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
CSIRO/Wikimedia Commons February 12, 2018 The Truth about Coal, in Under Three Minutes Jeremy Richardson Former Contributor
C-SPAN February 12, 2018 ExxonMobil’s Climate Disinformation Campaign is Still Alive and Well Elliott Negin Former Contributor
X-ray of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Photo: WIkimeda. 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
Gage Skidmore/Flickr 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
Clean Vehicles, CV February 8, 2018 Top Clean Cars and Trucks of 2018 Josh Goldman Former Contributor
Photo: PeopleImages/iStock February 7, 2018 Trump Administration Raids Workers’ Tip Jars, Buries Data Showing That’s a Horrible Idea Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
Photo: Denver Gingerich/CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia) 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
Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services. Photo: Wikimedia 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