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December 16, 2025

The Exploding Scope of the Military-Industrial Complex

Members of both major political parties have begun to question ballooning defense expenditures, which have almost tripled since the 1990s.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

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March 28, 2018

Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Census Tampering

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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March 27, 2018

Why the Senate Should Reject Pompeo as Secretary of State

David Wright
Former Contributor

March 27, 2018

Taking Action for Public Science: Re-Imagining Iowa’s Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

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March 27, 2018

Experts Warn: Census is Under Attack

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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March 27, 2018

Solar and Wind Need a Larger Electric Grid—and California Might Just Create One

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

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March 26, 2018

Will Michigan’s Public Service Commission Stand Strong and Reject DTE’s Billion-dollar Natural Gas Gamble?

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

March 26, 2018

Fukushima’s Nuclear Safety Dividend at Surry Nuclear Plant

Dave Lochbaum
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March 23, 2018

How Did Climate and Clean Energy Programs Fare in the 2018 Federal Budget?

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

March 23, 2018

Another Nail in the Coffin of the Misguided MOX Program

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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March 22, 2018

The New Government Omnibus Spending Bill Shows that Science Advocacy Matters

Yogin Kothari
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March 22, 2018

How Do Big Oil Companies Talk about Climate Science? Four Takeaways from a Day in Court

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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March 22, 2018

This One Policy Would Provide Billions to Protect Massachusetts from Climate Change

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

March 22, 2018

Scott Pruitt Will Restrict the EPA’s Use of Legitimate Science

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

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March 21, 2018

Pseudoscience on Trial: The Spectacular Fall of President Trump’s Voter Fraud Thesis

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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March 21, 2018

WIN: Congress Cracks Open Door for Gun Violence Research to Resume

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

March 21, 2018

What to Look For in Tomorrow’s DOE Budget Hearing

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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March 21, 2018

Energy Storage is the Policy Epicenter of Energy Innovation

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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March 20, 2018

Spate of Nor’easters Rips Down Wires, Sparks Calls to Do Better

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

March 19, 2018

The Case of the “Low-Yield” Trident Warhead

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

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March 19, 2018

Automakers Turn to Climate Deniers in Quest to Lower Fuel Economy Regulations

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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March 19, 2018

Unseasonably Warm Arctic Winter is Thawing Alaska and May Be Linked to Nor’easters

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

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March 16, 2018

Rep. Lamar Smith Misunderstands Science

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March 16, 2018

Black Lung, Abandoned Mines, Struggling Communities—And No Leadership

Jeremy Richardson
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March 16, 2018

Scientists Stand Up Against Shoddy Science on Glider Vehicles

Jonna Hamilton
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