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April 26, 2026

Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members

This is an attempt to silence independent scientists, shut down evidence-based decision making, and keep the public in the dark.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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April 29, 2026

New Records Set in the Renewable Energy Marathon

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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April 27, 2026

The Science Behind the Headlines: Understanding Attribution Science

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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May 28, 2025

The Crumbling of Bedrock Environmental Policy: We Need to Protect NEPA

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

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May 28, 2025

Oil and Gas Companies, Take Heed: Climate Has Not Left the Boardroom

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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May 28, 2025

Trump Administration Slashes NOAA, FEMA, Making 2025 Hurricane Season More Dangerous

Astrid Caldas
Former Contributer

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May 27, 2025

ExxonMobil’s 2025 Climate Report Fails Scientific Review—Again

Carly Phillips
Senior Scientist

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May 27, 2025

The Terrible 13: The Worst Safety and Security Violators in the US Nuclear Power Fleet

Edwin Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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May 22, 2025

One NOAA: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

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May 22, 2025

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Pursuing a Liability Waiver

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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May 21, 2025

Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Scientist

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May 21, 2025

Wildfires Are Getting Worse. Trump’s Science Cuts Could Threaten Our Response.

Carly Phillips
Senior Scientist

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May 20, 2025

How Much Transit Investment Is Needed to Get Back to “Normal”?

Kevin X. Shen
Senior Analyst

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May 19, 2025

What Are Distributed Energy Resources?

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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May 19, 2025

Federal Science Advisory Committees Are Being Defunded and Dismantled. Here’s a Toolkit to Help Independent Scientists Step Up

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

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May 15, 2025

12,000 Reasons Why the Trump Administration Must Be Stopped from Dismantling FEMA

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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May 15, 2025

Indirect Source Rules: An Emerging Route Toward Clean Freight

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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May 15, 2025

Ask an Expert: How Strong is the Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud?

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May 15, 2025

The Deceit Playbook: Fossil Fuel Interests Target Opponents with Intimidation Campaigns

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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May 14, 2025

Seven Questions for EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin as He Testifies Before Congress

Chitra Kumar
Former Contributer

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May 14, 2025

New Evidence Strengthens the Case for Climate Accountability

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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May 14, 2025

Fossil Fuel Lobbying: 100+ Days and Six Decades of Deception

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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May 14, 2025

Climate Accountability: The Antidote to Decades of Fossil Fuel Industry Deceit

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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May 13, 2025

Trump Administration Attempts Burying Climate Change Evidence to Further Fossil Fuel Agenda

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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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

Putting Science to Work for Security: A Call to Prevent Nuclear Testing

Dylan Spaulding
Senior Scientist

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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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