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July 29, 2025

Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo

Wildfires can fundamentally change how water moves through a landscape, leading to changes in both the availability and quality of water.

Carly Phillips
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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

Lee Shaver
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July 24, 2025

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

Laura Peterson
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November 1, 2017

What is the National Climate Assessment? The Most Comprehensive Report on Climate Change in the United States

Rachel Licker
Former Staff

October 31, 2017

Scott Pruitt's EPA Grant Ban Doesn't Apply to States or Tribes. Here's Why That's Interesting.

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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October 31, 2017

Scott Pruitt Deals Yet Another Blow to Independent Science Advice at the EPA

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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October 31, 2017

Key Messages on US Offshore Wind, in 5 New Quotes

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

October 31, 2017

Scientists to Congress: The Iran Deal is a Keeper

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

US DOT

October 31, 2017

Diana Furchtgott-Roth Is a Terrible Choice for the DOT Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

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October 31, 2017

Scientists to Senate: Reject Sam Clovis for USDA Science Post

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

October 31, 2017

Grand Gulf: Emergency Pump’s Broken Record and Missing Record

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 30, 2017

New Bill Puts Environmental Justice Right Where It Belongs: Front and Center

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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October 30, 2017

Pruitt Rejects Advice from Independent Scientists Based on False Premises

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

October 30, 2017

The EPA Science Advisory Board Is Being Compromised. Here’s Why That Matters.

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

October 30, 2017

The Spookiest Halloween Costume of 2017: The Fossil Fuel Company Executive

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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October 27, 2017

For This DC School, Every Month is Farm to School Month

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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October 27, 2017

Spectrum of Harm: Ripple Effects of Trump's Macabre Environmental Policies

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

October 27, 2017

This Is Your Planet on Sea Level Rise. Any Questions?

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Aerial views of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast taken during a search and rescue mission by 1-150 Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, Oct. 30, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen)

October 27, 2017

#Sandy5: Will the Nation Act on Climate Change Reality?

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

October 26, 2017

Science and Democracy Engages the Science of Democracy: The Kendall Voting Rights Fellowship

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

October 26, 2017

I Am a 30-Year Veteran Scientist from US EPA; I Can’t Afford to Be Discouraged

UCS Science Network

October 26, 2017

Update: Turkey Point Fire and Explosion

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

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October 25, 2017

How the NFL Sidelined Science—and Why It Matters

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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October 25, 2017

Electric Vehicles, Batteries, Cobalt, and Rare Earth Metals

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

October 25, 2017

Post-Harvey, the Arkema Disaster Reveals Chemical Safety Risks Were Preventable

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

October 25, 2017

Voting Technology Needs an Upgrade: Here's What Congress Can Do

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Union of Concerned Scientists

October 24, 2017

Memo to EPA Chief Pruitt: End Subsidies for Fossil Fuels, Not Renewables

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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