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December 15, 2025

China and the United States Are Racing Towards Different Ends in AI

While China sees AI as another tool for controlling its populace, the United States is rushing to create AI that will give it global economic dominance.

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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Union of Concerned Scientists

December 10, 2025

How Trump’s Free Pass to Polluters will Harm Americans

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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December 8, 2025

The Courts Delivered Important Climate Wins in 2025

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

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January 30, 2018

What the Science Tells Us About Making Football Safer This CTE Awareness Day

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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January 29, 2018

New EPA Guidance Stands to Increase Hazardous Air Pollutants in Environmental Justice Communities

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

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January 29, 2018

Clean Energy Leadership: Next Steps for Massachusetts

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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January 29, 2018

DTE Customers Could Save $340 Million with Clean Energy Compared to Proposed Gas Plant

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

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January 26, 2018

Infrastructure in the Trump Congress: We Must Build for the Future, Not the Past

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

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January 26, 2018

Despite Rhetoric, Coal Jobs Not Set to Increase in the Future

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

January 26, 2018

Science and the Law: Two Pillars of Truth Intersect at Political Boundaries

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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January 25, 2018

Building Momentum After the Tax Bill: A Call for Scientists to Remain Engaged

UCS Science Network

Rappaport Center

January 25, 2018

Three Good Things Massachusetts is Doing on Climate

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

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January 25, 2018

Should the President Have Sole Authority to Launch a Nuclear Attack? In the Age of Trump, Experts Offer an Alternate Plan

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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January 24, 2018

ExxonMobil’s Jekyll-and-Hyde Act: A Year in Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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January 24, 2018

Why the Solar Tariff Slows Clean Energy Progress and Hurts California Workers

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

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January 23, 2018

UCS Sues to Stop EPA from Kicking Independent Experts Off Advisory Boards

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

January 22, 2018

A Good Move from Chairman Smith and the House Science Committee: Tackling Sexual Harassment in Science

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

Michael Fleshman

January 19, 2018

Standing Ground: The State of Voting Rights in Year One of the Trump Administration

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

USDA

January 19, 2018

3 Reasons Why the Trump USDA’s School Nutrition Rollbacks Should Worry You—and What You Can Do About It

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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January 19, 2018

From National Parks to the EPA, Trump Administration Stiff-Arms Science Advisers

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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January 18, 2018

New Report Reveals Trump Administration Is Abandoning Science Advice

Genna Reed
Former Staff

January 16, 2018

Five Lessons Our Science Network Watchdogging Teams Have Taught Us

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

January 16, 2018

Why Engineers Should Refuse to Work on Trump’s Wall

UCS Science Network

January 16, 2018

Benny Hill Explains the NRC Approach to Nuclear Safety

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

January 13, 2018

Lost in Space? The Zuma Satellite

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

January 12, 2018

The Trump’s Administration’s Dangerous New Nuclear Policy

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

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January 12, 2018

NAACP’s MLK Day initiative makes solar more accessible

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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