Spencer Platt/Getty Images July 16, 2025 EPA Moves to Ignore Power Plant Carbon Emissions, Deny Climate Science Zeldin is proposing to walk away from regulating carbon emissions from power plants—plus nearly every other source of heat-trapping emissions. Julie McNamara Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy
wildpixel/Getty Images July 14, 2025 An Important Lesson for These Times from Environmental Justice’s Earliest Days Guest Commentary
River Partners July 15, 2025 Best Practices for Just Land Transitions in California Ángel S. Fernández-Bou Senior Climate Scientist
October 13, 2017 No, Missile Defense Will Not Work 97% of the Time Laura Grego Research Director, Senior Scientist
October 13, 2017 US Withdrawal from UNESCO Will Undermine Collaboration on Science and Culture Adam Markham Former Staff
October 13, 2017 How Pruitt Listens: Removing Clean Power Plan Web Resources Undermines Public Engagement UCS Science Network
Rushlan Dashinsky/iStockphoto October 12, 2017 Pruitt Puts Coal Before Children Derrick Z. Jackson Fellow
Photo: USCapitol/Flickr October 12, 2017 Conflicts of Interest? NOAA’s Nominees AccuWeather CEO Barry Myers, and Dr. Neil Jacobs of Panasonic Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
Photo: Sgt. Jose Ahiram Diaz-Ramos/USDA (Flickr) October 11, 2017 The EPA’s Crucial and Unsung Role in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
The Trump administration is using bogus science to justify restrictions on birth control access, building on a legacy of Presidential administrations' politicization of science around contraceptives. Photo: www.quotecatalog.com October 11, 2017 The Trump Administration Fakes Science to Justify Restrictions on Birth Control Access Gretchen Goldman President of UCS
Photo: Steve Jurvetson, CC-BY-2.0 (Flickr) October 11, 2017 Setting the Record Straight on EVs and Biofuels Jeremy Martin Director of Fuels Policy
Photo: Coalfield Development Corporation October 10, 2017 New Economic Opportunities in the Heart of Coal Country Guest Commentary
Photo: Sanjay Suchak (used with permission) October 10, 2017 This Is What It’s Like to Live Near a Coal Plant in North Carolina Jeremy Richardson Former Contributor
Photo: JC Kibbey/UCS October 10, 2017 How A Coal Plant in Michigan Became an Insurance HQ Jeremy Richardson Former Contributor
October 10, 2017 The Struggle for a Just Transition of the Crawford Coal Plant in Little Village Continues Guest Commentary
Photo: justice.gov October 9, 2017 Scott Pruitt's Cynical Move to Rescind the Clean Power Plan Ken Kimmell Former President
October 6, 2017 Don’t Make the Same Mistake on Iran that Bush Made on North Korea David Wright Former Contributor
October 6, 2017 Would Jim Bridenstine Be a Down to Earth NASA Administrator? Rachel Licker Former Staff
Jennifer Strickland, USFWS October 6, 2017 Much to Grouse About: Interior Department Calls for Changes That Could Threaten Sage Grouse Protection Charise Johnson Former Contributor
Photo: Kārlis Dambrāns/CC BY (Flickr) October 5, 2017 Why Are So Many Car Companies Making Big EV Announcements? David Reichmuth Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program
October 5, 2017 Who Would Lose with New Suniva/SolarWorld Solar Tariffs? Just About Everybody John Rogers Energy Campaign Analytic Lead
Photo: USCapitol/Flickr October 5, 2017 What’s Tax “Reform” Got to Do with Science and Public Well-being? Alden Meyer Former Contributor
October 5, 2017 Is Your Representative Setting Us Up for Another Dieselgate? Jonna Hamilton Former Contributor
October 4, 2017 Sociological Gobbledygook or Scientific Standard? Why Judging Gerrymandering is Hard Michael Latner Former UCS Fellow
Puerto Rico US Army National Guard October 4, 2017 Mr. President: Puerto Rico Is, Indeed, Living a “Real Catastrophe” Juan Declet-Barreto Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability