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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

UCS Science Network

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Senior Manager of Government Affairs

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Global Security Analyst

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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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January 11, 2018

Latest EPA Automaker Reports Show Compliance with and Success of Standards

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

January 11, 2018

Japan’s Role in the North Korea Nuclear Crisis

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

January 10, 2018

The Science of Sovereignty: Two Cases Show How the Future of Voting Rights Depends on the Integrity of Data

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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January 10, 2018

Trump Political Appointees Interfere in Scientific Grants Process Take Two: The Department of Interior

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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January 9, 2018

Cap-and-Invest: A Key Tool to Help Oregon Fight Climate Change

Jason Barbose
Former Contributor

Florida Power & Light

January 9, 2018

Department of Energy Coal Bailout Rejected: Told to Get the Facts First

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

January 9, 2018

One Year of Attacking Science: How the Trump Administration Measures Up

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

John Rogers

January 9, 2018

Clean Energy in 2018: Here’s What to Expect

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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January 8, 2018

Trump Administration Rescinds Fracking Rule for Public Lands: A Blow to Public Protection

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

January 8, 2018

New NOAA Report Shows 2017 Was the Costliest Year on Record for US Disasters

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

January 8, 2018

An Ounce of Prevention…is Worth a Kiloton of Cure

David Wright
Former Contributor

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January 8, 2018

At the CDC, as Elsewhere Throughout the Government, Words Have Consequences

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

January 8, 2018

Data Integrity and Voting Rights: Will the Supreme Court Protect the Right to Not Vote?

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

January 6, 2018

New Update of the UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

January 5, 2018

3 Questions Worth Answering in the Wake of Winter Storm Grayson

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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January 5, 2018

As President Trump Speaks to the Farm Bureau, Both Are Betraying Farmers

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

C-SPAN

January 4, 2018

Anti-Science Nominee Kathleen Hartnett-White Faces Renewed Scrutiny for Top Environmental Post

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

The jet stream and polar vortex on January 3, 2017. Map from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute.

January 3, 2018

The Polar Vortex, Winter Storm Grayson, and Climate Change: What’s the Connection?

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

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December 22, 2017

A Year of Resistance—and Why I’m Hopeful for 2018

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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