The Equation

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 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

December 21, 2017

All I Want for Christmas Is Added Sugar Information Over Disinformation

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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December 21, 2017

As a Government Funding Deadline Looms, Scientists Seek Support for Agroecology Research

Mike Lavender
Former Contributor

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December 21, 2017

Good Riddance to that Deadbeat, 2017. And Hopeful Greetings to a Fresh New Year.

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

December 21, 2017

Don’t Believe the Trump Administration—That Coal In Your Stocking Is Not a Compliment

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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December 21, 2017

The Next Big Step in Massachusetts Offshore Wind: The Bids are in

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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