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June 26, 2025

We Need Sound Policy Informed by Science. The Trump Administration Is Undermining it.

With a name like “gold standard science,” you might expect the Trump administration’s guidelines on federal science to be awesome. They’re not.

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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June 26, 2025

Maine Commits to 100% Clean Electricity by 2040

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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June 25, 2025

What Are the Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence?

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

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August 22, 2017

Is Sam Clovis a Scientist? A Racist? 9 Questions the Senate Should Ask

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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August 22, 2017

Historic Communities Face New Challenges as Sea Levels Rise along the South Carolina Coast

Derrick Z. Jackson
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August 21, 2017

Morgan Stanley Is Wrong About Tesla's Electric Cars

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

August 21, 2017

Going in the Wrong Direction: We Need More Advice on the Impacts of Climate Change

Andrew Rosenberg
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August 18, 2017

Trump's Executive Order Will Make America Flood Again (and Again and Again)

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

August 16, 2017

US Talks to China about North Korea, But Does Not Listen

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

August 16, 2017

How Quickly Have US Solar and Wind Grown?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

August 16, 2017

Galveston County, Texas, Faces Sea Level Rise and Storms

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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August 15, 2017

Three Myths About Solar Energy and the Eclipse

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

August 12, 2017

The Pyroprocessing Files

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

August 11, 2017

Massachusetts Leads on Clean Electricity—Let's Take On Clean Transportation

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

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August 11, 2017

¿Listos para el eclipse solar? Nuestro sistema eléctrico sí lo está.

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

UCS

August 10, 2017

Floods, Droughts, and Soil: The Movie (or, Why I Destroyed a Small City for Page Views)

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

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August 10, 2017

The Solar Eclipse and Our Electricity Supply: Why We've Got This Covered

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

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August 9, 2017

How Healthier Soils Help Farms and Communities Downstream Deal with Floods and Droughts

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

The world's largest fossil fuel companies have worked to deceive hte public about the realities and risks of climate change for decades. Photo: Steve Garvie

August 8, 2017

US Abandons Global Science Leadership, Zeroes Out IPCC Funding

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

August 4, 2017

Got Climate Science Questions, Administrator Pruitt? Ask the US National Academy of Sciences

Peter Frumhoff
Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist

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August 4, 2017

Coal-Fired Power Producers Announce a New Game Plan: Wind, Wind, Wind

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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August 4, 2017

Conferences and Condors: UCS Unveils a New Toolkit for Scientists Engaging on the Endangered Species Act

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

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August 4, 2017

7 Fun Facts for National Farmers Market Week

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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August 3, 2017

On Healing Sick Ecosystems

UCS Science Network

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August 3, 2017

Dead Zone 2017: Even Worse than Predicted (and That's an Understatement)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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August 3, 2017

Three Renewable Energy Numbers to Impress Your Friends With: 7, 43, 50

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

August 3, 2017

NRC’s Decision Making: 18 Reasons Why You Are Right, but Wrong

Dave Lochbaum
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