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November 7, 2025

A Future Worth Fighting for at COP30 (and Beyond)

Climate advocates have put decades of blood, sweat, and tears into building a better future for the next generation. We’re not stopping now.

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

Kick Big Polluters Out

November 7, 2025

Imagining a COP Free from Fossil Fuel Industry Influence

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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November 7, 2025

Recognizing and Resisting Obstruction at COP30

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

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Juan Declet-Barreto

Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

David Watkins

Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

Laura Peterson

Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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September 14, 2017

Why Does the Cost of Offshore Wind Keep Dropping?

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

A Waymo self-driving car on the road in Mountain View, CA, making a left turn. CC-BY-2.0 (Wikicommons).

September 14, 2017

Self-Driving Vehicle Policy: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

September 14, 2017

Why Did Hurricane Irma Leave so Many People in the Dark?

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

September 13, 2017

Tennessee Valley Authority’s Nuclear Safety Culture Déjà vu

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 12, 2017

What Is Grid Modernization—and What’s the Role of Electric Vehicles?

Peter O'Connor
Former contributor

Emergency workers entering a chemical plant.

North Carolina National Guard/CC BY-ND 2.0 (Flickr)

September 12, 2017

What Scott Pruitt Still Gets Wrong About Chemical Safety Post-Hurricane Harvey

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

Vehicle pollution is a major issue for human health and the environment.

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September 12, 2017

The Northeast Should Limit Pollution from Transportation

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

Red knots on Cape May: The population of the rufa subspecies of red knot has declined by an estimated 75 percent over the past two decades as sea level rise, shoreline stabilization, and Arctic warming shrink its habitat.

September 12, 2017

Sea Level Rise Threatens Cape May, New Jersey, and Its Vulnerable Visitors

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

September 11, 2017

Will New Scientific Breakthroughs Pave the Way for More Climate-Related Lawsuits?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

Chevron Refinery in South Africa. CC-BY-2.0 (Wikimedia Commons).

September 11, 2017

Will Chevron’s New CEO Show More Vision on Climate?

Guest Commentary

September 11, 2017

Broken Valve in Emergency System at LaSalle Nuclear Plant

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 8, 2017

Florida’s Nuclear Plants and Hurricane Irma

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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September 8, 2017

Recovery After Hurricane Harvey: Will There Be Justice for All?

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

U.S. Navy (Flickr)

September 8, 2017

UCS Experts' View of Risk and Preparedness as the Impacts of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Mount

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

September 8, 2017

Strategic missile defense failures: who’s to blame?

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

Gas Station in Houston Before Harvey

September 7, 2017

Hurricane Season's Impact at the Pump and Why Fuel Efficiency Matters

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

September 7, 2017

Flooded by Hurricane Harvey: New Map Shows Energy, Industrial, and Superfund Sites

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Photo: USDA

September 7, 2017

Why Congress Should Put the "Nutrition" Back in Nutrition Assistance

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Patrick Bloodgood/US Army

September 6, 2017

Superfund Sites and the Floods of Hurricane Harvey: Foreseeable or an “Act of God"?

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

US Naval Research Laboratory

September 5, 2017

¿Está en zona de peligro de inundaciones por Irma o José? Esté atento a los avisos de las agencias locales y usa éste mapa para enterarte de tu riesgo.

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

IPCC (Flickr)

September 5, 2017

Connecting the Dots on Climate Science: The Importance of a Complete Science Narrative

UCS Science Network

Photo: Texas National Guard/CC BY (Flickr)

September 5, 2017

5 Things Congress Can Do to Help Communities Devastated by Hurricane Harvey

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

Coast Guard repairs and replaces buoys and other aids damaged by Hurricane Harvey. Photo: US Coast Guard/Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Cox

September 5, 2017

We Must Protect the Workers Who Will Rebuild after Hurricane Harvey

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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