Derrick Z. Jackson July 7, 2025 Administration Cuts Would Leave No Refuge for the Wildlife Refuges The second Trump administration is going for the jugular, to choke conservation itself. Federal budget cuts to conservation science, pollution prevention, and climate change data could imperil wildlife refuges. Derrick Z. Jackson Fellow
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images July 3, 2025 NOAA’s Weather and Climate Science Is Under Relentless Attack from Trump Administration. Will Congress Stand Up for Us? Marc Alessi Science Fellow
wayhomestudio/Freepik July 2, 2025 Heatwave Exposes How Trump Administration Cuts Endanger Workers and Energy-Burdened Communities Juan Declet-Barreto Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability
ecker39. CC BY NC 2.0 (Flickr) June 15, 2017 Beliefs Won’t Save Tangier Island, Virginia, From Sea Level Rise—Informed Preparedness Will. Kristy Dahl Former Staff
Photo: Chris Hunkeler/CC BY-SA (Flickr) June 15, 2017 How Do We Get to 100% Renewable Energy? Could be Storage, Storage, Storage Mike Jacobs Senior Energy Analyst
Photo courtesy National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration June 14, 2017 This Summer’s Gulf “Dead Zone” Could Be Bigger Than Connecticut—and Trump’s Budget Cuts Would Make It Worse Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
June 14, 2017 Signed, Sealed, Delayed? The New Fate of the Added Sugar Rule and Other Safeguards Genna Reed Former Staff
June 14, 2017 Nuclear Leaks: The Back Story the NRC Doesn’t Want You to Know about Palo Verde Dave Lochbaum Former Contributor
Pittsburgh, 1947, on the left; Pittsburgh, 1974, on the right. Sources: EPA June 13, 2017 The EPA Budget Cuts Are A Direct Attack on Our Air, Water, and Health Brenda Ekwurzel Director of Scientific Excellence
Scott Pruitt testifies this week before the Senate for the first time as EPA administrator. Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr June 12, 2017 Five Questions Scott Pruitt Should Answer at This Week's EPA Budget Hearing Kathleen Rest Former Executive Director
prilfish/CC BY 2.0 (Flickr) June 9, 2017 Protect the Science, Protect the Species Charise Johnson Former Contributor
June 9, 2017 Drowning in a Sea of Sufficient Ozone Research: An Open Letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Gretchen Goldman President of UCS
Photo: UCS June 9, 2017 Wind Keeps Creating Jobs, Even as We Pull Out of Paris Steve Clemmer Director of Energy Research & Analysis
June 9, 2017 Increase in Cancer Risk for Japanese Workers Accidentally Exposed to Plutonium Ed Lyman Director, Nuclear Power Safety
USDA June 9, 2017 Federal Science Advisory Boards Under Threat: Why Scientists Should Get Involved Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
June 8, 2017 Trump Budget Bares Wholesale Disregard for Environmental Justice Communities, But a New Bill Gives Hope Juan Declet-Barreto Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability
June 8, 2017 Does Trump's Paris Decision Make Him the Most Dangerous Man in the World? Guest Commentary
June 7, 2017 The Ugly: Post #3 on the NNSA’s FY2018 Budget Request Stephen Young Senior Washington Representative
Photo: Dennis Schroeder / NREL June 7, 2017 There Are 68.4 Million Better Places for Solar Panels Than Mr. Trump’s Wall John Rogers Energy Campaign Analytic Lead
Photo: Martinan/iStock June 6, 2017 7 States Give Pruitt an "F" in Science, Challenge EPA Over Pesticide That Harms Children Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
June 6, 2017 Americans Deserve Better than the Heartland Institute’s Climate “Experts” Gretchen Goldman President of UCS