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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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Melissa Kaplan

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Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

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August 24, 2017

ExxonMobil Attacks New Study That Exposes Its Climate Deception…Again.

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

David’ R Montgomery showing the change in his garden’s soil as a result of his wife Anne’s gardening.

August 22, 2017

The Soil Solution: One Reason to be Optimistic About the Environment is Right Beneath Our Feet

UCS Science Network

erry Mennenga/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com/Alamy Live News

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
Former Fellow

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
Former Contributor

defense.gov

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
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

August 16, 2017

Galveston County, Texas, Faces Sea Level Rise and Storms

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

NASA.Gov

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

NASA

August 11, 2017

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

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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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
Former Staff

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

Department of Energy

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

UCS

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

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

August 3, 2017

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

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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