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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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May 23, 2017

Department of Interior Censors USGS Press Release on Climate Change, Flooding, and Sea Level Rise

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

May 23, 2017

TVA’s Nuclear Allegators

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

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May 22, 2017

California’s Cap-and-Trade Program and Low Carbon Fuel Standard Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly

Jason Barbose
Former Contributor

May 22, 2017

Three Steps Shell Can Take for the Climate—and to Earn Public Trust

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

May 22, 2017

Congress vs. Trump: Are the President’s Anti-Science Budget Priorities Headed for Another Defeat?

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

May 21, 2017

North Korea’s May 21 Missile Launch

David Wright
Former Contributor

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May 19, 2017

Infrastructure Spending Is Coming. Climate Change Tells Us to Spend Wisely

Jamesine Rogers Gibson
Former Contributor

May 19, 2017

No Rest for the Sea-weary: Science in the Service of Continually Improving Ocean Management

UCS Science Network

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May 18, 2017

New Study on Smart Charging Connects EVs & The Grid

Peter O'Connor
Former contributor

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May 18, 2017

There’s an Elephant in the Room and It Smells Like Natural Gas

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

May 18, 2017

April 2017 Was the Second Hottest April on Record: We Need NOAA More Than Ever

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

May 17, 2017

Warhead Reentry: What Could North Korea Learn from its Recent Missile Test?

David Wright
Former Contributor

May 17, 2017

Ad Hoc Fire Protection at Nuclear Plants Not Good Enough

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

May 16, 2017

BP Hosts Annual General Meeting Amid Questions on Climate Change

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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May 16, 2017

Three Reasons Congress Should Support a Budget Increase for Organic Agriculture Research

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

May 16, 2017

One of Many Risks of the Regulatory Accountability Act: Flawed Risk Assessment Guidelines

Genna Reed
Former Staff

May 16, 2017

Reduce Risk, Increase Benefits: More Energy Progress for Massachusetts?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

May 16, 2017

ConocoPhillips Shareholders to Consider Climate-Related Lobbying and Executive Perks

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

May 15, 2017

Five Ways to Move Beyond the March: A Guide for Scientists Seeking Strong, Inclusive Science

UCS Science Network

In UCS's 2016 Climate Accountability Scorecard, both ExxonMobil and Chevron scored "poor" in the area of Planning for a World Free From Carbon Pollution. Look for a Scorecard update later this year.

May 15, 2017

Chevron, ExxonMobil Face Growing Investor Concerns About Climate Risk

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

May 13, 2017

North Korea’s Missile in New Test Would Have 4,500 km Range

David Wright
Former Contributor

May 10, 2017

Shake, Rattle, and Rainout: Federal Support for Disaster Research

UCS Science Network

May 10, 2017

New Arctic Climate Change Report: Stark Findings Confront Secretary of State Tillerson Ahead of G7

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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May 9, 2017

5 Reasons Why the Regulatory Accountability Act is Bad for Science

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

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