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July 22, 2025

“Hydroclimate Whiplash”: How Extreme Rainfall and Drought Are Linked

The same atmospheric conditions that cause droughts can also produce extreme rainfall. Marc Alessi explains the whiplash.

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

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July 22, 2025

What Does Trump’s Budget Bill Mean for the Farm Bill?

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

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July 21, 2025

Six Months in, UCS Is in the Fight for the Long Haul

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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Juan Declet-Barreto

Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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June 2, 2017

Coal’s Days Are Numbered—So Where Will the Electrons Come From?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

June 1, 2017

President Trump, Paris, and ExxonMobil

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

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June 1, 2017

President Trump’s Epic Fail on Paris

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

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June 1, 2017

“You Need to Move Beyond Surviving to Thriving”: A Conversation with Mustafa Ali

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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June 1, 2017

The 2017 Hurricane Season Begins: Here Are 3 Alarming Things I’m Watching

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

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June 1, 2017

A Shameful Act: President Trump’s Likely Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

May 31, 2017

New Numbers Are In and EVs Are Cleaner Than Ever

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

May 30, 2017

We All Benefit from Foreign Nations’ Food Crop Diversity—But Do Our Politics Reflect This Interdependence?

UCS Science Network

May 30, 2017

Experts Call For Shareholder Action on Climate Ahead of ExxonMobil and Chevron Annual Meetings

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

May 30, 2017

American Chemistry Council: Obstructing Formaldehyde Safeguards Then and Now

Genna Reed
Former Staff

May 30, 2017

Affordable Solar Power is Coming to Low-Income Minority Neighborhoods

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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May 30, 2017

California’s Water Well Bill Will Tell Us Who’s Tapping Depleted Groundwater Basins

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

May 29, 2017

What You Should Know about the Upcoming GMD Missile Defense Test: Part 2

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

May 29, 2017

What You Should Know about the Upcoming GMD Missile Defense Test: Part 1

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

May 26, 2017

On EPA Scientific Integrity, Wall Street Journal is Short of Facts

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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May 26, 2017

Renewable Energy Surges Globally with China and India in the Lead

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

May 26, 2017

The Bad: Post #2 on the NNSA’s FY2018 Budget Request

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

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May 25, 2017

4 Ways President Trump’s Budget Takes Aim at FEMA and Disaster Preparedness

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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

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May 25, 2017

Automakers Seek to Shirk Environmental Responsibilities, and Senators Oblige

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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May 25, 2017

UCS in Science: The NRC Must Act to Reduce the Dangers of Spent Fuel Pool Fires at Nuclear Plants

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

May 25, 2017

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: NNSA’s FY18 Budget Request

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

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May 24, 2017

On Bioenergy, Budgets, and Why Legislating Scientific Facts Is Never a Good Idea

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

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May 24, 2017

The Trump Budget Is an Affront to Farmers (and All of Us)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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May 24, 2017

What Would JFK Have Said About Clean Energy?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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