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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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July 7, 2017

Timing, Pollinators, and the Impact of Climate Change

UCS Science Network

July 7, 2017

100% Clean Energy? In California, SB 100 May Make it Possible

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

July 7, 2017

Reentry Heating from North Korea’s July 4 Missile Test

David Wright
Former Contributor

July 6, 2017

Congress Is Trying to Give the Trump Administration a Short Cut to Ignore Public Input and Science: It Shouldn’t

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Credit: J. Rogers

July 6, 2017

Minnesota’s Solar Boom and… Bob Dylan?

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

July 6, 2017

Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Contradictory Decisions Undermine Nuclear Safety

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

July 3, 2017

North Korea Appears to Launch Missile with 6,700 km Range

David Wright
Former Contributor

Union of Concerned Scientists

June 30, 2017

Missing from the President's Iowa Speech: Praise for Wind Energy

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

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June 30, 2017

Offshore Oil vs. Offshore Wind: Guess Where the Action Really Is

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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June 30, 2017

Pride Month Offers Lessons of Inclusion—Science Should Listen

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

In addition to its decades long climate denial campaign, ExxonMobil continues to mislead its investors and the public on climate science, despite public statements claiming that the company now accepts climate change as a reality. Photo: Flickr/Roy Luck

June 30, 2017

Perry and Pruitt’s Denial of Science Threatens our Future

Guest Commentary

June 30, 2017

Investors Want Transparency. ExxonMobil Offers Smoke and Mirrors

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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June 29, 2017

It’s the Fourth of July! What Could be More Patriotic Than Serving on a Science Advisory Board?

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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June 28, 2017

The President's 'Energy Week' is an Ode to Fossil Fuel Addiction

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

June 28, 2017

Science Institution Can Help Alleviate Puerto Rico’s Crisis—If It’s Free of Political Interference

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Where are the jobs? Not where they used to be. Think renewables, not coal. (UCS analysis, based on DOE 2017)

June 27, 2017

Solar and Wind vs. Coal: Who’s the Biggest Job Creator in Your State?

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

June 26, 2017

Trump Administration Blocks Government Scientists from Attending International Meeting on Nuclear Power

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

Workers at Newport News shipyard in Virginia install new propellers. Photo: US Navy/Wikimedia

June 26, 2017

Trump Administration Delays Protections for Construction and Shipyard Workers, Weakens Beryllium Rule

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

ILRI\Zerihun Sewunet

June 26, 2017

American Prosperity Depends on International Science: Our Border Policy Should Reflect That

UCS Science Network

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June 26, 2017

A Real Chance to Help Coal Communities—If We Fight for It

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

June 23, 2017

Tillerson, Mattis and the Chinese

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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June 23, 2017

Better Ways to Describe the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Barbara Briggs

June 23, 2017

Climate Risk in the Spotlight of Chevron’s Annual Shareholder Meeting

UCS Science Network

June 22, 2017

When the Floods are Certain But (NOAA’s) Funds Are Not

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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