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May 13, 2025

Putting Science to Work for Security: A Call to Prevent Nuclear Testing

Scientists have a role to play in protecting our collective future by speaking in opposition to a resumption of nuclear weapons testing.

Dylan Spaulding
Senior Scientist

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May 13, 2025

What is a Just Land Transition?

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

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May 13, 2025

Denial, Restriction and Manipulation: New Trump Administration Targets Voting Rights, Fair Representation

Liza Gordon-Rogers
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February 1, 2017

Standing Up for Science: Notes from the Field

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

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February 1, 2017

Half-Not: 8 Things We’d Rather See the Trump Administration Cut in Half

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

January 31, 2017

The Navy Understands Climate Change Is a Grave National Security Issue – Will the Nominee for Secretary of the Navy?

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

January 31, 2017

Five Reasons Rex Tillerson Should Not Be Confirmed as Secretary of State

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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January 31, 2017

President Trump Just Put Your Child’s Safety at Risk

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

January 30, 2017

Ford Backpedals on Promises, Could Harm American Consumers

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

January 30, 2017

Why Immigrants Are Vital to Science in the U.S.

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

January 30, 2017

Thank a Government Scientist Today. Their Work—and Our Health and Safety—Is Under Attack.

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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January 30, 2017

President Trump and the New China Challenge

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

January 30, 2017

Will Electric Cars Thrive, Survive, or Die Under President Trump?

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

January 27, 2017

Droughts and Floods: How Climate Change is Affecting California’s Water Supply

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

January 26, 2017

Resist this: The Trump Administration’s Control+Alt+Delete Strategy on Climate Change

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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January 26, 2017

Scott Pruitt and Anti-Science Activity at the EPA

Ken Kimmell
Former President

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January 26, 2017

Science Must Trump Politics at the USDA, Especially During Turbulent Times

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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January 26, 2017

The Native Peoples of Standing Rock Haven’t Given Up, Nor Should We

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

January 26, 2017

Communicating Science: Breaking Through Our Comfortable Silence to Form Meaningful Connections

UCS Science Network

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January 25, 2017

President Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants Impoverish Science and Weaken America

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 25, 2017

Defending Science Is Not Only for Scientists—It’s for All Who Care About Clean Air, Water, and Soil

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

January 25, 2017

You Can't Delete Climate Change

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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January 25, 2017

California Floods Remind Us To Make Agricultural Water Conservation a Top Priority

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

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January 24, 2017

The Fox Who Will Guard the Nation’s Henhouses (And Five Questions the Senate Should Ask Him)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

January 24, 2017

Are Business’ Zero-Deforestation Palm Oil Pledges Being Kept? Here’s How We’ll Know

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

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January 24, 2017

Gutting the EPA Hurts Real People

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

January 23, 2017

Nuclear Regulatory Crusader

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

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