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July 29, 2025

Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo

Wildfires can fundamentally change how water moves through a landscape, leading to changes in both the availability and quality of water.

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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July 24, 2025

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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October 24, 2016

The State of the Electric Car Market in 4 Charts and Graphs

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

October 24, 2016

King Tide’s Gift: Gentle Awakenings to a Rapidly Changing World

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

October 24, 2016

Climate Change is Shaping California’s Water Future: Watch Our New Webinar

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

October 20, 2016

On October, Apples, and a Sustainable Food System

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

October 20, 2016

Money Problems for Minuteman Replacement

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

October 20, 2016

Lessons Learned from the Climate Disaster at Aliso Canyon

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

October 20, 2016

Minnesota Approves Xcel Energy Plan: More Renewables, Less Coal, Hold on Natural Gas

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

October 18, 2016

Latinos Face Economic and Health Threats from Climate Change—and Demand that Our Leaders Take Action

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

October 18, 2016

Déjà Vu: Shoddy Economic Study Touted by Automakers Flouts Facts

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

October 18, 2016

Talking Conflicts of Interest, Bias, and Sunshine in the Dietary Guidelines

Genna Reed
Former Staff

October 18, 2016

Trimming the Fat: Obama and Nuclear Weapons Cuts

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

October 18, 2016

How Does ExxonMobil Attack Climate Science? Let Me Count the Ways

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

October 18, 2016

Nuclear (Information) Power

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

Moraine Park Valley in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Photo: Frank Schulenberg/CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia

October 17, 2016

Partnerships to Protect Fragile Mountain Ecosystems

UCS Science Network

October 17, 2016

Michigan and the Clean Power Plan: What the State's Analysis Can and Cannot Tell Us

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

Antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array

Photo: European Southern Observatory/CC-BY 4.0

October 14, 2016

Celebrating Science and Hispanic Heritage Month: A Conversation with Hector Arce

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

October 13, 2016

Hurricane Matthew: What's Next for Recovery and Rebuilding?

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

October 12, 2016

Washington Moves to Reduce Carbon: A First Step but More Work Remains

Jamesine Rogers Gibson
Former Contributor

October 12, 2016

How Should Oil Companies Adapt to a Carbon Constrained World?

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

A Honduran farmer digs irrigation channels in advance of maize planting.

Photo: Neil Palmer, CIAT/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, Flickr

October 11, 2016

Making Agriculture “Climate-Smart” in Latin America and the Caribbean

UCS Science Network

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October 11, 2016

Preparing for Severe Climate Events: a Q+A with Drought Experts

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

October 11, 2016

Setting the Nuclear Safety Bar

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

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October 7, 2016

A Banner Year for California Climate Laws: Important Lessons and Landmark Progress in 2016

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

Hurricane Matthew approaches Florida in this satellite image taken at 1 p.m., October 6. Photo: NASA

October 6, 2016

Hurricane Matthew Storm Surge: How to Evaluate Its Potential Magnitude and Impacts

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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