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A neon light installation by artist Alicia Eggert in the Smithsonian Institute reads in hot pink lettering: this present moment used to be the unimaginable future.

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January 15, 2026

The Future Is Not Written. It Is Ours to Create.

After one year of President Trump’s second term, let’s challenge ourselves to imagine and bring to life a much, much better future.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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January 15, 2026

One Year of the Trump Administration’s All-Out Assault on Climate and Clean Energy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

two armed federal agents standing in a cloud of tear gas on a suburban street

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January 14, 2026

Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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November 23, 2016

Encouraging Signs for Electric Vehicles at the LA Auto Show

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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November 23, 2016

Battling Climate Change With Each Bite: 4 Things To Do If You’re Going Bananas About the Story Behind Your Food

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

November 23, 2016

500 Women Scientists Pledge for Democracy: Finding Hope in the Growing Numbers

UCS Science Network

November 23, 2016

The Absurd, Illegal Logic Behind Trump’s “Two for One” Regulation Proposal

Ken Kimmell
Former President

November 22, 2016

Your Profoundly Disturbing Yet Hopeful Thanksgiving Reading List on Science and Democracy

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

Savannah River Site

November 22, 2016

Let’s Get a Better Deal on Plutonium Disposition

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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November 22, 2016

On Thanksgiving, Trump, and Cheap Food

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

November 22, 2016

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Michigan’s Proposed Clean Energy Overhaul

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

November 22, 2016

Friendly Answers Following Blowing of the Winds

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

Climate Change Institute

November 21, 2016

Global Warming in the Arctic: A Sensitive Climate Gone Off the Rails

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

November 21, 2016

We Must Never Accept Racism and Misogyny

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

November 21, 2016

Bright Spots in Solar in the Election’s Aftermath

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

November 21, 2016

Climate Science: It’s a Lot Older Than You Think

Katharine Hayhoe
Former Contributor

November 18, 2016

UCS Board Member Dick Garwin Wins Presidential Medal of Freedom

David Wright
Former Contributor

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November 18, 2016

The Second Worst Flooding in Iowa History That You Probably Didn’t Read About

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

November 17, 2016

Houston, We Have a Problem: Still Fighting Against Environmental Injustice

Guest Commentary

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Photo: John F. Williams, US Navy/CC BY 2.0, Flickr

November 17, 2016

An Open Letter to Federal Scientists in the Age of Trump

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

November 17, 2016

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… a nuclear reactor?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 16, 2016

Post-Election, ExxonMobil Goes After Scientists and Climate Advocates

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

November 16, 2016

Sweets for the Sweet? How to Lower Your Child's Sugar Intake (and Why It Matters)

UCS Science Network

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November 16, 2016

Food and Farm Progress to be Thankful For

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

November 15, 2016

Equity within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 14, 2016

Restoring U.S. Forests by Mid-Century

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

November 14, 2016

The Bioeconomy in a World Without Carbon Pollution

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

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