Jim Vondruska/Getty Images 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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Omari Spears/UCS July 21, 2025 Six Months in, UCS Is in the Fight for the Long Haul Gretchen Goldman President of UCS
May 6, 2016 Indian Point and a Victory for Sound Science at the NRC Ed Lyman Director, Nuclear Power Safety
May 5, 2016 Still Disinforming: ExxonMobil’s Continued Culpability in Climate Denial Gretchen Goldman President of UCS
Photo: Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 5, 2016 Will Congress Reject the Administration’s New Plan to Dispose of Excess Plutonium? Stephen Young Senior Washington Representative
May 4, 2016 Science, Religion, and Obama’s Mixed Legacy on Nuclear Weapons David Wright Former Contributor
May 4, 2016 Beef and the Paris Agreement: Changing What We Eat to Stop Causing Climate Change Doug Boucher Former Contributor
Photo: tlindenbaum/Flickr April 29, 2016 Energy Roadmap Shows Illinois Falling Behind on Renewable Energy and Efficiency Jessica Collingsworth Former Contributor
April 29, 2016 Draft Groundwater Regulations Don’t Make the Grade: Water Commission Calls Out "Substantial" Loophole Juliet Christian-Smith Western States Regional Director
April 29, 2016 Why Would Congress Vote to Keep Carrots Out of Corner Stores? Lindsey Haynes-Maslow Former contributor
April 28, 2016 What Can Hydro and Wind Imports Do for New England? New Study Brings New Numbers to the Debate John Rogers Energy Campaign Analytic Lead
April 25, 2016 Love Your Science, But Wish It Did More? So Do We Pallavi Phartiyal Vice President of Programs, Policy & Advocacy
April 25, 2016 Corn Belt Farmers Managing Weather-Related Risks Through Greater Soil Stewardship UCS Science Network
Photo: Kai Schreiber./CC BY-SA (Flickr) April 22, 2016 The Budget Process Shouldn’t Be a Playground for Special Interests Yogin Kothari Former Contributor
April 22, 2016 Berkeley Breathed, and the Great Barrier Reef: What’s Worth Reading This Week Michael Halpern Former Contributor
April 21, 2016 Congress Can Help Prevent Diabetes with Healthy School Lunches Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
April 21, 2016 Bad science: Russian objections to US plutonium proposal not a reason to keep MOX Stephen Young Senior Washington Representative