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January 14, 2026

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

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January 14, 2026

How Attribution Science Can Help Inform Grid Resilience

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January 14, 2026

The Nuclear Testing Moratorium Passes a Milestone

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November 20, 2024

We Need to Prevent a New Era of Nuclear Weapons Testing

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November 20, 2024

Danger Season 2024: Deadly Heat Waves, Wildfires, Hurricanes and Flooding Show How Climate Crisis Advances

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November 19, 2024

How Project 2025 Would Endanger Our Elections

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November 19, 2024

What Does a Second Trump Administration Mean for Electric Vehicles?

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November 19, 2024

The Second Trump Administration Will Put Profit Over People and Opinions Over Facts. But We’re Prepared to Fight Back!

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November 18, 2024

It’s Time for OSHA to Finalize a Strong Heat Health Standard to Protect Workers: Here’s How You Can Help.

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November 18, 2024

Hope Amidst the Heat: Massachusetts’ New Legislation to Combat Climate Crisis and Protect Communities

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November 18, 2024

A Toolkit for Federal Scientists

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November 18, 2024

Five Ways the Fossil Fuel Industry Tries to Co-opt UN Climate COPs

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November 18, 2024

We Need to Change Our Assumptions About Gas Plant Reliability

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November 18, 2024

COP29 in Critical Phase as Nations Seek Agreement on Climate Finance Goal

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November 14, 2024

Federal Government Implements More Inclusive Standards for Collecting Race and Ethnicity Data

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November 13, 2024

We Need a Strong and Independent NOAA to Protect Our Lives and Homes from Climate Change

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November 13, 2024

What Happens to Science If the Department of Education Is Abolished?

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How Much Battery Storage Does Illinois Need?

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November 13, 2024

Project 2025 and a Second Trump Term: A Wake-Up Call for Climate Accountability

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November 12, 2024

Why Climate Scientists Are Sounding the Alarm on the Ocean Circulation System AMOC

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November 7, 2024

Campaign With Lies, Govern With Lies

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November 6, 2024

A New Trump Era Lies Ahead. Here’s How UCS Is Responding.

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November 6, 2024

States Must Step Up

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A Path Forward for Science and Democracy

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November 6, 2024

What a Second Trump Administration Means for Food and Farms

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