The Equation

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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The Devil Is in the Details: Forming California's New Groundwater Sustainability Agencies

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Five Years After Fukushima, U.S. Reactors Still Vulnerable

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

March 11, 2016

How to Make Sure the US and Canada Get It Right on Methane

David Babson
Former contributor

March 10, 2016

Climate Deception on Agenda at Fossil Fuel Company Annual Meetings

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

March 10, 2016

What’s Been Going On with the EPA’s Fracking Report?

Yogin Kothari
Former Contributor

March 10, 2016

The Power of the (TV) Producer: Make Climate Change Matter to People

Angela Anderson
Former Contributor

March 10, 2016

New Analysis Shows the Benefits of a Clean Energy Future in New Mexico

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

March 9, 2016

Missile Defense Folly

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

March 8, 2016

Hair-Trigger Alert Doesn’t Make Sense. Here’s Why

David Wright
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March 8, 2016

Cold Weather Affects Electric Vehicle Range. But Does It Matter?

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

March 8, 2016

Severe Accident Management Guidelines for Nuclear Plants

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 6, 2016

Special Inspection: Oconee Unplugged

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 4, 2016

Berta Cáceres, 1973-2016: The Fight Goes On

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

March 4, 2016

The NRC Seven: Petitioning the NRC over Safety

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 3, 2016

Tenth Anniversary Release of UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

March 3, 2016

A Good Chemical Safety Law Depends on Us

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

March 1, 2016

Mis-steps at Indian Point Nuclear Plant

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 26, 2016

What Extending Federal Wind and Solar Tax Credits Means for the Clean Power Plan and Paris

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

February 26, 2016

Dinner and a Movie? 9 Fine Films on Food from 2015

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

February 26, 2016

The Chair of the House Science Committee Is Harassing NOAA Climate Scientists Again

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

February 25, 2016

All Talk, No Action Leaving Michigan’s Clean Energy Future in Limbo

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

February 24, 2016

Special Inspection at River Bend: The Chiller Thriller

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 24, 2016

Should Electricity Ratepayers Pay for New Natural Gas Pipelines in Massachusetts?

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

February 24, 2016

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: New California Groundwater Regulations Missing Metrics to Define Sustainability

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

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