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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
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Kevin X. Shen

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Liza Gordon-Rogers

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Joseph Reed

Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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October 20, 2015

Back to the Future? Clean Energy, Clean Cars, and 7 Ways We’ve Leapt Forward from 1985 to 2015

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

October 20, 2015

Nuclear Power(less) Plants

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 16, 2015

On Nuclear Weapons, You Can Never Say Never

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

October 15, 2015

The ABCD’s of Agroecology: What Is It All About?

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

October 15, 2015

Pilgrim’s Shutdown: Little m&o Yields Big O&M

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 15, 2015

5 Takeaways From Algae Week in Washington

David Babson
Former contributor

October 15, 2015

New State Energy Plan Provides a Road Map for Strong Clean Power Plan Compliance in Missouri

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

October 14, 2015

Book Review: Houston, We Have a Narrative by Randy Olson

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

October 13, 2015

Automaker Rankings Revisited—Does Volkswagen Now Have the “Dirtiest Tailpipe”?

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

October 13, 2015

California's Complicated Relationship with Natural Gas

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

October 13, 2015

Coming Soon to New Hampshire: Local Leaders Tackle Our Non-Partisan Coastal Flooding Problem

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

October 13, 2015

Wanna Fix the Food System? Science Can Help

Mark Bittman
Former Contributor

Map showing states and their relationship to methane gas

October 13, 2015

Is Your State Betting Too Much on Natural Gas for Electricity? A New UCS Analysis Takes a Look

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

October 13, 2015

Fire at the Nuclear Plant

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 10, 2015

Exxon’s Early Knowledge of Climate Risks, Their Long Campaign of Climate Deception and Why It Matters

Peter Frumhoff
Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist

October 9, 2015

The Days of MOX Are Numbered

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

October 9, 2015

Indonesia on Track to Have the Worst Fire Season Since 1997

UCS Science Network

October 9, 2015

Xcel’s Plan to Cut Carbon 60 percent is Affordable and Will Benefit Minnesota’s Economy

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

October 9, 2015

Groundless Claims about Chinese MIRVing

David Wright
Former Contributor

October 9, 2015

Yes, We Can Defend Scientists from Harassment AND Increase Transparency

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

October 8, 2015

New Electric Vehicles for 2016: Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model X

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

October 8, 2015

What Is—and Is Not—Considered Settled with Climate Science?

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

October 8, 2015

Shockingly, Americans Don’t Want Chemical Disasters

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

October 7, 2015

4 Reasons to Pay Attention to the Deadly Haze in Southeast Asia this Year

Lael Goodman
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