Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images September 2, 2025 Trump Appointees “Reorganize” the USDA, Putting the Department’s Mission at Risk UCS submitted public comments on a USDA plan that would hollow out the agency’s scientific capacity and disrupt vital services. Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
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August 11, 2015 Planes, Trains & Automobiles – Lessons from the NTSB Dave Lochbaum Former Contributor
August 10, 2015 Community Connections: Scientist-Citizens Have a Critical Role to Play Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
August 7, 2015 Shell Leaves ALEC, Improves Consistency on Climate Lobbying Aaron Huertas Former Contributor
August 7, 2015 Four Ways the Final Clean Power Plan Limits the Rush to Natural Gas Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
August 7, 2015 EPA Expands the Role of Renewable Energy in the Final Clean Power Plan Jeff Deyette Director of State Policy and Analysis
August 6, 2015 Cost of EPA’s Climate Plan? Minor Compared to the Benefits John Rogers Energy Campaign Analytic Lead
August 6, 2015 Final Clean Power Plan Takes Key Steps to Ensure Reliable Electricity. Now What? Mike Jacobs Senior Energy Analyst
August 6, 2015 There’s New Science On Peatland Deforestation And, Well, Oh Dear… Lael Goodman Former contributor
Over the past decade, global warming emissions and fuel consumption by commercial vehicles has continued to increase, while those of passenger vehicles is declining. We need strong standards for heavy-duty vehicles to put the entire transportation sector on a sustainable future course. (1990-2011 data from EPA; 2012-2040 data from EIA) August 6, 2015 The Biggest Climate Regulation You Might Not Know About Dave Cooke Senior Vehicles Analyst
August 5, 2015 The Iran Nuclear Deal: The Forest and the Trees Lisbeth Gronlund Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director
August 5, 2015 New Forest Service Report Tallies the Steeply Rising Costs of Fighting Wildfires Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
August 5, 2015 Stories Not to Forget: 70 Years Since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings David Wright Former Contributor
August 4, 2015 Unpacking Charles Koch’s Misinformation on Climate Change Aaron Huertas Former Contributor
August 4, 2015 Communicating Science: Barriers Journalists Face at Government Agencies Deborah Bailin Former contributor
July 31, 2015 Drought of Sight, Drought of Mind: Agroecology, not Amnesia, to Survive the Droughts of the Future Marcia DeLonge Former Contributor
July 31, 2015 Depression to Hope: King Coal's Stages of Grief, Part 5 Jeremy Richardson Former Contributor
July 30, 2015 Labeling Added Sugar: 3 Reasons to Support FDA’s Proposed Rule to Include the Percent Daily Value Deborah Bailin Former contributor