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August 14, 2025

Scientists’ Role in Defending Democracy

In an article originally published in Science, UCS President Gretchen Goldman and her co-author present solutions for scientists under attack in authoritarian governments.

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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August 13, 2025

Trump Admin Uses Fossil Fuel Industry Deception Tactics to Undermine Climate Science

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

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August 13, 2025

9 Ways to Counter Disinformation Now that the Trump Administration Has Made It US Climate Policy

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Kevin X. Shen

Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

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July 16, 2015

When Did the Nuclear Age Begin? 70 Years Ago, Today

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

July 15, 2015

New Report Illuminates the American Chemistry Council’s Efforts to Undermine the Chemical Policies that Protect Us

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

July 15, 2015

Financing Clean Energy: A Cost-Effective Tool for State Compliance with EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

July 14, 2015

Electric Vehicles Are Getting Marginally Better, In A Big Way

Rachael Nealer
Former Contributor

July 14, 2015

Waving a White Flag on Whole Grains in School Lunch?

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
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July 14, 2015

Esquire Falls into the Despondency Trap—We’re Not “F’d” on Climate Change

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

July 14, 2015

Nuclear Autopsies

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

July 13, 2015

And the Cheapest Electricity in the U.S. Is… Solar?

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

July 13, 2015

Lobby Group Puts the “Salt” Back in Salt Lake City (and School Lunches)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

July 13, 2015

I ♥ the Clean Power Plan: Six Great Reasons You Should Too

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

July 13, 2015

Worried about Wildfires? Climate Change Will Keep ‘em Coming…

Jason Funk
Former contributor

July 10, 2015

School Lunch: Have Healthier Standards Driven Up Food Costs?

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

July 10, 2015

President Obama: Go to Hiroshima

David Wright
Former Contributor

July 10, 2015

The Facts Haven’t Changed: EVs Clean and Getting Cleaner

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

July 10, 2015

King Coal's Stages of Grief, Part 2: Financial Risk and the Economics of Coal

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

July 9, 2015

Exxon Responds to Revelation that Company Recognized Climate Risks as Early as 1981

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

July 9, 2015

Excuses, Excuses: The School Nutrition Association’s Dumbest Reasons for Rolling Back Healthy School Lunch

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

July 9, 2015

Climate Justice: Why Vulnerable Communities Need Resilience Investments

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

July 9, 2015

Interview with Harvard’s James Stock: Navigating a Sensible Middle Path Forward on the Renewable Fuel Standard

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

July 8, 2015

Automakers Piloting the Reuse Market for EV Batteries

Rachael Nealer
Former Contributor

July 8, 2015

We’ve Got More Than Enough Corn

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

July 8, 2015

The Evidence For How Fossil Fuel Companies Misled Us For Decades

Ken Kimmell
Former President

July 7, 2015

5 Reasons Obama's New Solar Access Initiative Is Welcome News

John Rogers
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Preventing Space War

Laura Grego
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