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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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September 3, 2025

New to Advocacy? 3 Tips for Early Career Scientists

Melissa Varga
Science Network Senior Manager

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August 28, 2025

A Sober Commemoration: 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina Hit Gulf Coast Communities

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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Kevin Davis

Washington Representative

Alicia Race

Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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March 18, 2015

A Lunchroom Lesson, Part 1: Repackaging Tobacco for a Food Fight

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

March 18, 2015

Making Room for Renewables: Grid Integration Solutions for California's Clean Energy Future

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

March 17, 2015

Five Reasons the Ozone Standard Should Be Strengthened

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

March 17, 2015

When Open Door Policies at Nuclear Plants Go Awry

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 17, 2015

Lawyers for Coal

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

March 13, 2015

Freedom to Tweet? Government Scientists and the Right to Engage on Social Media

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

March 13, 2015

Major Surgery or Physical Therapy? Why Stability, Balance and Flexibility are the Right Prescription to Put the Renewable Fuel Standard Back on Track

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

March 13, 2015

New Quarterly Update to the UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

March 12, 2015

Neighborhood Ministries: Putting Food on the Table and People to Work

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

March 11, 2015

Lead Poisoning: A Modern Plague among Children

UCS Science Network

March 11, 2015

Solar Power, Solar Donuts, and a Landmark 20-Gigawatt Milestone

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

March 11, 2015

Shipping Your Stuff Burns 70 Gallons of Fuel Every Year

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

March 11, 2015

Book Review: How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate by Andrew Hoffman

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

March 11, 2015

Oil is Changing: Five Facts About Oil You Should Probably Know from the Carnegie Oil Climate Index

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

March 11, 2015

Four Years after Fukushima: The NRC at a Tipping Point

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

March 10, 2015

How Bold Skepticism of “The Impossible” Can Help Drive The Future

Ken Kimmell
Former President

March 10, 2015

Risking Our Clean Energy Future by Gambling with an Overreliance on Natural Gas

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

March 10, 2015

Will the Clean Power Plan Enable a Risky Over-dependence on Natural Gas?

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

March 10, 2015

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Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

March 9, 2015

Tallahassee, We Have a Problem: The Harm Done by Florida’s Climate Leadership Void

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

March 9, 2015

School Lunch: Food Waste or Clean Plates?

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

March 9, 2015

5th Annual UCS Report on the NRC and Nuclear Power Safety

David Wright
Former Contributor

March 8, 2015

No More Ft. Calhouns!

David Wright
Former Contributor

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