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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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February 11, 2015

Why Electric Vehicles Matter in Georgia (and your state too!)

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

February 10, 2015

Groundbreaking New Report on Geoengineering Tackles Carbon Dioxide Removal Experiments

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

February 10, 2015

Reflecting Sunlight to Cool Earth: The NAS Weighs Controversial Measures in New Report

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

February 10, 2015

Accident Sequence Precursors for Nuclear Reactors

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 9, 2015

Hair-Trigger Alert: Some Risks are Not Worth Taking

Ken Kimmell
Former President

February 9, 2015

Fire Borrowing, the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, and an Opportunity for Bipartisan Action

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

February 6, 2015

Detective or Scientist? Fingerprinting the Ocean to Estimate Global Sea Level Rise

UCS Science Network

February 6, 2015

A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: How the Bay Bridge Was Rebuilt Without Considering Climate Change

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States Regional Director

February 6, 2015

Here are the Top 5 New Clean Cars for 2015 and 2016

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

February 5, 2015

Regardless of the Groundhog’s Shadow, Farmers and Scientists are Planning for Spring

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

February 5, 2015

Where Florida’s Electricity Comes From, and How It Can Do Better

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

February 5, 2015

Let the Engineer Speak: On Scientific Free Speech and the Harassment of Experts

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

February 4, 2015

If You Build It, Will They Come? The Relationship Between Healthy Food Access and Consumption.

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

February 3, 2015

The Man Who Saved the World

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

February 3, 2015

Who Should Decide What Happens When Scientists Violate Conflict of Interest Rules?

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

February 3, 2015

Big Sugar Bad for Babies, CDC Scientists Say—but Food Industry Disagrees

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

February 3, 2015

President's Budget Helps Create New Opportunities for Coal Communities

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

February 3, 2015

Arkansas Nuclear One: Pictures of an Accident

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

February 2, 2015

Iran’s Fourth Successful Satellite Launch

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

February 2, 2015

Preparing for Climate Change: President’s Budget Misses Opportunity

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

February 2, 2015

Low Carbon Fuels: How Clean Fuels Can Power the West Coast and Beyond

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

January 30, 2015

Next Generation Conservation: Planning for Palm Oil and Orang-utans

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January 30, 2015

Shell Promises Climate Risk Disclosure to Shareholders, but What About Its Political Spending?

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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How Oregon Can Fill Up On Clean Fuels

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