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Community members grieve the lives lost to flooding in Texas' Hill Country at a vigil.

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August 4, 2025

Despite Clear Preferences from Texas Hill Flood Survivors, Uncertainty Looms

Residents of Texas Hill Country testified about what recovery means to them. Who will listen?

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

satellite photo of the continental United States with the rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri watershed highlighted; all the rivers eventually drain into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana

NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

A person wipes sweat from their face with a cloth in Manhattan in July 2025, during a heat wave in which 'feels-like' temperatures were above 100 degrees.

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July 30, 2025

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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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

UCS Science Network

January 30, 2015

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

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

January 30, 2015

How Oregon Can Fill Up On Clean Fuels

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

January 29, 2015

Minnesota Scientists, Engineers, Economists, and Health Professionals Support Clean Energy

UCS Science Network

January 28, 2015

An Opportunity to Protect Our Drinking Water: Overseeing Fracking and Closing Loopholes

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

January 27, 2015

Nuclear War and the Science Experiment of January 25, 1995

David Wright
Former Contributor

January 27, 2015

The Land Sector Can Close Half the Dangerous Climate Change Gap

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

January 27, 2015

Three Reasons Why the Virginia Coastal Protection Act Is Smart Policy

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

January 27, 2015

Why “Fast Track” Can Sidetrack Both Science and Democracy

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

January 27, 2015

Dear Chrysler: 5 Reasons Oil Prices Shouldn’t Affect Fuel Economy Standards

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

January 27, 2015

Emergency Planning for Nuclear Power Plants

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

January 26, 2015

Obama’s Nuclear Legacy #3: Cancel the Cruise Missile

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

January 26, 2015

In "I'm Gonna Be an Engineer," Peggy and Pete Seeger Talk Women in Science

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 23, 2015

President Obama, India’s Prime Minister Modi, and the Opportunity to Cooperate on Climate Change

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

January 23, 2015

The Latest on Biofuels and Land Use: Progress to Report, but Challenges Remain

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

January 22, 2015

As Michigan Governor Looks Beyond Coal, Now Is the Time to Ramp Up Renewable Energy

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

January 22, 2015

You Are What You Eat—And What It Eats Too

UCS Science Network

January 22, 2015

We Need Sharper Questions for a Broken Climate Debate

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

January 22, 2015

Introducing Food Access: A Tale of Two Grocery Shopping Trips

Lindsey Haynes-Maslow
Former contributor

January 21, 2015

Americans—Democrats and Republicans—Support the Clean Power Plan

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

January 21, 2015

Advancing Minnesota's Clean Energy Economy: Building on a History of Leadership and Success

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

January 20, 2015

Why Does UCS Survey Government Scientists?

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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