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July 8, 2025

What China’s Approach to Iran Tells Us About Its Foreign Policy

By not taking sides against Iran or Russia in recent conflicts, China is trying to achieve stability and play the role of global mediator.

Robert Rust
China Analyst

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July 8, 2025

Climate Lawsuits Are Rising as Political Pushback Intensifies

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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July 7, 2025

Seven Things You Need to Know About the Texas Flash Flood Tragedy

Rachel Cleetus
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October 10, 2014

China in Focus #17: Serving the People

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

October 10, 2014

ALEC Can't Deny Its Record of Climate Change Disinformation

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

October 9, 2014

Another Faulty New York Times Op-ed: 5 Reasons Why an Attack on LEDs Is Way Off the Mark

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

October 9, 2014

A Fuel Cell Vehicle Test Drive: The 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

October 8, 2014

Trending Towards Efficiency: EPA Shows New Vehicles are Saving Money and Lowering Emissions

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

October 8, 2014

Who’ll Plant the Trees for Our Grandchildren to Use?

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

October 8, 2014

Want to Talk to a Scientist in Canada? Don't Look to the Federal Government

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

October 8, 2014

Encroaching Tides: How Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding Threaten U.S. East and Gulf Coasts Communities over the Next 30 Years

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

October 7, 2014

Dorks for LEDs, Unite! 5 Reasons Why the 2014 Nobel Physics Prize is Right On

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

October 7, 2014

Oconee Irony

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 3, 2014

Doing Science that Matters: Engaging with Communities in Collaborative Scientific Research

UCS Science Network

October 3, 2014

The U.S. National Missile Defense System Turns 10

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

October 2, 2014

Sea Level Rise and Tidal Flooding: Forthcoming Report on Encroaching Tides Signals a New Chapter for Many Coastal Communities

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

October 1, 2014

You Can’t Close a Safe, Economical Nuclear Reactor

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 1, 2014

Clean Tech Comes In All Shapes and Sizes, Including Really Big Trucks

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

October 1, 2014

Combatting Panic: Ebola, the CDC, and Crisis Communication

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

September 30, 2014

How to Cut Carbon, Ramp up Renewable Energy, and Rebuild the Energy Sector

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

September 30, 2014

Big Oil, Climate Change, and California's AB32

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

September 30, 2014

Nuclear Cops with Badges, Guns and Handcuffs

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 29, 2014

More Misrepresentations of Climate Science in Legal Briefs Criticizing Michael Mann

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

September 29, 2014

Facebook “Dislikes” ALEC’s Climate Change and Clean Energy Deception

Angela Anderson
Former Contributor

September 29, 2014

Warming Trends in the Pacific Northwest Are Not Due to Natural Variability

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

September 28, 2014

New Quarterly Update to the UCS Satellite Database

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

September 25, 2014

New U.S. Nuclear Warheads? Politically and Technically, a Bad Idea

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

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