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A neon light installation by artist Alicia Eggert in the Smithsonian Institute reads in hot pink lettering: this present moment used to be the unimaginable future.

Gretchen Goldman/UCS (artwork by Alicia Eggert, Smithsonian American Art Museum)

January 15, 2026

The Future Is Not Written. It Is Ours to Create.

After one year of President Trump’s second term, let’s challenge ourselves to imagine and bring to life a much, much better future.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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January 15, 2026

One Year of the Trump Administration’s All-Out Assault on Climate and Clean Energy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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January 14, 2026

Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

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December 18, 2014

Interior Department Updates Scientific Integrity Policy and Creates Handbook

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December 17, 2014

New Study Shows Electric Vehicles Can Have Significant Climate and Air Quality Benefits Compared to Gasoline Cars

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December 17, 2014

Google and the EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Leaders and Fortune 500 Companies Unite in Support of Renewable Energy

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Then vs Now: Progress on Nuclear Weapons since the End of the Cold War

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December 16, 2014

FDA Head Speaks Up for Science

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December 16, 2014

Weighing In on Obesity—What BMI Can Tell You

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December 16, 2014

Fuel Cells vs Plug-ins: Both are Winners

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December 15, 2014

Who Else Stood Up for Science in 2014? Our Members’ Picks

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December 15, 2014

Global Warming Fact: More than Half of All Industrial CO2 Pollution Has Been Emitted Since 1988

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Obama’s Nuclear Legacy

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December 12, 2014

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December 12, 2014

Busting the Myth of “Job-Killing EPA Regulations”

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The NRC and the Value of Life—Revisited

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December 11, 2014

Interfering in the Science: Congress Targets Sage Grouse Protections in Cromnibus Bill

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Solar Power Soars to New Heights in California

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December 10, 2014

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