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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
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August 6, 2014

Healthy Food and Hospitals Go Together Like Peas and Carrots

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 6, 2014

Hiroshima, Hair-Trigger, and Existential Risks

David Wright
Former Contributor

August 6, 2014

Car Dealers Not Plugged into the EV Revolution

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

August 5, 2014

Bio-what? Organic Waste Can Provide Clean Energy

Ken Kimmell
Former President

August 5, 2014

Los Alamos Firing Demonstrates Exactly What’s Wrong with Scientific Integrity at the Department of Energy

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

August 5, 2014

No Undue Risk

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 4, 2014

Ecoservice: What It Is and Why Scientists Should Do More of It

UCS Science Network

August 4, 2014

Los Alamos, Freedom of Speech, and Nuclear Disaster

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

August 1, 2014

Sickly Sweet: Fighting Our Addiction to Sugar

UCS Science Network

August 1, 2014

House Testimony: Renewable Electricity Standards are Delivering Significant Economic Benefits Across the United States

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

August 1, 2014

Fed up with filling up? I am!

Rachael Nealer
Former Contributor

August 1, 2014

How Much Money Can You Save By Switching to an Electric Car?

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

July 30, 2014

Hot Models Try to Forecast CO2 Reductions

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

July 30, 2014

Me to the EPA: Increase Renewables, Limit Carbon, and Protect Coal Miners

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

July 30, 2014

CNN’s Climate Coverage Shows Signs of Improvement

Aaron Huertas
Former Contributor

July 29, 2014

John Oliver Tells It Like It Is: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Craziness

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

July 29, 2014

Pennsylvania and the Clean Power Plan

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

July 29, 2014

As EPA Hearings Begin, Colorado Makes Strides toward Reducing Carbon Emissions

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

July 29, 2014

Assault on St. Lucie Nuclear Plant

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

July 28, 2014

Evolving Chinese Views on U.S. National Missile Defense

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

July 28, 2014

The Endangered Species Act under Attack: Science, Politics, and the Real Meaning of Transparency

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

July 28, 2014

How Virginia Can Meet and Exceed Its Targets under the EPA Power Plant Carbon Standard

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

July 28, 2014

Sugar, Science, and Your Summer BBQ

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

July 28, 2014

Saving an Iconic New England Lighthouse from Climate Change and Coastal Erosion

Adam Markham
Former Staff

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