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Union of Concerned Scientists

December 10, 2025

How Trump’s Free Pass to Polluters will Harm Americans

More than one-third of coal plants and other polluting facilities have been exempted from clear air rules.

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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December 8, 2025

The Courts Delivered Important Climate Wins in 2025

L. Delta Merner
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December 10, 2025

How Should We Read China’s First White Paper on Arms Control in 20 Years?

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July 22, 2024

Will Congress Do the Right Thing on Agriculture Funding?

Melissa Kaplan
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July 17, 2024

Public Concern for a Cleaner Energy Grid vs. Corporate Interests: Who Will Win?

Mike Jacobs
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July 16, 2024

Ask a Scientist: What Happens When Sea Level Rise Comes for Public Housing?

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July 15, 2024

Ripe for Disaster Declarations: Heat, Wildfire Smoke…and Death Data

Derrick Z. Jackson
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July 11, 2024

Improved EV Credits Makes the Switch Even Easier for US Drivers

David Reichmuth
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July 9, 2024

Supreme Court Sidelines Science, Threatens Public Health: These Rules-in-Progress Show What’s at Stake

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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July 8, 2024

A Brutal Supreme Court Session Puts a Generation of Public Protections at Risk

Michell McIntyre
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The True Intent of Overturning Chevron: Stifle Agency Rulemaking

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July 8, 2024

Massachusetts’ Siting Process is Hurting Environmental Justice Populations. Will New Legislation Help?

Paula Garcia
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July 2, 2024

What’s New in Climate Lawsuits?

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

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July 1, 2024

Fossil Fuels Must Go: Re-inventing US Transportation

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July 1, 2024

An Investigation into Public Participation Motivated by Memories and a Connection to Home

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July 1, 2024

How the Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Benefits Big Oil and Gas

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June 26, 2024

Congress Could Save $100B and Make Us Safer by Cancelling Sentinel

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June 26, 2024

What UCS Said to Pennsylvania Legislators About Hydrogen Hubs and Climate Change

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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June 24, 2024

Infrastructure at Risk in Your Hometown: New Map Shows What Will Flood as Sea Level Rises

Kristy Dahl
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June 24, 2024

New Analysis Pinpoints Critical Infrastructure Threatened by Rising Seas in Hundreds of Coastal Communities

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June 24, 2024

Necesitamos acción urgente para crear la resiliencia costera al aumento del nivel del mar

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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June 24, 2024

How to Protect Coastal Infrastructure at Risk from Sea Level Rise

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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June 24, 2024

Infraestructura en riesgo en su ciudad: Un nuevo mapa muestra lo que se inundará con el aumento del nivel del mar

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June 24, 2024

Watt Comes Around Goes Around: Will California Do the Right Thing on EV Batteries?

Jessica Dunn
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June 24, 2024

It’s Danger Season–Is Our Nation’s Infrastructure Ready?

Shana Udvardy
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June 24, 2024

What Xi Jinping Tells His Military About Taiwan

Robert Rust
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June 24, 2024

Taking a Lesson from the Tobacco Ad Ban to Shut Down Fossil Fuel Greenwashing

Kathy Mulvey
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