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December 16, 2025

The Exploding Scope of the Military-Industrial Complex

Members of both major political parties have begun to question ballooning defense expenditures, which have almost tripled since the 1990s.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

UCS Science Network

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Melissa Kaplan

Senior Manager of Government Affairs

Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

Senior Scientist

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June 2, 2014

EPA Carbon Standards Announcement: A Potential Climate Game Changer

Ken Kimmell
Former President

June 2, 2014

U.S. ICBM Force: Unprepared for a Terrorist Attack

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

May 30, 2014

Court Protects California’s Largest Program for Clean Energy Research and Development

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

May 30, 2014

How to Cut Power Plant Carbon by 50%: New EPA Climate Rules Can Create a Foundation for Real Global Warming Solutions

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

May 29, 2014

Lights, Camera, Action! Eight States Release Plan to Put 3.3 Million Electric Vehicles on the Road by 2025.

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

May 28, 2014

Missile Defense: The “Phantom Menace” Remains a Phantom Menace

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

May 28, 2014

Nuclear Power Regulator Sticks Its Head Further into the Ground

David Wright
Former Contributor

May 28, 2014

Five Things You Should Know about the EPA Power Plant Carbon Standards

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

May 27, 2014

Climate, Communities of Color, and Connections: Interview with Audrey Peterman

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May 27, 2014

Too Good to be True? New WSPA Report on Oil Industry Highlights the Good, Omits the Bad

Paul Baer
Former contributor

May 27, 2014

Automaker Rankings 2014: All are Making Progress, but Hyundai-Kia is the Greenest Automaker

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

May 27, 2014

Single Failures and Nuclear Operator Training

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

May 23, 2014

House of Representatives Tells Pentagon to Ignore Climate Change Science

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

May 22, 2014

Don't Just Google It: UCS Answers Your Questions about EVs

Rachael Nealer
Former Contributor

May 21, 2014

Palm Oil, Deforestation, and the Fast Food Industry: Would You Like a Side of Forests with That?

Calen May-Tobin
Former contributor

May 21, 2014

House Science Committee Chairman Smith: Please Read the National Climate Assessment

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

May 20, 2014

Renewables and Efficiency: Opportunities in the Federal Carbon Standards

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

May 20, 2014

Oodles of Nuclear Plant Data

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

May 20, 2014

Climate Change is Putting Iconic Historic Sites and National Parks at Growing Risk

Adam Markham
Former Staff

May 19, 2014

Electrifying the Jeepney: How Manila Is Modernizing a Transportation Icon

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

May 16, 2014

Are the California Wildfires a Sign of Climate Change?

Roberto Mera
Former contributor

May 16, 2014

Workplace Charging: Good for Business and a Chance for Business to do Good

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

May 16, 2014

How One State Cut its Carbon and Created Jobs

Ken Kimmell
Former President

May 16, 2014

House Committee Supports Lifting Travel Restrictions for Government Scientists

Michael Halpern
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