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Two young people move a pallet of water bottles through a park in NYC during a heat wave in 2025.

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August 5, 2025

As States Continue to Fail Workers, We Need Federal Heat Protections

It’s getting hotter. And states keep blocking heat protections for outdoor workers—including, most recently, Kentucky.

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US. This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US.

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August 7, 2025

What We’re Watching: Wildfire Smoke and Trump Administration Mirrors

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

John Quentere Jr. looks at the window sticker of a new 2005 Chevy Blazer at Bredemann Chevrolet in Park Ridge, Illinois.

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August 5, 2025

Trump’s Latest Move to Deny Climate Science and What it Means for Vehicle Standards

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

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December 20, 2013

A Victory for Common Sense on Missile Defense

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

December 20, 2013

How Disclosure Changed a Conversation on Fracking (And Why that Matters)

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

December 19, 2013

Toward a Clean Energy Future: 7 Top Reasons to Celebrate 2013

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

December 19, 2013

Wind in the Great Plains – and the Flood that Shut Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

December 19, 2013

Continuing Concrete Problems at Seabrook

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 19, 2013

Using Science to Address Inaction, Not Just Uncertainty

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

December 19, 2013

The Science Behind the Grants on Senator Coburn's Hit List: The Waste that Wasn't

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

December 18, 2013

Ohio's Clean Energy Standards: Another Battle Won, but Opponents Vow to Fight On

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

December 18, 2013

On Congressman Wolf

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

December 18, 2013

What is Lifecycle Assessment—and Why Does it Matter?

Rachael Nealer
Former Contributor

December 17, 2013

Safety and Security Concerns about Small Modular Reactors: NuScale’s Design

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

December 17, 2013

Consumers, Carbon Majors, and the Start of a New Conversation about Climate Change

Angela Anderson
Former Contributor

December 17, 2013

How Many Nuclear Weapons Does the U.S. Have? Don’t Ask Congress…

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

December 17, 2013

Don’t Mix Politics and Public Protections: Delays Harm Us All

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

December 17, 2013

Holding Big Carbon Accountable: Response to Severin Borenstein

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

December 17, 2013

Certainty About Uncertainty: Plant Closures

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 16, 2013

West Virginia Looks to the Future

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

December 12, 2013

Should Michigan Commit to More Renewable Energy? All Signs Point to Yes.

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

December 12, 2013

10% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Come from Deforestation

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

December 12, 2013

Monsanto Supersizes Farmers’ Weed Problem

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

December 11, 2013

Tackling the Epidemic of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds with Sustainable Solutions

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

December 11, 2013

Modest Carbon Price Will Significantly Lower Power Sector Emissions

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

December 11, 2013

Survey Says: Over 40% of American Drivers Could Use an Electric Vehicle

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

December 10, 2013

New Wind Power Cheaper than Existing Coal and Natural Gas in Many Parts of the Country

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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