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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

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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

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Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

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January 28, 2014

Alabama Scientists Drive 900 Miles to Fill Information Gaps in West Virginia Water Crisis

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

January 28, 2014

Electric Buses: How Plugs and Batteries are Replacing Wires and Diesel

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

January 28, 2014

Nuclear Licensing: Two-step, One-step, Tap-dance

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

January 27, 2014

Federal Trade Commission Pushes Back Against Counterfeit Science

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

January 27, 2014

Powering California with 50% Renewable Energy by 2030: New Analysis Shows It Can Be Done

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

January 27, 2014

A Science-Informed Post-Sandy Resilience Plan, but Hoboken Faces Challenges Implementing It

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

January 27, 2014

Who Is that Young Scientist with Michelle Obama at the State of the Union? It's Joey Hudy

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 27, 2014

Ambassador Jonathan Dean: 1924-2014

David Wright
Former Contributor

January 24, 2014

West Virginia Scientists to EPA, CDC: Allow Your Scientists to Speak

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 24, 2014

President Obama’s State of the Union: Will Climate Change Get Left Out in the Cold?

Angela Anderson
Former Contributor

January 22, 2014

Frozen: The Cost of Electricity Soars as Wires and Pipelines Fail to Meet Demand

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

January 22, 2014

Scientific Advice for the New EPA Carbon Emissions Standards: Let’s Clear the Air

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

January 22, 2014

Water Woes: Dramatic Increase of Droughts in California Is a Bellwether of Future Climate Impacts

Adrienne Alvord
Former Contributor

January 22, 2014

The Effect of Wind Turbines on Property Values: A New Study in Massachusetts Provides Some Answers

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

January 22, 2014

Robert Gates on China

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

January 21, 2014

The Slow Burn Continues: 2013 Ranks in the Top 10 Warmest Years on Record

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

January 21, 2014

Moving California Forward: Cleaning up Freight in the Golden State

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

January 21, 2014

Is the Water Safe? The West Virginia Chemical Spill and the Importance of Scientists’ Speaking to the Media

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

January 21, 2014

Companies, Trade Groups, and Climate Change: Why We Need an SEC Rule on Corporate Political Disclosure

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

January 21, 2014

Preventing Fuel Damage in Nuclear Reactors

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

January 17, 2014

How Sequestration Made Me a Citizen Scientist

UCS Science Network

January 17, 2014

Drugs, Lies, and Nuclear Missiles

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

January 16, 2014

“Climate Change Invaded My Field”: A Conversation with Historian and Science Advocate Steven Leibo

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

January 16, 2014

A Tale of Two Chinas

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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