The Equation

A neon light installation by artist Alicia Eggert in the Smithsonian Institute reads in hot pink lettering: this present moment used to be the unimaginable future.

Gretchen Goldman/UCS (artwork by Alicia Eggert, Smithsonian American Art Museum)

January 15, 2026

The Future Is Not Written. It Is Ours to Create.

After one year of President Trump’s second term, let’s challenge ourselves to imagine and bring to life a much, much better future.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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January 15, 2026

One Year of the Trump Administration’s All-Out Assault on Climate and Clean Energy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

two armed federal agents standing in a cloud of tear gas on a suburban street

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January 14, 2026

Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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January 9, 2014

Driving a Tesla Model S: A Glimpse into the (Electric) Future

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

January 9, 2014

Beyond Coal and Natural Gas: What’s the Way Forward for West Virginia?

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

January 8, 2014

U.S. Planning a Nuclear Weapons Spending Spree

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

January 8, 2014

Fait Accompli—USDA Decision on Herbicide-Resistant Crops Betrays Farmers and the Public

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

January 7, 2014

Preview of Thursday’s VA Supreme Court Hearing: University of Virginia v. American Tradition Institute

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

January 7, 2014

Dear EPA: Four Very Personal Reasons Why Clean Cars Matter

Michelle Robinson
Former Contributor

January 7, 2014

Fire Safety–or Not?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

January 6, 2014

Finding Glimmers of Hope on Capitol Hill

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

January 6, 2014

Cleantech Crash or Crescendo: What “60 Minutes” Got Wrong… and Right

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

January 4, 2014

Lyman Presentation to the NRC on Nuclear Waste

David Wright
Former Contributor

January 3, 2014

Lochbaum Presentation to NRC Panel on Flooding

David Wright
Former Contributor

January 3, 2014

In Science and Democracy We Trust: A Family History and a Nation’s Future

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

January 2, 2014

Biodiesel Update: Now with More Soy

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

December 24, 2013

Commenting on the Waste Confidence Decision

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 23, 2013

Is that Truck Wearing a… Skirt?

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

December 23, 2013

Is there Really a Study on Goats and Urine? More on Senator Coburn's Wastebook

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

December 20, 2013

Environmental Justice Must be a Part of Obama's Climate Action Plan

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

December 20, 2013

More Chicken or Pork, Less Beef: A Holiday Gift for the Climate

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

December 20, 2013

Part-Time Activism for the Busy Expert: A Molecular Biologist's Tale

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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 and CEO of UCS

December 19, 2013

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

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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

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