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

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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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November 21, 2013

Who Is Responsible for Climate Change? New Study Identifies the Top 90 Producers of Industrial Carbon Emissions

Peter Frumhoff
Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist

November 21, 2013

How Rocket Science Can Benefit Transportation

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November 20, 2013

Energy-Water Collisions: Today’s Landmark Resolution from the Nation’s Electricity Regulators

John Rogers
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November 20, 2013

So Nine Nobel Laureates Walk Into the Swedish Embassy…

Michael Halpern
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November 20, 2013

New CREW Report on Fracking Industry Contributions to Congressional Candidates

Deborah Bailin
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November 20, 2013

Counting the Cost of Climate Disasters: What do Hurricane Sandy and Typhoon Haiyan Tell Us About What the U.S. and the Philippines Have in Common?

Adam Markham
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November 20, 2013

Strategic Options for Chinese Space Science and Technology

Gregory Kulacki
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November 19, 2013

CDC's "Get Smart About Antibiotics" Campaign Still Ignoring Animals

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

November 19, 2013

All Eyes on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles at the LA Auto Show

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

November 19, 2013

The EPA and Biofuels: Smart Goals, but an Outdated Roadmap

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

November 19, 2013

Decommissioning Nuclear Plants

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 18, 2013

Mixed Feelings on MOX

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

November 18, 2013

TVA Pulls the Plug on More Coal Plants; Others Will Surely Follow

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

November 14, 2013

Arizonans Stand Up for Solar Power

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

November 14, 2013

Brazil’s Deforestation Progress Takes a Step Backward

Doug Boucher
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November 14, 2013

The Global Carbon Budget and Why the Warsaw Climate Talks Matter

Melanie Fitzpatrick

November 14, 2013

Command and Control?

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

November 13, 2013

Beef, the Climate, and Human Health: Changing our Wasteful Food and Land Use System

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

November 13, 2013

China’s New Security Committee

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November 13, 2013

A Celebration of Carl Sagan: The Man, the Legacy, and the Unanswered Question

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

November 13, 2013

Seismic Shift: The NRC and Diablo Canyon

Dave Lochbaum
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Seven Takeaways for the Warsaw Climate Talks from the New IEA Report

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