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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L. Delta Merner

Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

Rachel Cleetus

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October 24, 2013

Satellites, Storm Surge, and Sandy: The Need for Science to Inform Our Coastal Planning

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

October 24, 2013

A Boost for Electric Vehicles: Eight States Set New Goals for EV Deployment

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

October 24, 2013

A Food Day Wish List: More Veggies, Less Corn

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

October 23, 2013

"Catastrophic" Fire Conditions Arrive Early in Australia, Mirror the 2013 U.S. Wildfire Season

Melanie Fitzpatrick

October 23, 2013

Editorial Writers Consider the Water Crisis, Informed by UCS Experts

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

October 23, 2013

Wolf Shirks Responsibility for Effects of China Ban

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

October 22, 2013

Do Wind Turbines Affect Property Values? No — or at Least “No Statistical Evidence” — Says New Hedonic Study

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

October 22, 2013

Accidents and Transients

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 21, 2013

Human Nature and Creeping Environmental Threats

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October 18, 2013

Where Is Wind Energy Cheaper than Natural Gas?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

October 18, 2013

California Jumpstarts Energy Storage

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

October 18, 2013

Formula One, Efficiency Too: How Excessive Speed Doesn’t Mean Excessive Fuel Consumption

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

October 18, 2013

Penny Wise & Pound Foolish: Cuts to Basic Science at the Weapons Labs

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

October 17, 2013

5 Ways the Shutdown Will Continue to Be a Drag for Early Career Scientists

Deborah Bailin
Former contributor

October 17, 2013

Small Farms, Not Monsanto, Are Key to Global Food Security

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

October 17, 2013

Monsanto Scientist Pockets “World Food Prize”…But For What, Exactly?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

October 17, 2013

UCS Report on the Future of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex

Lisbeth Gronlund
Former UCS Global Security Program Co-Director

October 16, 2013

A Difficult Conversation: How to Prevent Power Outages in Coastal Communities

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

October 16, 2013

U.S. Shares Responsibility for Lack of Dialog with China on Nuclear Weapons

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

October 15, 2013

Science and Superstorm Sandy, One Year Later: Looking to the Future

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

October 15, 2013

Fission Stories #148: FitzPatrick–When Being the Best Isn’t Good Enough

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

October 11, 2013

Science Stories from the Shutdown

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

October 11, 2013

Is Natural Gas What We Need to Replace Coal-Powered Electricity?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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October 11, 2013

Mutual Vulnerability with China a Reality, Not a Choice

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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