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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August 8, 2013

The $11 Trillion Reward (Or, How Congress Could Improve Health, Save Lives, and Shrink the Deficit in One Easy Step)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 7, 2013

Science, Democracy and Fracking: People Have Questions and They Deserve Answers

Andrew Rosenberg
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August 7, 2013

In Chicago, ALEC Reboots Failed Strategy for Attacking Renewable Energy Policies

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

August 7, 2013

Straw Boats and the China Threat

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

August 7, 2013

Lochbaum Testimony on Waste Bill and Dry Casks

David Wright
Former Contributor

August 6, 2013

Fission Stories #143: Power Uprate Sans Update

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 5, 2013

China’s Blue Water Space Port

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

July 31, 2013

Scientists Have a Responsibility to Engage

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

July 31, 2013

Wacky Weather, a Warmer Arctic, and a Slower Jet Stream – Is There a Link?

Melanie Fitzpatrick

July 30, 2013

Energy-Water Collisions: A Shared Concern for State Utility Regulators

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

July 30, 2013

Nuclear Energy Activist Toolkit #11: Reactor Protection

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

July 29, 2013

Genetic Technology's Answer to A Major Insect Pest

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

July 29, 2013

The Science and Democracy Connections of Chemical Safety, Trade Agreements and Money in Politics

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

July 29, 2013

Clean Up on Aisle Six! Tax Reform and an Opportunity for Better Biofuels

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

July 25, 2013

Water Tight: Our Climate Change Future Requires Our Water Smarts Today

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

July 25, 2013

Cover Crops Dramatically Increase Corn Yields–Especially In Drought Conditions

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

July 24, 2013

Don’t Like the Endangered Species Act? Try to Weaken It by Gutting the Science

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

July 23, 2013

Fission Stories #142: Fort Calhoun and the Flawed Safety Net

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

July 22, 2013

UCS Comments on NRC’s Draft Spent Fuel Storage Study

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

July 19, 2013

Refocusing the Farm Bill

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

July 19, 2013

New Threats To Whistleblowers

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

July 19, 2013

Arizona: Don't Turn Out the Lights on Solar Power

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

July 19, 2013

Bigger, Hotter, and Longer Wildfires are the New Normal as the Climate Changes in the West

Adam Markham
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July 18, 2013

A Peek Inside the Administrator’s Inbox – Some of What’s Waiting for Gina McCarthy as New EPA Administrator

Kathleen Rest
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