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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The Food Versus Fuel Fight Is About Much More than Corn

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

January 1, 2013

Fission Stories #123: Rudolph the Glow-in-the-Dark Reindeer

Dave Lochbaum
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December 27, 2012

Debris from North Korea’s Launcher: What It Shows

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 21, 2012

Tropical Forests in 2012: A Year in Review

Calen May-Tobin
Former contributor

December 21, 2012

Don't Let Calls for Improvement Halt Clean Energy Progress in California

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

December 21, 2012

Congress Should Renew Wind Production Tax Credit

Kevin Knobloch
Former contributor

December 20, 2012

Does a High-Altitude ASAT Test Make Sense?

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

December 20, 2012

Look Up, and Rejoice (Shine Bright Like an LED)

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

December 19, 2012

Ship It Green: Electrification of Delivery Trucks

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

December 18, 2012

President’s Council Report on Agriculture – What About Ecology?

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

December 18, 2012

Fission Stories #122: Monkey Business at Point Beach

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 17, 2012

Measuring Progress on Scientific Integrity Two Years Later

Francesca Grifo
Former contributor

December 17, 2012

Place-Based Food Right Here at Home

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

December 15, 2012

North Korea’s Satellite

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 14, 2012

The Misguided Attack on Organically-Grown Foods – Beyond Oz and EPA

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

December 14, 2012

EPA, Following Clean Air Act, Sets Soot Pollution Standards Based on Science

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

December 12, 2012

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex in Google Earth

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

December 12, 2012

Compounding The Problem

Celia Wexler
Former contributor

December 12, 2012

North Korea Successfully Launches a Satellite

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 11, 2012

Fission Stories #121: Palisades Reprises Davis-Besse

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 10, 2012

North Korea’s April Launch Failure: New Information

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 8, 2012

Is Xi Jinping Changing Chinese Nuclear Weapons Policy?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

December 7, 2012

Claims about China’s Space Plane Unconvincing

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

December 7, 2012

North Korea’s Launch Trajectory in Google Earth

David Wright
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