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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Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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December 7, 2012

Fixing an Obama Administration Mistake on Emergency Contraception and Science

Michael Halpern
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December 6, 2012

A Crucial Benchmark for Climate Action is at Risk. Why it Matters Now More than Ever.

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

December 6, 2012

President Obama: Keep Your Promise to Our Children, Commit to Making the Half the Oil Plan a Reality

David Friedman
Former contributor

December 5, 2012

TVA: Sounding Better Than Ever

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 4, 2012

Fission Stories #120: Does Operating a Reactor Make Workers Dumber?

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

December 4, 2012

California’s First Carbon Auction Generates Nearly $300 Million in Revenues

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

December 4, 2012

North Korea Gives Location of Splashdown Zones, Begins Assembling Rocket

David Wright
Former Contributor

December 3, 2012

Good News for Solar Prices

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

December 3, 2012

Staff of Life Decoded: Tasty News for Bread Lovers, Food Security, and Climate Change Adaptation

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

December 3, 2012

Scientists Reach Agreement on Emissions from Tropical Deforestation

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

December 1, 2012

Can We Avoid Running out of Oil and Minimize Its Impact on Our Environment?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

November 30, 2012

LA Auto Show: Showing the Way to Doubling Fuel Economy

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

November 30, 2012

The Ultimate in Place-Based Eating

Margaret Mellon
Former contributor

November 30, 2012

“Sustainable” Palm Oil Should Not Drive Deforestation

Calen May-Tobin
Former contributor

November 29, 2012

Ice Found on Mercury…But Sadly, No Life

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

November 29, 2012

X-37B Space Plane: Still in Search of a Mission

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

November 28, 2012

China’s New Leaders May Surprise Obama

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

November 28, 2012

Offshore Wind Advances: NSTAR-Cape Wind Deal Approved

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

November 27, 2012

Hurricane Sandy: Sand Castles and Seawalls

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

November 27, 2012

Another Large Drop in Deforestation in Brazil

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

November 27, 2012

20 Years of NRC Inaction (and Counting)

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

November 26, 2012

Rocket Tit-for-Tat in the Koreas?

David Wright
Former Contributor

November 21, 2012

Does DOE’s Funding Announcement Mark the End of its Irrational Exuberance for SMRs?

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

November 20, 2012

The Long and Short of Long-Term Safety Testing of GE Foods (part 2)

Doug Gurian-Sherman
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