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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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September 12, 2012

New NRC Boost-Phase Missile Defense Report Released

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

September 12, 2012

Reasons to Buy Organic: Let Us Count the Ways

Margaret Mellon
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September 11, 2012

California Charts a Course for Clean Air: Can We Get There from Here?

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

September 11, 2012

Fission Stories #109: Unsafe Vortex

Dave Lochbaum
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September 10, 2012

Rethinking Forest Plantations

Doug Boucher
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September 7, 2012

Oregon, My Oregon : Leading the Way on Reducing Oil Use Through a Clean Fuels Program

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

September 7, 2012

Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Nearly Triple Over Last Year

David Friedman
Former contributor

September 6, 2012

Everybody's Business: Consumer Goods Companies and Tropical Deforestation

Doug Boucher
Former Contributor

September 5, 2012

Buyer Beware: Midwest Utilities Experience Coal Plant Sticker Shock; Will New Nuclear Do the Same for the South?

Ellen Vancko
Former contributor

September 5, 2012

Technical Blog on Missile Defense

David Wright
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September 4, 2012

What Wood You Do: Solutions for Deforestation-Free Wood Products

Calen May-Tobin
Former contributor

September 4, 2012

Obama, Romney Answer Questions on Science Policy Through Science Debate

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

September 4, 2012

Fission Stories #108: Thanks Congressman Markey

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

September 1, 2012

Would a Large-scale Reforestation Effort Help Counter the Global Warming Impacts of Deforestation?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

August 31, 2012

Sea Level Rise in Florida Is No Laughing Matter

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

August 31, 2012

UCS Awards Young Scientists for Work Outside of the Lab

Calen May-Tobin
Former contributor

August 31, 2012

Smiley Faces vs. Vampires: Knowledge (About Power) Is Power

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

August 30, 2012

A Clean Energy Lesson From "Sesame Street": Cooperation Makes it Happen

Laura Wisland
Former Contributor

August 28, 2012

Cars and Mars

Michelle Robinson
Former Contributor

August 28, 2012

Fission Stories #107: Mystery Plug

Dave Lochbaum
Former Contributor

August 27, 2012

New York Times: Distorting Chinese Press Report on Missile Capabilities?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

August 27, 2012

Hurricane Watch Checklist: Four Factors that Strengthen and Four that Weaken Tropical Cyclones

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

August 24, 2012

Another Price of Oil

Adrienne Alvord
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August 23, 2012

Cumulative Effects of Non-Regulation

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