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.

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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
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July 16, 2012

California Gives a Boost to Electric Vehicles, Approves $27 Million in Consumer Rebates

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Evidence Check: Which Extreme Weather Events Are More Linked with Climate Change – Heat Waves or Hurricanes?

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July 13, 2012

Easy-Baking and Sock-Darning: What to Do with Incandescent Bulbs (Hint: Anything but Lighting)

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Woody Guthrie’s Birthday and the War on Cynicism

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July 11, 2012

UCS Files in Support of FERC’s Groundbreaking Transmission Rule

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July 10, 2012

Beach Daze: With Rising Seas, Sand Now Bad Place to Hide Head

Erika Spanger
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Fission Stories #100: Diablo Canyon: A Waity Matter

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July 9, 2012

Solar for You and Me (Not Just the 1%)

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Fish and Wildlife Service Scientists Get Some Clarity on Communicating With the Press

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A Senate Leader Lights the Way

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Monsanto Improves its Bottom Line…But Not Agriculture

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Fission Stories #99: Seabrook’s Blews

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