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

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North Korea’s New Missile: Not an ICBM

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April 20, 2012

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April 20, 2012

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April 19, 2012

China in Focus #5: Community Supported Traditional Chinese Agriculture

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April 19, 2012

Charging Electric Cars from the Grid: A Good Choice – or the Best Choice for Lowering Global Warming Emissions?

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April 19, 2012

A Spring in My Step Thanks to Home Energy Efficiency

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I took advantage of my Capital Bikeshare membership to dash down to the earlier-than-expected burst of cherry blossoms near the Jefferson Memorial on March 18, 2012. Photo by B. Ekwurzel.

April 18, 2012

Cooler Smarter Book Inspires Personal Action

Brenda Ekwurzel
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April 17, 2012

My Car’s Carbon Emissions are How Big?!?!?

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April 17, 2012

Fission Stories #88: Damn the Instruments, Full Speed Ahead

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April 16, 2012

Maple-Syrup Setback, Breakfast-Table Blowback

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April 16, 2012

The “State of Charge” of Electric Vehicles: Good and Getting Better

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

April 16, 2012

Countdown: Where to Watch the Space Shuttle Discovery Fly by Washington, D.C.

Michael Halpern
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April 15, 2012

North Korea’s Launch Failure and “Max Q”

David Wright
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April 13, 2012

Who Will Speak for the Trees while the Lorax Is Filming His Close-ups?

Calen May-Tobin
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April 13, 2012

More on North Korea’s Failure

David Wright
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April 13, 2012

Good News! Renewables Make Major Strides in 2011

Ellen Vancko
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April 13, 2012

How Conflicted Experts Can Sway FDA Drug Approval Decisions: A Case Study on Yaz

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April 13, 2012

Global Warming: Do Individual Choices Matter?

David Friedman
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April 12, 2012

North Korea’s Launch Fails

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April 11, 2012

The Human Cost of FDA Decisions: For Dan and Elsa, Life Depends on Safe Medical Devices

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April 11, 2012

On the Road to Clean Energy in Germany: Lessons for the United States – Part 3

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April 11, 2012

Reflections on the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit

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Director, Nuclear Power Safety

April 10, 2012

The Human Cost of FDA Decisions: For a Midwestern Family, A Breakdown in Drug Safety Hits Home

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April 10, 2012

Fission Stories #87: NRC Resolves Humongous Nuclear Safety Problem

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