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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
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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March 26, 2024

Everything You Need to Know about EPA’s New Clean Car Emissions Standards

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

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March 26, 2024

Paula García Knows Renewable Energy Is for the People

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March 25, 2024

UCS Testimony on the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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March 21, 2024

A Trip Down Memory “Train”: A Brief History of Public Transit

Kevin X. Shen
Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

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March 20, 2024

Where Is Truck Charging Needed First? We Have the White House’s Answer

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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March 18, 2024

EPA Strengthens Emissions Controls for Facilities Emitting Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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March 18, 2024

Show Me the (Agriculture Appropriations) Money

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

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March 13, 2024

Making It Easier to Choose Electric for Your Next Car

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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March 13, 2024

Growing Shade Equity, One Tree at a Time

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March 12, 2024

Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to Its Portfolio

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March 12, 2024

Hollywood Rewards Nuclear Arms Control While Washington Dithers

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East Asia Project Manager

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March 12, 2024

Reevaluating the Role of Fossil Gas in a Decarbonizing Grid

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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March 12, 2024

The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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March 11, 2024

More Transportation Choices Lead to Better Health, Better Communities, and a Healthier Planet

Steven Higashide
Clean Transportation Program Director

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March 11, 2024

US Elections Aren’t as Free and Fair as They Should Be. Here’s How Science Can Help

Liza Gordon-Rogers
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EVs Are at a Turning Point, It May Not Be What You Think

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March 7, 2024

Wildfire Threat to Texas Nuclear Weapons Facility Highlights Intersecting Risks

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March 6, 2024

Three Things from Oppenheimer that Are Happening Again

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March 4, 2024

EPA Finalizes Critical Chemical Disaster Prevention Rules

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March 4, 2024

El futuro de las comunidades agrícolas resilientes vive en Allensworth

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

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March 4, 2024

The Future of Resilient Agricultural Communities in California Is Alive in Allensworth

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March 4, 2024

Artificial Intelligence and the Evolving Landscape of Nuclear Strategy

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How Bad Ballot Design Can Impact Election Outcomes—And What We Can Do

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February 29, 2024

A New EPA Plan Offers a Roadmap on Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts

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