National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / Unsplash May 8, 2025 The State of Science at 100 Days: Co-Opted, Hindered, and Undermined We’ve been watching how the Trump administration has been abusing and co-opting science to advance its political goals across the federal government in its first 100 days. Jules Barbati-Dajches Analyst
Drew Angerer/Getty Images May 8, 2025 The Trump Administration Is Attacking the Science in the National Environmental Policy Act Kristie Ellickson Senior Scientist
(Top) John Moore, (Bottom) Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images May 7, 2025 A Cruel Tradeoff: Building the “Amazon of Deportation” While Tearing Down Health and Human Services Derrick Z. Jackson Fellow
Kim Steele/Getty Images March 17, 2025 Why I Don’t Buy Data Centers’ Claims They Can Leapfrog Over Utilities Mike Jacobs Senior Energy Analyst
Nathan Barteau/Unsplash March 13, 2025 The User-Pay Myth: We ALL Pay for Our Roads, Not Just Drivers Dave Cooke Senior Vehicles Analyst
Joe Raedle/Getty Images March 13, 2025 What Does Science Have to Do with the Price of Eggs? Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
Omari Spears/UCS March 13, 2025 Whose House? Our House. Why We Must Fight the Theft and Butchering of Our Federal Agencies Erika Spanger Director of Strategic Climate Analytics
Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images March 12, 2025 The Long History of Climate Models Marc Alessi Science Fellow
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images March 12, 2025 A Hundred Attacks and Counting: What Happened to Federal Science in February Jules Barbati-Dajches Analyst
Alex Wong/Getty Images March 10, 2025 We Are Charting a Path for Science in the Trump Era Gretchen Goldman President of UCS
Jacob Tosch/Porter County SWCD/USDA March 6, 2025 Farmers Will Pay More for Fertilizer Because of President Trump’s Tariffs Omanjana Goswami Interdisciplinary Scientist
Alex Wong / Getty Images March 6, 2025 Trump Administration Extends Its Attempted Power Grab with Executive Orders Jules Barbati-Dajches Analyst
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images March 6, 2025 President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections Derrick Z. Jackson Fellow
Delta Merner/UCSUSA March 6, 2025 Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course L. Delta Merner Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images March 5, 2025 Musk Is Pushing the Great American Innovation Machine to the Brink Julie McNamara Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy
Olga Subach/Unsplash March 4, 2025 Transportation Burdens Add to All that Communities Are Already Facing Kevin X. Shen Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate
Sean Rayford/Getty Images March 4, 2025 US South’s March Wildfires Signal Risks of a Dangerous Spring Fire Season Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
House Committee on Oversight March 3, 2025 What UCS Said at the Congressional Hearing on ‘Opportunities to Strengthen US Energy Reliability’ Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
Michael Swenson / Getty Images March 3, 2025 The East Palestine Chemical Disaster Shows the Need for a Cumulative Impacts Approach Kristie Ellickson Senior Scientist
Joe Raedle/Getty Images March 3, 2025 What Does NOAA Do for Us, and How Can We Defend It? UCS Science Network
Linda Pomerantz Zhang/Unsplash February 28, 2025 Political Stunts Worsen Western Water Woes Juliet Christian-Smith Western States Regional Director
D. Reichmuth/UCS February 28, 2025 What the Auto Industry Isn’t Telling You About California’s Clean Vehicle Rules David Reichmuth Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program
R.I. Nesmith and Associates/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images February 27, 2025 The Trump Administration’s Deletion of Environmental Justice Data Does Real Harm Stacy Woods Research Director
Delta Merner/UCSUSA February 27, 2025 Trump Blocked Federal Scientists from Attending Latest IPCC Meeting: What Now? L. Delta Merner Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation
Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images February 25, 2025 Can China and the United States Cooperate Under Trump 2.0? Robert Rust China Analyst
Joe Raedle/Getty Images February 25, 2025 FEMA and HUD Firings: the Newest Tactic to Politicize Disaster Aid Zoe Middleton Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience
drnadig/Getty Images February 25, 2025 Congress, and All of Us, Will Reckon with Budget Reconciliation This Year David Watkins Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program