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
CDC/Unsplash September 7, 2022 New UCS Survey Asks Federal Scientists: How are You Faring in the Biden Administration? Anita Desikan Former Staff
Mathias Appel/Flickr September 7, 2022 Failure to Plan Could Create an Energy Crisis Mike Jacobs Senior Energy Analyst
Dean Calma / IAEA (CC BY 2.0) September 6, 2022 The World’s Most Important Nuclear Treaty Faces New Threats, Familiar Failures Jennifer Knox Policy & Research Analyst
Rufa A-zade/Wikimedia September 5, 2022 Desperate Tampering Industry Trying to Pass RPM Act to Continue Polluting Dave Cooke Senior Vehicles Analyst
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Flickr September 2, 2022 New Global Energy Market Risk: War Pushes Overreliance on US LNG in Path of Climate-Amped Hurricanes Julie McNamara Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy
Western Area Power/Flickr August 31, 2022 September Is Here. That Means Another Nail-Biter for California’s Grid. Mark Specht Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst
Greg Rakozy/Unsplash August 31, 2022 New US Policy Makes Federal Science Accessible to All Jacob Carter Former Contributor
Google Earth August 26, 2022 Can the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Avoid a Major Disaster? Ed Lyman Director, Nuclear Power Safety
Emmett Institute/Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0 August 24, 2022 California Needs a Petroleum Phaseout Plan Jeremy Martin Senior Scientist and Director of Fuels Policy
NASA August 24, 2022 Rare and Severe Weather Events Are Now More Common Thanks to Climate Change Brenda Ekwurzel Director of Scientific Excellence
PhotoFunia.com August 23, 2022 Look What Can Happen When Congress Enacts Science-Based Policy Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
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iStockphoto.com/Pleasureofart August 22, 2022 Four Months into Danger Season, Here’s the Tally of Extreme Heat, Floods, Fire Weather Events Juan Declet-Barreto Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability
AP Photo August 19, 2022 Will the Biden Administration’s Chemical Disaster Rule Finally Make Communities Safer? Genna Reed Former Staff
Portland General Electric/Flickr August 17, 2022 Removing Barriers to Energy Storage is Key to a Clean Energy Future Guillermo Pereira Former Contributor
Department of Defense August 16, 2022 Russia’s Suspension of Nuclear Weapons Inspections Is Latest Blow to Arms Control Eryn MacDonald Global Security Analyst
California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection August 16, 2022 Recent Rains Highlight Additional Risks of Escalating Wildfires Carly Phillips Research Scientist
Marcia Cassidy Communications August 15, 2022 Claves de la nueva ley sobre el clima y la energía de Massachusetts y lo que queda por hacer Paula Garcia Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead
USGS August 15, 2022 What Are Multiform Floods? One More Thing to Worry about with Climate Change. Astrid Caldas Senior Climate Scientist
Derrick Z. Jackson August 11, 2022 A Visit to a Remote Maine Island Finds Puffins and Terns are Having a Good Year Despite Climate Change Derrick Z. Jackson Fellow
AP Photo/David Goldman August 10, 2022 Ask a Scientist: ‘Danger Season’ Summers Disproportionately Harm Disadvantaged Communities Elliott Negin Former Contributor
Dayne Topkin/Unsplash August 10, 2022 A Bright Moment of Hope with Historic US Climate Bill Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
usgs.gov August 10, 2022 The US Geological Survey’s Updated Scientific Integrity Policy Strives to Combat Harassment and Promote Equity Genna Reed Former Staff
DeAntre Bryant/UCS August 8, 2022 American Chemistry Council Uses Disinformation to Target PFAS Safeguards Genna Reed Former Staff