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October 23, 2025

How to Protect Residents of Affordable Housing from Climate-Driven Extreme Heat

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October 23, 2025

Illinois Deserves Robust and Equitable Transit Funding

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October 22, 2025

The Caribbean Needs US Climate, Humanitarian Response, Not Military Aggression

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October 27, 2022

Latest UN, IEA, WMO Climate Reports Show Global Emissions Dangerously High, Emergency Action Required

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October 26, 2022

How’s EPA Doing on Air Pollution Science?

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October 26, 2022

Dr. Shaina Sadai Talks About COP27, Climate Justice, Sea Level Rise, and Corporate Accountability

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Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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October 26, 2022

A New Study Confirms: Structural Racism in STEM Programs Needs Fixing

Derrick Z. Jackson
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October 26, 2022

The Paradox of Persistence: Q&A with Global Climate Advocate and Author Julian Aguon

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October 25, 2022

Two Years Since George Floyd’s Killing: What Have Scientific Societies Done?

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October 24, 2022

Election Science on Trial: Will the US Supreme Court Further Undermine the Voting Rights Act?

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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October 24, 2022

Budgets Reflect Our Priorities

Tara Drozdenko
Director, Global Security Program

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October 21, 2022

California Needs to Focus on Electrifying Big Rigs

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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October 20, 2022

Academic Institutions Have a Strong Role to Play in Disaster Response

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October 19, 2022

Solar Panels Should Be Reused and Recycled. Here’s How.

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

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October 19, 2022

How Are Solar Panels Made?

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

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October 19, 2022

Mining Raw Materials for Solar Panels: Problems and Solutions

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

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October 18, 2022

Scientist Reflects: Mail-In Ballots Address Barriers to Voting

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October 13, 2022

Changes to California’s Electric Truck Proposal Could Reap Huge Climate and Air Quality Gains

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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October 12, 2022

Congress Releases New Evidence of Big Oil Climate Disinformation

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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October 12, 2022

Ask a Scientist: What’s Up With the Attack on ESG Investing?

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October 12, 2022

5 Anti-Climate Practices Elsevier Must Cease: Scientists Call out Publisher’s Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry

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October 11, 2022

How a Fertilizer Shortage Could Drive Food Prices Even Higher

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October 7, 2022

Battery State of Health – What is It? Why is It Important?

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October 6, 2022

What is Ethylene Oxide? Answers to Your Questions about the Cancer-Causing Chemical

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Former Staff

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October 6, 2022

California’s Proposition 30 Would Put the Transition to Clean Transportation in the Fast Lane

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October 6, 2022

The Supreme Court Has Unleashed a New Tool to Hamstring Federal Agencies. Congress Must Act.

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October 4, 2022

How to Take on a Pipeline (and Win)

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