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July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Continued attacks on NOAA’s ability to conduct science will make it increasingly difficult to reduce the size of the Gulf dead zone.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

A person wipes sweat from their face with a cloth in Manhattan in July 2025, during a heat wave in which 'feels-like' temperatures were above 100 degrees.

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July 30, 2025

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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July 29, 2025

Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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July 22, 2022

Building a Better Power Grid for Minnesota

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

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July 21, 2022

Midwest Transmission System Investments Will Be a Game Changer for a Clean Energy Future

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

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July 19, 2022

US-China Hostility Hurts People

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

Photo from an abortion rights protest in front of the Supreme Court from May 2022. A sign reading "we are never going back" is visible.

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July 19, 2022

After Dobbs, States Challenge FDA Scientific Expertise on Medication Abortion

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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July 18, 2022

Massachusetts Needs Ambition: In the Wake of W.V. v. EPA, What One State Can Do

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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July 15, 2022

Manchin to Climate: Drop Dead.

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

A group of people at a Des Moines, Iowa, protest against Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court. One person holds a sign reading "end compulsory pregnancy."

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July 14, 2022

Roundup: Supreme Court Disregards Evidence as Public Officials Downplay Pandemic

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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General Motors

July 13, 2022

Ask a Scientist: In Search of a ‘Green’ Electric Car Battery

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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July 13, 2022

Danger Season Heat Is On–It’s Past Time to Act

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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July 13, 2022

The Nuclear Ban Treaty Had a Conference. Now it Has a Plan.

Jennifer Knox
Policy & Research Analyst

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July 12, 2022

With Climate Change, Nights Are Warming Faster than Days. Why?

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

A photo taken of marchers at the Poor People's Campaign Assembly and Moral March in June, in Washington, D.C. A banner reads "We won't be silent anymore"

Denise Duffield

July 11, 2022

Finding Science, Faith, Hope, and Unity with the Poor People’s Campaign

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

A smokestack belches a cloud of dirty smoke at a port, with ships also leaving clouds of exhaust in the foreground

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July 6, 2022

Before Trying to Overthrow Democracy, Jeffrey Clark Let Polluters Walk Free

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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July 6, 2022

Achieving Multiracial, Multiparty Democracy

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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July 3, 2022

The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Is a Blow to Stopping Climate Change

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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July 1, 2022

Children Will Suffer the Consequences of Recent Supreme Court Rulings

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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July 1, 2022

The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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July 1, 2022

How the Science Community Can Secure Our Democracy

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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June 30, 2022

Science Shows US Supreme Court Abortion, Guns, Environment Rulings Will Have Devastating Consequences

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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June 29, 2022

Why Did California Fail to Pass this Clean Energy Bill?

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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June 29, 2022

How the American Legislative Exchange Council Turns Disinformation into Law

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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Sarah Bucic

June 29, 2022

Healthcare Professionals Ask EPA to Protect Frontline Communities

UCS Science Network

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June 28, 2022

En EE. UU., el verano es ahora ‘la temporada de peligro.’ Entérese del porqué.

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Alexander Papis/ ICAN ; Nuclear Ban Week Vienna 2022

June 27, 2022

NATO and the Nuclear Ban Treaty: What Happens Next?

Jennifer Knox
Policy & Research Analyst

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