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May 13, 2025

Putting Science to Work for Security: A Call to Prevent Nuclear Testing

Scientists have a role to play in protecting our collective future by speaking in opposition to a resumption of nuclear weapons testing.

Dylan Spaulding
Senior Scientist

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May 13, 2025

What is a Just Land Transition?

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

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May 13, 2025

Denial, Restriction and Manipulation: New Trump Administration Targets Voting Rights, Fair Representation

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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October 26, 2021

Welcome Silence: Biden Administration Passes on ConocoPhillips Alaskan Drilling Appeal

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

Greenpeace UK Unearthed

October 26, 2021

Despite Cutbacks, ExxonMobil Continues to Fund Climate Science Denial

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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October 26, 2021

The Day of Reckoning for the Oil Industry?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

US Department of Energy

October 22, 2021

The Bar for Climate Ambition is Set by Science, Not Congressional Politics

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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October 21, 2021

De-hyping China’s Missile Test

Guest Commentary

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October 21, 2021

China’s New Missile Silos: The Trump Factor

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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October 20, 2021

Republicans Reject the Freedom to Vote Act

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

John Duffy

October 20, 2021

Colorado’s Fossil Fuel Industry Wants to Buy Your Friendship. Don’t Be Fooled.

Ortal Ullman
Former Staff

A group of Indigenous climate activists hold a banner that reads Indigenous Justice is Climate Justice, while raising their fists. The photo was taken at the UN's COP25 in 2019.

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October 19, 2021

Here’s What Richer Countries Must Deliver to Make COP26 in Glasgow a Success

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

US Coast Guard

October 19, 2021

The Build Back Better Act is a Bridge to the Future We Need. Senator Manchin, Don’t Blow It Up!

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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October 19, 2021

EPA Plans to Take Bold Action on PFAS. Will it Be Enough?

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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October 19, 2021

Calling All Scientists: The Federal Government is Hiring

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

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October 19, 2021

Your Chicken Nuggets May Be Driving the Pandemic

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Greenpeace UK Unearthed

October 18, 2021

To Find Out If ExxonMobil Really Supports a Carbon Tax, Just Follow the Money

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

Hemp grain has the potential to be a sustainable feed ingredient for nutrient-dense fish

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October 14, 2021

New USDA Research Grants Show Promising Focus on Food Systems

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

Image of a dark intersection in Portland, OR, with Department of Homeland Security officers dressed in uniforms and wearing masks as they walk away from plumes of smoke behind them.

J.L. Simonis

October 14, 2021

Top US Chemical Weapons Company Selling Lethal Smoke as Non-Hazardous

UCS Science Network

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October 13, 2021

Roundup: Welcome Steps on Masks and Concerns about Booster Advice

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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October 13, 2021

Coal Ash Cleanup: Victory for the Environment, the Economy, and Environmental Justice

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

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October 12, 2021

Biden Administration’s Policies on COVID-19 Booster Shots Plagued by Chaos

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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October 11, 2021

Could Biden’s Legacy Be Leaving Behind a Safer World?

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

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October 8, 2021

Critical Protections Restored for NEPA, the Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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October 7, 2021

IN: Arctic Experts and Scientists — OUT: Unqualified Political Operatives

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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October 7, 2021

Ask a Scientist: Will Congress Finally Tackle the Climate Crisis?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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October 6, 2021

“Code Red” for Climate Means Reducing US Oil and Gas Production

Derrick Z. Jackson
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