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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
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August 20, 2021

Too Hot to Work: New Map Tools and 433 Congressional District Fact Sheets Show What’s at Stake for Outdoor Workers

Kristy Dahl
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August 20, 2021

New USDA Nutrition Research Leads to Historic Increase in SNAP Benefits

Sarah Reinhardt
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August 20, 2021

Roundup: A Mixed Picture for Both COVID-19 and Scientific Integrity in General

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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August 19, 2021

Louisiana Policymakers: To Solve the Dead Zone, Climate Change, and COVID-19, Embrace Equitable, Science-Based Policies Now

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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August 19, 2021

5 Questions to Ask About the CEPP, A Powerful Tool For Clean Energy

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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August 18, 2021

Zero-emission Transportation Must Be Included in Congressional Priorities

Jonna Hamilton
Former Contributor

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August 17, 2021

With Census Data Now Available, You Can Help Protect Democracy: Here’s How

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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August 17, 2021

Electric Vehicles are the Future – Yes, Even in Your Neck of the Woods

Katherine Catalano
Former Contributor

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August 17, 2021

Ask a Scientist: How Can We Cool Off Urban Heat Islands and Protect the Most Vulnerable?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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August 17, 2021

Accurately and Appropriately Accounting for Risk: Why Steven Koonin and George Will Are Unsettling

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August 13, 2021

More Heat This Weekend–More Inequities of Keeping Cool

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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August 13, 2021

Four Lessons from a Scientist Working to Inform Climate Litigation

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

a residential street at night, dark with a few streetlamps in the top left corner. The air is thick with orange and yellow colored smoke / gas that makes it difficult to discern what and who is in the frame of the picture but behind the smoke, although a few silhouettes are peaking through on the right side. The smoke / gas mix is very reactive and dangerous, and so if you were present there, you would be able to feel a chemical burning sensation on any exposed skin. In the center of the photo is a small sedan-style car driving towards the smoke but with brake lights on

J.L. Simonis

August 13, 2021

Safariland Promised to Stop Making Chemical Weapons—But Has It?

UCS Science Network

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August 13, 2021

What We Told the White House about Science Communication and Scientific Integrity

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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August 13, 2021

We Have an Infrastructure Bill. We Still Need Bold Climate Action Urgently

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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August 12, 2021

Methane Madness: 5 Reasons Why Natural Gas Doesn’t Belong in a Clean Electricity Payment Program

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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August 12, 2021

Disempowered by Tyson—How Big Chicken Hurts Farmers, Workers, and Communities (and Why You Should Care)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

a photo of the Russell City Energy Center in Hayward, California, taken by the blog author on his tour. a sign on the chainlink fence in front of the plant reads, "welcome to the best damn plant in the fleet!"

Mark Specht

August 12, 2021

I Toured “the Best Damn Plant in the Fleet.” Two Years Later It Exploded.

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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August 9, 2021

76 Years After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: a Survivor Says Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons Still Imminent

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August 6, 2021

The Inequities of Keeping Cool in Urban Heat Islands

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

White House

August 6, 2021

The Biden Administration’s Clean Car Proposal Shows How to Turn the Industry Around—But it Takes a Wrong Turn

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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August 5, 2021

5 Flags to Watch for the Day after the Olympics End: IPCC 6th Climate Assessment Report Release

Brenda Ekwurzel
Director of Scientific Excellence

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Ruaha Carnivore Project

August 5, 2021

Loved to Death? The Risks of Simplistic Campaigning for Wildlife Conservation

UCS Science Network

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August 4, 2021

Missing Reductions: The Unintended Consequences of Extra Regulatory Credits for the Auto Industry

Dave Cooke
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