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May 15, 2025

Ask an Expert: How Strong is the Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud?

It’s no wonder the industry has used every procedural tactic in the book to stall these climate deception and damages claims.

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May 19, 2025

What Are Distributed Energy Resources?

Lee Shaver
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May 19, 2025

Federal Science Advisory Committees Are Being Defunded and Dismantled. Here’s a Toolkit to Help Independent Scientists Step Up

Melissa L. Finucane
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August 27, 2021

Hurricane and COVID-19 Set to Collide on the Gulf Coast. It Didn’t Have to Be This Way.

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August 27, 2021

A Transformative Climate Action Framework for Transportation

Jeremy Martin
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August 27, 2021

Extreme Heat Hits Clean Energy Workers Hard–How Can the Industry Keep Them Safe?

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August 25, 2021

Worker Protections Are Needed Amid Climate Crisis

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August 25, 2021

Is Tyson Foods’ Vaccination Push Too Little, Too Late?

Karen Perry Stillerman
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August 25, 2021

Can Science Help Save the Voting Rights Act?

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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August 24, 2021

Extreme Heat is a Threat to Midwestern Outdoor Workers

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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August 23, 2021

Political Jeopardy! Disinformation Campaigns for $400

Andrew Rosenberg
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August 20, 2021

New UCS Climate Analysis Too Hot to Work Shows Mounting Risks to Outdoor Workers from Heat Extremes

Rachel Licker
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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August 13, 2021

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

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August 13, 2021

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

Andrew Rosenberg
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August 13, 2021

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

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