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October 31, 2025

China Has the Most to Gain from New Nuclear Tests

President Trump announced the United States will resume nuclear testing, but if China follows suit, he may regret this decision.

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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October 31, 2025

President Trump Is Using Lies to Attack Trans Kids and Endanger Their Health: Here Are the Facts

Michelle Rama-Poccia
Bilingual Writer and Podcast Host, Union of Concerned Scientists

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October 30, 2025

With Disinformation and Threats of Prosecution, Trump Administration Targets Elections

Liza Gordon-Rogers
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July 7, 2025

Trump Administration Actions Could Make Hurricane Helene’s Impacts Worse for Asheville

Brady Watson
Senior Campaign Coordinator

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July 7, 2025

Powering the Future: Why Michigan’s Data Center Debate is Critical for Clean Energy and Your Wallet

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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Derrick Z. Jackson

July 7, 2025

Administration Cuts Would Leave No Refuge for the Wildlife Refuges

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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July 3, 2025

NOAA’s Weather and Climate Science Is Under Relentless Attack from Trump Administration. Will Congress Stand Up for Us?

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

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July 2, 2025

Massachusetts’ Freedom to Move Act Can Get Transportation on Track

Kevin X. Shen
Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

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July 2, 2025

Heatwave Exposes How Trump Administration Cuts Endanger Workers and Energy-Burdened Communities

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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July 1, 2025

Scientists IN Society: From Isolation to Engagement

UCS Science Network

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June 30, 2025

Schedule F by Another Name Is Still a Threat to Science

Joseph Reed
Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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June 27, 2025

What’s Happening with California’s Gasoline Supply?

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

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June 26, 2025

What We’re Watching: Amid Record Temps, Meager Heat Protections Face Shredding by Trump Administration and Congress

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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US Department of State

June 26, 2025

The US Attack on Iran May Have Damaged Disarmament Efforts More Than Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

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June 26, 2025

We Need Sound Policy Informed by Science. The Trump Administration Is Undermining It.

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

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June 26, 2025

Maine Commits to 100% Clean Electricity by 2040

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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June 25, 2025

Impactos ambientales de la inteligencia artificial

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

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June 25, 2025

What Are the Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence?

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

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June 23, 2025

OSTP Has a Choice to Make: Science or Politics?

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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June 18, 2025

What We’re Watching: Coming Historic Heat Plus Acute Risks Could Make Rest of June a Hot Mess

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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June 17, 2025

Worsening Wildfires Contribute to Increasingly Unaffordable Insurance and Housing Costs

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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June 17, 2025

Railroads Are Running Dirty Diesel Trains Through Communities and No One Is Doing Anything About It

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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June 16, 2025

Soaring US Clean Energy Momentum Now At Risk

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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June 13, 2025

In This Knife’s Edge Authoritarian Moment, Say “No Kings” to President Trump

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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June 12, 2025

5 Actions Needed After President Trump’s FEMA Review Council Meeting

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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June 12, 2025

Science Under Fire in Washington

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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US Department of Energy

June 12, 2025

Ask a Scientist: New Plutonium Pits for Nuclear Weapons Are Not Needed

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