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July 29, 2025

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

Wildfires can fundamentally change how water moves through a landscape, leading to changes in both the availability and quality of water.

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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July 24, 2025

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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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
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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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
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Haze from wildfire smoke obscures a view of San Francisco from across the water. Everything in the photo appears yellow, orange, or brown with the pollution in the air.

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August 4, 2021

Let’s Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay—Five Ways to Thwart Their Smokescreen

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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August 3, 2021

EPA Breathes New Life Into Science Advisory Committees At Pivotal Time

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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August 3, 2021

How the Science Perspective Can Help Us Understand What the 2020 Census Means for Fair Representation

UCS Science Network

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July 29, 2021

Wildfire Smoke in Your Area? Six Things to Know for Staying Safe

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Exterior of the EPA's national vehicle fuel emissions laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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July 28, 2021

EPA Can’t Let “Off-Cycle” Credits Become an Off-Ramp for Automakers

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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July 27, 2021

Zero Emissions Zones: A Tool to Target Benefits of Vehicle Electrification to Communities that Need it Most

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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July 27, 2021

The Number of Active Satellites in Space Skyrockets . . . Literally

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

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