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A neon light installation by artist Alicia Eggert in the Smithsonian Institute reads in hot pink lettering: this present moment used to be the unimaginable future.

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January 15, 2026

The Future Is Not Written. It Is Ours to Create.

After one year of President Trump’s second term, let’s challenge ourselves to imagine and bring to life a much, much better future.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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January 15, 2026

One Year of the Trump Administration’s All-Out Assault on Climate and Clean Energy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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January 14, 2026

Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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December 15, 2021

Here’s How You Can Support Recovery Efforts for Historic Kentucky Tornado

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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December 15, 2021

What Science Says about Tragic Early December Tornado Outbreak

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

December 14, 2021

We Need to Act Fast to Electrify our Transportation Sector

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

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December 14, 2021

California Energy: A 2021 Review and a Look Ahead

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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December 14, 2021

Climate Experts at UCLA Sued by Fossil Fuel Industry Front Group

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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December 13, 2021

Gagging Scientists in Florida and Missouri to Hide COVID-19 Data

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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December 13, 2021

Is California About to Give Up the Driver’s Seat on Electric Vehicles?

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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December 9, 2021

DC’s Shifting Indoor Mask Mandate: Follow the Science, Mayor Bowser

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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December 8, 2021

Ask a Scientist: How to Get a Charge out of Your EV

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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December 8, 2021

Clean Energy 2021 Year in Review: Midwest Progress

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

December 7, 2021

Oil Execs Spout Disinformation at House Climate Disinformation Hearing

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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December 7, 2021

New MIT Technology Review Investigation Foretells Danger of China Competitiveness Legislation

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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December 3, 2021

Omicron in Blackface: Racist US Travel Ban Scapegoats Africa

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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December 2, 2021

Cutting Carbon Locally

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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November 30, 2021

US Got “Lucky” with 2021 Hurricane Season—3rd Most Active in Recorded History

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

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November 30, 2021

Lessons from a Career Serving the Public

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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November 29, 2021

The Magic Math of Solar plus Storage

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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Tracy Robillard/NRCS Oregon

November 29, 2021

Scientists Engaging the Public: 6 Steps to Make Participatory Science More Policy Effective

UCS Science Network

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November 29, 2021

Climate Colonialism at COP26

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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November 24, 2021

After COP26 – Wasted Time or Time Well-Spent?

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November 23, 2021

What Does Corporate Consolidation Mean for Your Thanksgiving Turkey?

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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November 22, 2021

Democracy in Peril: Top Political Scientists Highlight What’s at Stake with Freedom to Vote Act

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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November 19, 2021

What the US Can Do Following Russia’s Destruction of its Own Satellite

Guest Commentary

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November 19, 2021

EPA’s Latest Emissions Report Shows Why We Need Stronger Regulations

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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