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May 5, 2025

The Next Food and Farm Bill Can Make Agriculture More Resilient—With the Help of the ARA

Congress should include the Agriculture Resilience Act in the next food and farm bill to help US farms withstand the impacts of climate change.

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

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May 1, 2025

What’s at Stake in the Budget Reconciliation Process (And What You Can Do About It)

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

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May 2, 2025

Status Quo Transmission Financing in California—Who Pays and Who Profits?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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October 7, 2020

Interior Department Suppresses Study on Polar Bears to Plunder Alaska’s Arctic, Then Caves to Pressure

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October 7, 2020

El cambio climático representa un gran desafío para la gestión del agua en California

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October 6, 2020

TCI Health Study Shows Benefits, But More Needed to Address Inequitable Air Pollution

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October 6, 2020

Climate Litigation Spreads across the United States

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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October 6, 2020

5 of California’s 6 Largest Fires on Record Are Burning Now: The Astonishing 2020 Wildfire Season in Context

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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October 5, 2020

How Mail-in Ballots Might Affect Election Night

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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October 2, 2020

The Census Crisis: Commerce Secretary Tightens Grip on a Vital Public Good

Taryn MacKinney
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October 2, 2020

We Told OMB Why EPA’s So-Called Transparency Rule Is a Trap

Genna Reed
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September 30, 2020

Pendley Is Ousted, but Interior Continues to Protect Its Illegal Hire

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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September 30, 2020

Celebrate the Nobel Prize Winning Immigrant Scientists — But Not at the Expense of the Greater Immigrant Community

UCS Science Network

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September 30, 2020

The 2020 Election’s October Surprise Could Be a Crisis in the Taiwan Strait

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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September 29, 2020

Voting, Ballot Rejection, and Electoral Integrity in the 2020 Election

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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September 29, 2020

Hysterectomies at an ICE Facility and the Complicity of Science in Reproductive Rights Violations

Gretchen Goldman
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September 28, 2020

New Hampshire, Climate, and Public Health: New Commission Seeks to Up the State’s Game

John Rogers
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September 28, 2020

Scientists Step Up to Defend Democracy

Andrew Rosenberg
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September 28, 2020

My Testimony on Climate Change Before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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September 25, 2020

Why Environmental Justice Needs to Be on the Docket in the Presidential Debates

Derrick Z. Jackson
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September 25, 2020

The Quandary of COVID-19 Vaccine Trials for Black Americans Who (Rightfully) Distrust Medical Researchers

Adrienne Hollis
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September 25, 2020

Democratizing California’s Most Powerful Regulator

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September 25, 2020

Why is the Transition to Clean Cars by 2035 Critical? To Avoid Worsening Impacts of Climate Change and Air Pollution

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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September 25, 2020

A Government for We, the People, Not Vested Interests: Recommendations for a 2021 President

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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September 25, 2020

EPA Chlorpyrifos Assessment: A Harbinger of Restricted Science Rule Havoc

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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September 24, 2020

Michigan Governor Whitmer’s Big Step Forward on Climate Leadership

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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September 24, 2020

A UCS Guide to Involving the Public in Rulemaking

Taryn MacKinney
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