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December 16, 2025

The Exploding Scope of the Military-Industrial Complex

Members of both major political parties have begun to question ballooning defense expenditures, which have almost tripled since the 1990s.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

UCS Science Network

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

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March 30, 2021

Protecting Workers from COVID-19: Long Overdue Safety Standards Coming Soon from OSHA

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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March 29, 2021

Investing in a Worker-Centered Federal Response to Energy Transition

Jeremy Richardson
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March 26, 2021

Administrator Michael Regan is Bringing Science Back to the EPA

Jacob Carter
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Tony Webster

March 26, 2021

Republican State Legislatures Are Attacking Voting Rights. Congress Has the Power to Fight Back.

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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March 26, 2021

Voter Suppression in Georgia Again: Anti-Democracy, Anti-Science

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

March 24, 2021

What I Told Congress: Five Ways to Rebuild Scientific Capacity in Federal Agencies

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Melody Tan

March 24, 2021

The Science Policy Community’s Responsibility to Address Anti-Asian Xenophobia

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March 19, 2021

ExxonMobil Versus Chevron: Fight for Second-to-Last Place Among Fossil Fuel Companies Has Begun

Nicole Pinko
Former Contributor

March 18, 2021

Censorship of Federal Environmental Agency Websites Under Trump: What We Learned and How to Protect Public Information Moving Forward

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March 17, 2021

Let’s Toast to Open Government—It’s Sunshine Week!

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

Xcel Energy decommissioned coal-fired power unit in Denver's Arapahoe Station.

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March 17, 2021

What Xcel’s Western Coal Fleet Can Learn From its Northern One

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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March 16, 2021

3 Research Questions Could Hold the Key to Sustainable Eating

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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March 16, 2021

The Texas Power Outages Were A “Wake-Up Call” Only Because Decisionmakers Everywhere Keep Hitting Snooze

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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March 16, 2021

Masking the Danger: States Dismantle COVID-19 Safety Protocols at Our Peril

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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March 15, 2021

Why Scientists Shouldn’t Heed Calls to “Stay in Our Lane”

UCS Science Network

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March 12, 2021

A Win for Public Health: EPA Breathes New Life into Long-awaited Formaldehyde Study

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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Baltimore County Government

March 11, 2021

Ask a Scientist: Pandemic Maps Tell the Story of Racial Inequity

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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March 10, 2021

US Offshore Wind’s Next Step Forward: A Project, a Plan, and a Pathway

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Juan Declet-Barreto

March 10, 2021

123 Years Later, the Unfinished Business of Self-Determination for Puerto Ricans

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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March 10, 2021

US Should Pledge to Cut Heat-trapping Emissions At Least 50 Percent Below 2005 Levels by 2030

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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March 10, 2021

Gov. Newsom’s Proposal to Invest $1 Billion in ZEV Infrastructure is a Smart Proposition

Jason Barbose
Former Contributor

March 9, 2021

New Maps Highlight Inequitable Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines

Casey Kalman
Former Contributor

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March 8, 2021

Who’s to Blame for a $10,000 Electric Bill?

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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March 8, 2021

Three Ways Climate Disclosure Helps Everyone

Nicole Pinko
Former Contributor

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