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May 15, 2025

The Deceit Playbook: Fossil Fuel Interests Target Opponents with Intimidation Campaigns

The alleged scheme involved hacking into the email accounts of staff members at UCS and several other public interest organizations.

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May 15, 2025

12,000 Reasons Why the Trump Administration Must Be Stopped from Dismantling FEMA

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May 14, 2025

Seven Questions for EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin as He Testifies Before Congress

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July 24, 2020

U.S. West Faces a Grim Summer as Red Flag Fire and COVID-19 Warnings Mount

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July 23, 2020

The Economic Recovery Depends on Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic

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July 21, 2020

When COVID-19 Science Comes Home to Roost

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July 21, 2020

EPA’s Chance to Get Science Advice Right

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July 20, 2020

US Offshore Wind Projects Face Make-or-Break Moment

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July 20, 2020

Researchers Find Deadliest Aspect of COVID-19 for People of Color: Racism

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July 17, 2020

A Pivotal Moment in US-Russian Arms Control

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July 17, 2020

UCS Supports CEJA

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July 16, 2020

White House Hides COVID-19 Data, Will Make the Pandemic Even Worse

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July 16, 2020

Prominent Claims that Policing is Not Racially Biased Rest on Flawed Science

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July 16, 2020

How COVID-19 Disinformation Goes Viral

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July 16, 2020

New Dietary Guidelines Report is a Science Success Story

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July 14, 2020

How Will People Cope With Extreme Heat and Rising COVID-19 Risks This Week?

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July 14, 2020

U.S. Universities Must Stop Honoring Racist Scientists of the Past

Adam Markham
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July 14, 2020

Could China and the United States Go to War over Taiwan?

Gregory Kulacki
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July 14, 2020

Don’t Be Deceived: How to Spot and Stop COVID-19 Disinformation

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July 13, 2020

Old Laws, New Science, and Protecting Public Health: The Trump Administration’s Decision on Particulate Pollution Standards

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July 13, 2020

Heatwaves and COVID Mean Higher Home Electricity Bills; What Do We Do About That?

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July 10, 2020

As Schools Plead for COVID-19 Safety Information, White House Politicizes CDC Guidance

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July 10, 2020

Heat Wave and COVID-19 Clash: Tens of Millions of People at Risk in States Seeing COVID Spikes

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July 8, 2020

I Chose Protesting for Black Lives Matter Over Writing My PhD Dissertation

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July 8, 2020

Roundup: Without Federal Coordination, Many States See Rising COVID-19 Cases

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July 8, 2020

The Trump Administration’s Ban on International Students Hurts Us All

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Former Staff

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July 7, 2020

New UCS Analysis: How to Protect Democracy and Public Health During 2020 Election

Michael Latner
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