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July 3, 2025

NOAA’s Weather and Climate Science Is Under Relentless Attack from Trump Administration. Will Congress Stand Up for Us?

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Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

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June 30, 2025

Schedule F by Another Name Is Still a Threat to Science

Joseph Reed
Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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July 2, 2025

Massachusetts’ Freedom to Move Act Can Get Transportation on Track

Kevin X. Shen
Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

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August 19, 2020

After Formal Request, EPA Gives Experts Limited Time to Apply for Advisory Committees

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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August 19, 2020

Understandings of Science Advocacy can Strengthen it

Fernando Tormos-Aponte
Former Staff

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August 18, 2020

Are California’s Rotating Blackouts a Sign of a Broken Grid?

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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August 18, 2020

William Pendley is Still Bad News—and Still Illegally Leading the Bureau of Land Management

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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August 17, 2020

Do US Nuclear Weapons Help Protect Taiwan?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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August 16, 2020

Why Did My Power Go Out? Four Ways the Grid Can Fail and Cause an Outage

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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August 14, 2020

Clean Air for All? What the EPA’s Ozone Rule Tells Us About Who Air Pollution Laws Leave Behind

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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August 13, 2020

With EPA Methane Rollbacks, Natural Gas Bridge Becomes Just Another Piece of Crumbling US Infrastructure

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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August 10, 2020

Hurricanes and COVID-19 in Florida: Are Counties Prepared to Protect Hurricane-Vulnerable Populations?

UCS Science Network

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August 7, 2020

Without Clear Information from Leaders, We Face the COVID-19 Pandemic Alone

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

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August 7, 2020

Four in 10 People Remain Uncounted… But the Administration Just Tightened the Census Deadline

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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August 6, 2020

A Call to Action on the Voting Rights Act

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

NOAA

August 6, 2020

With Hurricane and COVID-19 Preparedness, Communities Are Damned if they Do and Damned if they Don’t

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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August 6, 2020

Real-Time Lessons on COVID-19 and US Hurricane Response: What We’ve Learned from Hanna and Isaias

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

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August 5, 2020

Farmers Markets and Wicked Opportunities

UCS Science Network

Congress recently approved funding to replace ICBMs despite research showing they are not only superfluous, but they actually increase the risk of nuclear war.

August 5, 2020

Ask an Expert: Congress Plans to Spend Billions on Dangerous, Unnecessary Nuclear Weapons

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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August 4, 2020

Pollution, Hurricanes, and the Pandemic Spell Trouble for Gulf Shrimp and Seafood Industries

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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August 3, 2020

Another Inconvenient Truth

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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August 3, 2020

150 Attacks on Science and Counting: Trump Administration’s Anti-Science Actions Hurt People and Communities Nationwide

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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July 31, 2020

An Unusual Annual Meeting Season Saw Investors Ratchet Up Climate Pressure on ExxonMobil and Chevron

Nicole Pinko
Former Contributor

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July 31, 2020

COVID-19 Election Update: Will the Senate be Complicit in Electoral Disaster?

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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July 30, 2020

Groundwater Sustainability is a Necessity More Than Ever

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

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July 30, 2020

How Presidents Are Elected: A Guide for the Perplexed

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

US EPA

July 30, 2020

EPA Made So Many Mistakes with Clean Cars Rollback, Even Its Own Lawyers Want to Know What’s Up

Dave Cooke
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