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July 29, 2025

Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo

Wildfires can fundamentally change how water moves through a landscape, leading to changes in both the availability and quality of water.

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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July 24, 2025

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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August 25, 2020

Could the U.S. End Energy Poverty?

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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August 24, 2020

What is Lightweighting and How Does it Improve Fuel Economy in Vehicles?

UCS Science Network

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August 24, 2020

Science in the Election Cycle with the Science Voter Guide

UCS Science Network

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August 21, 2020

A Biased Science Board Threatens Future Fetal Tissue Research

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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August 21, 2020

Migratory Birds vs. the Trump Administration: This Time the Birds Win

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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August 20, 2020

California Moves Forward to Address Pollution from Heavy-Duty Trucks

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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August 20, 2020

Better Ways of Valuing Energy Efficiency in Minnesota and Beyond

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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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
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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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
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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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

NOAA

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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