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July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Continued attacks on NOAA’s ability to conduct science will make it increasingly difficult to reduce the size of the Gulf dead zone.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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July 30, 2025

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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July 29, 2025

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

Carly Phillips
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August 5, 2020

Farmers Markets and Wicked Opportunities

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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
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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
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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July 29, 2020

The Clearing of Lafayette Square: Interior Park Police Chief’s Testimony Stains Agency’s Reputation

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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July 29, 2020

The EPA’s Cost-Benefit Proposal Is Corrupt—And Deeply Consequential. Call It Out.

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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July 28, 2020

Massachusetts, Act Now on Environmental Justice and Climate Action

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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July 28, 2020

Museums Should Publicly Address Racism in their Histories

Adam Markham
Former Staff

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July 28, 2020

Cancel Culture in an Emerging Democracy

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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July 28, 2020

Extreme Floods and Superfund Sites: A Pending Disaster for Underserved Communities

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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July 24, 2020

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

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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July 23, 2020

The Economic Recovery Depends on Controlling the COVID-19 Pandemic

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

July 21, 2020

When COVID-19 Science Comes Home to Roost

Derrick Z. Jackson
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July 21, 2020

EPA’s Chance to Get Science Advice Right

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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July 20, 2020

US Offshore Wind Projects Face Make-or-Break Moment

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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July 20, 2020

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

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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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

Jessica Collingsworth
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