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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

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Melissa Kaplan

Senior Manager of Government Affairs

Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

Senior Scientist

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October 23, 2020

Herding People to Slaughter: The Dangerous Fringe Theory behind the Great Barrington Declaration and Push toward Herd Immunity

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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October 23, 2020

Who Do You Trust?: Mobilization, Polarization and the Erosion of Public Expertise

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October 22, 2020

ExxonMobil Claims Shift on Climate But Continues to Fund Climate Science Deniers

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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October 22, 2020

Earthquakes and the H.B. Robinson Plant: A Case Study of the NRC’s Failure to Learn from the Fukushima Accident

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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October 21, 2020

Supreme Court Allows Census to Be Cut Short—and Considers Defying 150 Years of Precedent

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

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October 19, 2020

What to Expect at FDA’s Vaccine Advisory Committee Meeting

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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October 19, 2020

Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: Recommendations for Federal Agencies in the Next Presidential Term

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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October 19, 2020

The Postal Service is Under Attack. Our Research Shows Who This Hurts Most

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

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October 19, 2020

Gray Wolf Will Lose Endangered Species Protections Contrary to Scientific Evidence

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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October 16, 2020

Offshore Wind: Latest News on Turbines, State Action, and Markets from Coast to Coast

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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October 15, 2020

Will Confirming Judge Barrett be the Death of Chevron Deference?

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October 14, 2020

Trusted Sources of Information about COVID-19: What We’re Watching and Following

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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October 13, 2020

How California Will Prepare Its Infrastructure for More Climate Catastrophes

Jason Barbose
Former Contributor

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October 13, 2020

A Win for Science and Transparency: FDA Publishes New, Strict COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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October 12, 2020

ELCC Explained: the Critical Renewable Energy Concept You’ve Never Heard Of

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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October 9, 2020

A Political Scientist’s Guide to Following the Election

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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October 9, 2020

As the Virus Rampages through Washington, Essential Workers Nationwide Are Paying the Price

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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October 9, 2020

Climate Justice and the Debate about Community Solar on Farmland

UCS Science Network

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October 9, 2020

Ask a Scientist: Nearly Everything You Want to Know about Climate Lawsuits

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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October 8, 2020

On Children’s Environmental Health Day: A Checklist for Defending Science and Protecting Kids

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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October 7, 2020

Interior Department Suppresses Study on Polar Bears to Plunder Alaska’s Arctic, Then Caves to Pressure

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

NOAA and California Department of Water Resources

October 7, 2020

El cambio climático representa un gran desafío para la gestión del agua en California

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

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October 6, 2020

TCI Health Study Shows Benefits, But More Needed to Address Inequitable Air Pollution

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Scientist

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October 6, 2020

Climate Litigation Spreads across the United States

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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