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October 31, 2025

China Has the Most to Gain from New Nuclear Tests

President Trump announced the United States will resume nuclear testing, but if China follows suit, he may regret this decision.

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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October 31, 2025

President Trump Is Using Lies to Attack Trans Kids and Endanger Their Health: Here Are the Facts

Michelle Rama-Poccia
Bilingual Writer and Podcast Host, Union of Concerned Scientists

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October 30, 2025

With Disinformation and Threats of Prosecution, Trump Administration Targets Elections

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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May 27, 2025

ExxonMobil’s 2025 Climate Report Fails Scientific Review—Again

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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May 27, 2025

The Terrible 13: The Worst Safety and Security Violators in the US Nuclear Power Fleet

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

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May 22, 2025

One NOAA: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

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May 22, 2025

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Pursuing a Liability Waiver

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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May 21, 2025

Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
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May 21, 2025

Wildfires Are Getting Worse. Trump’s Science Cuts Could Threaten Our Response.

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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May 20, 2025

How Much Transit Investment Is Needed to Get Back to “Normal”?

Kevin X. Shen
Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

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May 19, 2025

What Are Distributed Energy Resources?

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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May 19, 2025

Federal Science Advisory Committees Are Being Defunded and Dismantled. Here’s a Toolkit to Help Independent Scientists Step Up

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

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May 15, 2025

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

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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May 15, 2025

Indirect Source Rules: An Emerging Route Toward Clean Freight

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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May 15, 2025

Ask an Expert: How Strong is the Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud?

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May 15, 2025

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

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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May 14, 2025

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

Chitra Kumar
Managing Director, Climate and Energy Program

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May 14, 2025

New Evidence Strengthens the Case for Climate Accountability

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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May 14, 2025

Fossil Fuel Lobbying: 100+ Days and Six Decades of Deception

Laura Peterson
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May 14, 2025

Climate Accountability: The Antidote to Decades of Fossil Fuel Industry Deceit

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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May 13, 2025

Trump Administration Attempts Burying Climate Change Evidence to Further Fossil Fuel Agenda

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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May 13, 2025

What Is a Just Land Transition?

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

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May 13, 2025

Putting Science to Work for Security: A Call to Prevent Nuclear Testing

Dylan Spaulding
Senior Scientist

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May 13, 2025

Denial, Restriction and Manipulation: New Trump Administration Targets Voting Rights, Fair Representation

Liza Gordon-Rogers
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May 12, 2025

Why Does Toyota Oppose Clean Air?

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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May 12, 2025

President Trump’s Elections Executive Order: A Dubious Power Grab

Lisa Van Theemsche
Washington Representative II

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May 8, 2025

The Trump Administration Is Attacking the Science in the National Environmental Policy Act

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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