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July 24, 2025

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

US taxpayers are facing double jeopardy thanks to a reckless and inhumane budget bill that hands billions of dollars to the oil and gas industry as it worsens the impact of climate change

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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July 24, 2025

Five Reasons Why the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion Matters

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

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July 24, 2025

From the Courtroom to the Internet, the Fight Over Federal Science Is On

Jules Barbati-Dajches
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May 20, 2020

Cost of Hiding Energy Supplies

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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May 20, 2020

With Trump Executive Order, Are Meat and Poultry Plants a COVID-19 Ticking Time Bomb?

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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May 20, 2020

A Flawed Process and a Harmful Outcome: My Comments on the EPA Particulate Pollution Standards

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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May 19, 2020

New Analysis: Unlike Bush and Obama, the Trump Administration Is Muzzling CDC Scientists During Pandemic

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

Northrop Grumman

May 18, 2020

Satellite Database Update: More than 2,600 Active Satellites Orbiting the Earth

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

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May 18, 2020

US Solar Industry Poised to Lose 114,000 Jobs and Counting from COVID through June

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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May 18, 2020

Clean Energy Job Losses: 600,000, and Counting, from COVID Impacts

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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May 18, 2020

Crisis Vultures Are Circling Over the Energy Industry

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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May 15, 2020

Victory: House Includes Bipartisan Scientific Integrity Act in HEROES legislation

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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May 15, 2020

Mapas mostrando dónde los más vulnerables están azotados por COVID-19 en EEUU señalan una injusticia creciente

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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May 15, 2020

EPA Should Cancel Plans to Restrict Science Once and For All

Genna Reed
Former Staff

May 15, 2020

EPA Refused to Hold a Hearing on its Science Rule, So We Held It for Them

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

NOAA

May 15, 2020

Flooding, Locusts, and COVID-19: A Triple Disaster for Eastern Africa

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

pxfuel

May 14, 2020

The EPA Is Set To Ignore Science and Risk Your Health on Particulate Pollution: Your Voice Needed

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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May 14, 2020

Put Workers First in COVID Response

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

US Senate

May 13, 2020

Six Ways Nancy Beck Showed Us She Doesn’t Care About Us or Science

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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May 13, 2020

Kids, Families, and Food Workers Need a “HEROES Act.” Will Congress Deliver?

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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May 13, 2020

Which States Are Prepared for the 2020 Election?

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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May 13, 2020

On the Heels of Rollback, Auto Makers Seek Another Hand Out

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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May 12, 2020

As Oil Prices Crash, BLM Wants to Open Up Public Lands in New Mexico for More Extraction

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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May 12, 2020

Pandemic’s Stay-at-Home Order Shrinks California Energy Demand

Adenike Adeyeye
Former Contributor

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May 11, 2020

COVID-19 Collision with the 2020 Fire Season Will Ignite Multiple Threats

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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May 8, 2020

Timeline: 23 Years of Attempts to Restrict Public Health Science at EPA

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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May 8, 2020

The Push to Relax COVID-19 Protections Exposes Age-Old Racial Wounds

Derrick Z. Jackson
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