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May 7, 2025

A Cruel Tradeoff: Building the “Amazon of Deportation” While Tearing Down Health and Human Services

The Trump administration wants to spend $45 billion to build an inhumane deportation industry while planning to cut at least $40 billion in life-saving programs from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Derrick Z. Jackson
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NNSA Nevada

May 7, 2025

How Science and Advocacy Ended Dangerous Nuclear Testing in the United States

Jennifer Knox
Policy & Research Analyst

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May 6, 2025

Wetlands and Streams Face a New Threat from the Trump Administration

Stacy Woods
Research Director

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December 12, 2019

La energía solar es cada vez más eficiente, menos costosa y más resiliente

John Rogers
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December 11, 2019

Electric Companies Like Entergy Are Using Affiliate Transactions to Block Renewable Energy, Here’s How

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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December 11, 2019

Ask a Scientist: How to Ensure Underserved Communities Benefit from Energy Storage

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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December 10, 2019

Congress Misses the Mark on PFAS in the NDAA

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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December 10, 2019

Michigan Should Reject DTE’s Integrated Resource Plan, Here’s Why

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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December 9, 2019

Have I got a Deal for you! Let’s get this STARTed.

Stephen Young
Senior Washington Representative

USDA

December 9, 2019

¿Qué tipo de sociedad somos? Jornaleras y jornaleros agrícolas a merced del cambio climático

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

USDA

December 9, 2019

Pesticides, Heat, and the People Who Feed Us: Climate Change Is Making Farmworkers’ Dangerous Job Even Worse

Rafter Ferguson
Former Contributor

Photo: Derrick Jackson

December 6, 2019

The Trump Administration’s Latest: A Plan to Foul the Alaska Arctic

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

Jessica Collingsworth

December 5, 2019

Illinois Youth Lead Strike for Climate Justice

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

GreenRoots

December 5, 2019

Carta abierta exige la energía limpia en lugar de subestación en East Boston

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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December 5, 2019

Open Letter Demands Clean Energy Alternative to Risky Eversource Substation

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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December 5, 2019

Three Reasons why The Pentagon Must Address Climate Change as a National Security Threat

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

December 5, 2019

EPA Science Advisors Fail to Reach Consensus on Particulate Pollution Standards

Gretchen Goldman
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Mike Olliver

December 4, 2019

Expanding Professional Development Opportunities for Scientists Beyond the Lab

UCS Science Network

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December 4, 2019

Communities Face Harm When the EPA Dismantles Chemical Safety Protections

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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December 3, 2019

How Civic Engagement is Protecting the 2020 Census in California

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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December 3, 2019

Keeping Up With Scientific Integrity: July-September 2019

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

December 3, 2019

Court Hears Challenge to EPA Science Advice Ban

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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December 2, 2019

Profiles in Cowardice: Toyota, GM, and Fiat Chrysler Join the List

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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UCS/Dave Reichmuth

December 2, 2019

Why (Some) Automakers Are Working with the Trump Administration to Undermine the Clean Air Act

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

November 27, 2019

Pope Francis Condemns Nuclear Deterrence

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

November 27, 2019

Introducing Federal Scientist (now under the Trump administration) Barbie™!

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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November 26, 2019

Trump’s Newest SNAP Rule Will Leave Families in the Cold

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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