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July 7, 2025

Administration Cuts Would Leave No Refuge for the Wildlife Refuges

The second Trump administration is going for the jugular, to choke conservation itself. Federal budget cuts to conservation science, pollution prevention, and climate change data could imperil wildlife refuges.

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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July 3, 2025

NOAA’s Weather and Climate Science Is Under Relentless Attack from Trump Administration. Will Congress Stand Up for Us?

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

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July 2, 2025

Heatwave Exposes How Trump Administration Cuts Endanger Workers and Energy-Burdened Communities

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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January 17, 2020

Electrifying Ride-hailing: Part 1 – Six Reasons Why Uber and Lyft Must Go Electric

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

January 16, 2020

EPA Must Keep Communities Safe from Ethylene Oxide Cancer Risks

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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January 16, 2020

Little Outreach, Enormous Benefits – The Size (of the Audience) Doesn’t Matter

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January 16, 2020

Iran, the United States, and Nuclear Weapons: Questions and Answers

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

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January 16, 2020

Getting Renewables to the Consumer – PJM and FERC Aren’t Helping

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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January 15, 2020

How the Trump Administration Plans to Gut Our Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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January 15, 2020

You Can Fix #UnhealthyDemocracy in 2020

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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January 15, 2020

Coal Is No Longer a Baseload Resource, So Why Run Plants All Year?

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

January 14, 2020

Ask a Scientist: The Importance of Being a Voter

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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January 14, 2020

William Pendley Should Not Be Acting Administrator of the Bureau of Land Management

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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January 10, 2020

Bushfire-Ravaged Australia Is Crying for Climate Action

Melanie Fitzpatrick

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January 9, 2020

Profiles in Cowardice: Chemicals, Climate, and a Toxic Disregard by the Trump Administration

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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January 9, 2020

A Healthy Resolution: Reclaim Your Democracy in 2020

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

January 7, 2020

Five Reasons Midwestern States Need a Clean Fuel Standard

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

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January 6, 2020

The US Senate Faces a Moral Imperative

Ken Kimmell
Former President

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January 6, 2020

Trump EPA Doing Something to Actually REDUCE Pollution from Trucks

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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January 6, 2020

It’s 2020. Massachusetts Needs to Move Faster on Climate and Clean Energy. Here’s How

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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January 3, 2020

Profiles in Cowardice: EPA’s Abysmal Failure to Protect Children’s Health

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

January 2, 2020

Nine Trendy Words for the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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January 2, 2020

EPA Science Advisors Tear Into Agency’s “Transparency” Proposal

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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December 30, 2019

Baby Shark Cereal and Maple Syrup Collusion: Why Competition in Our Food System Matters

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

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December 23, 2019

Natural Resources Committee Embraces Collaborative Governance

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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December 20, 2019

The US Power Sector’s Decade In Review: Clean Energy Ascendant, Fossil Fuels Intransigent

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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December 20, 2019

As the San Joaquin Valley Grows Hotter, Questions Arise About Future Power Grid Reliability

Jamesine Rogers Gibson
Former Contributor

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