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July 30, 2025

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

It’s hot and getting hotter. But climate action is cool.

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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July 29, 2025

Why More Frequent Wildfires and Extreme Rainfall Are a Particularly Perilous Combo

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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January 22, 2020

One Way to Boost Renewables? Let Flexible Demand Lend a Helping Hand

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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January 22, 2020

When It’s Migratory Birds vs. the Trump Administration, the Birds Die

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

White House

January 21, 2020

Secretary Perdue and the Trump Administration See Environmental Regulation as a Weapon. That’s Not Just Dumb, It’s Dangerous.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

January 17, 2020

EPA Science Advisory Board Should Keep Pushing EPA to Adhere to the Best Available Science

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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January 17, 2020

Expect Low Carbs and Low Credibility at Next Week’s Dietary Guidelines Meeting

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

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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

UCS Science Network

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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

EPA

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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