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May 13, 2025

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

Scientists have a role to play in protecting our collective future by speaking in opposition to a resumption of nuclear weapons testing.

Dylan Spaulding
Senior Scientist

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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

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

Liza Gordon-Rogers
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November 20, 2019

Toyota is Siding with Trump – I’m Just One of Many Angry Prius Owners

Jonna Hamilton
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November 19, 2019

Proposed Tax Package Is Critical for Clean Energy Momentum and Progress on Climate

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

FORD MEDIA CENTER

November 19, 2019

With Mustang Mach-E, Ford Promises a Big Step Forward in Electric Cars, But We’ll Have to Wait to See If It’s Real

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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November 19, 2019

DuPont’s Worst Nightmare: “Dark Waters” Speaks the Truth About PFAS Science

Genna Reed
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November 18, 2019

2019 Lancet Countdown US Policy Brief Pieces Together Climate Change’s Public Health Effects

Adrienne Hollis
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November 18, 2019

Why Isn’t California Turning Down the Gas?

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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November 18, 2019

New Analysis Shows Government Lacks Plans to Save Endangered Species from Climate Change

Jacob Carter
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November 15, 2019

Inequitable Exposure to Air Pollution from Vehicles in Maryland

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Senior Vehicles Engineer

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November 15, 2019

The Terrible Thing about EPA’s Restricted Science Rule that We Aren’t Talking About

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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November 15, 2019

Ultrafine Particles are an Emerging Environmental Health Risk

UCS Science Network

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November 14, 2019

Dubious Advice: Bears Ears, National Park Campgrounds, and the Rise of Captured Committees

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

Energy efficiency investments provide benefits to all ratepayers. That's why all utilities should be required to meet a minimum standard for investment in this important resource. (credit: Shutterstock.com/Kzenon)

November 14, 2019

Do You Live in the Most Energy Efficient State? Here Are the Winners

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

November 14, 2019

Notable Moments from the Hearing on EPA’s Proposal to Sideline Science

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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November 13, 2019

Illinois Must Act on Clean Energy in 2020

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

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November 13, 2019

Facing Climate Change on US Farms: An Urgent Need for Science-Based Policy

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

EPA

November 12, 2019

Five Things to Yell About in the EPA’s New Opaque “Transparency” Supplemental Rule

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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November 12, 2019

East Boston, una subestación controvertida y oportunidades ante la crisis climática

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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November 12, 2019

East Boston, a Controversial Substation and Opportunities Ahead

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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November 12, 2019

Updated Restricted Science Rule Spells Reanalysis Paralysis for the EPA

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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November 12, 2019

TCI is a Strategy to Enforce Limits on Transportation Pollution

Daniel Gatti
Former contributor

Kenneth Dryden of the Delaware Concerned Residents for Environmental Justice and a former Southbridge resident leads a tour of toxic facilities to teach scientists and community members about the dangers of local air pollution.

November 12, 2019

Ask a Scientist: Science in Service to Community Health

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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November 12, 2019

Our Unhealthy Democracy: A New Report and a Call to Action

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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Chevrolet PRESSROOM

November 12, 2019

While GM Fights Stronger Standards, Its Chevy Malibu Proves It Can Meet Them

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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November 11, 2019

The EPA’s Move to Handcuff Scientists Will Sicken and Kill People

Michael Halpern
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