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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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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

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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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