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October 30, 2025

With Disinformation and Threats of Prosecution, Trump Administration Targets Elections

It looks like the White House may be setting the stage to roll out another attack on the electoral system.

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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October 29, 2025

A House of Dynamite Gets It Right—But Here’s the Full Picture

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

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October 29, 2025

Trucks Cause the Lion’s Share of Road Damage—and Their Industry Wants You to Keep Paying for It

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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Vivian Yang

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Mike Jacobs

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Washington Representative

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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
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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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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December 20, 2019

The Human Side of Nuclear Weapons Issues in the FY20 Defense Bill

Lilly Adams
Senior Outreach Coordinator

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December 20, 2019

Reflections on a Dysfunctional Climate Summit

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

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December 20, 2019

President Trump Badly Losing his War on Federal Funding for Clean Energy

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

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December 19, 2019

UCS Satellite Database Update: More than 2,200 Active Satellites

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

Ricardo Salvador

December 19, 2019

Jane Fonda Is Going to Jail This Weekend. Here’s Why I Joined Her on the Barricades

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

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