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December 16, 2025

The Exploding Scope of the Military-Industrial Complex

Members of both major political parties have begun to question ballooning defense expenditures, which have almost tripled since the 1990s.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
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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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December 19, 2019

Reflections from COP25 in Madrid

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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December 19, 2019

Recent FERC Decision Will Raise Electricity Bills in Illinois

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

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December 19, 2019

The Climate Decade: A Global Crisis Unveiled, a Global Movement Unleashed

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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December 19, 2019

Making the grass GREENER on the other side with H.R. 763

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December 18, 2019

Record 2019 Precipitation in Midwest Financially Crushed Farmers

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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