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June 26, 2025

We Need Sound Policy Informed by Science. The Trump Administration Is Undermining it.

With a name like “gold standard science,” you might expect the Trump administration’s guidelines on federal science to be awesome. They’re not.

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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June 26, 2025

Maine Commits to 100% Clean Electricity by 2040

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

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June 25, 2025

What Are the Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence?

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
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August 30, 2019

Hurricane Dorian: What the Presidential Candidates—and All of Us—Need to Know

Kristy Dahl
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August 29, 2019

How Can I Choose My Electricity? Options that Make a Difference Personally and Nationally

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

August 29, 2019

Women Scientists Form a Policy Advocacy Network in the Mid-Atlantic

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August 28, 2019

Up Close with California’s Power Grid Operator

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

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August 28, 2019

States March toward 100% Clean Energy–Who’s Next?

Jeff Deyette
Director of State Policy and Analysis

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August 27, 2019

Is this Michigan Utility’s Resource Plan the Worst Ever?

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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August 27, 2019

Time is Not on Our Side for Expert Review of Restricted Science Rule

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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August 26, 2019

The $2.5 Billion Question Waiting at FERC

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

August 26, 2019

“More Nukes” Will Not Make Anyone Safer

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

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August 26, 2019

Coal Power Trends: Visualizing the Decline of America’s Dirtiest Fuel

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

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August 23, 2019

8 Times Your Voice has been Silenced by the Trump Administration

Anita Desikan
Former Staff

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August 23, 2019

AB 5 is an Opportunity to Protect Workers and the Environment

Jason Barbose
Former Contributor

August 22, 2019

Facing Uncertain Future, Puffins Adapt to Survive Climate Change

Derrick Z. Jackson
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August 22, 2019

EPA Administrator Wheeler Worsens Particulate Pollution Review Process

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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August 21, 2019

On Mental Health and Guns, Experts Ordered Not to Contradict President Trump’s Lies

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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August 21, 2019

Economics, Equity, and Climate Change: Back to School on Climate Economics

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August 21, 2019

Why Did the Pentagon Conduct a Treaty-Violating Test?

David Wright
Former Contributor

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August 19, 2019

Amazon Deforestation and Brazilian President Bolsonaro’s Attack on Science

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August 16, 2019

The Scientific Integrity Act and the Importance of Storytelling in Science Communication

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

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August 16, 2019

Now’s the Time for California to Start Planning for Self-Driving Cars

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

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August 15, 2019

More Charging Infrastructure Coming for Electric Trucks and Buses in California

Jimmy O'Dea
Former Contributor

August 13, 2019

As Global Warming Increases, Is There an Upper Limit to How Much Additional Water Vapor The Atmosphere Can Hold?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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August 12, 2019

The Trump Administration Dismantles Endangered Species Protections as Sixth Mass Extinction Crisis Looms

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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August 9, 2019

Maunakea and the Need to Indigenize Astronomy

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