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A woman mounts an American flag to a stack of cinderblocks outside of a destroyed mobile home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina.

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June 1, 2026

It’s Hurricane Season. How Will FEMA Show up This Year?

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

a woman sits in an office reading a piece of paper. in the background, two people sit at desks

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May 21, 2026

Trump Administration Will Ignore Civil Rights Violations in the Workplace

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks at a lectern at the White House with President Trump looking on

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May 13, 2026

Zeldin Is Gutting EPA’s Budget and Mission

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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May 13, 2026

Danger Season Is Here Again, with Triple the Danger for 2026

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

The Washington Monument is in the background of a science-themed protest, with a sign reading REFUND SCIENCE in the foreground.

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April 9, 2026

The Slow Dismantling of American Science (and What We Can Do about It)

UCS Science Network

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April 8, 2026

Transit Privatization Is a Bad Idea. Here’s Why.

Kevin X. Shen
Senior Analyst

President Trump signs an executive order while appointees including Lee Zeldin, Doug Burgum and Chris Wright look on

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March 31, 2026

One Year in, the Anti-Science Agenda of the Trump Administration Is Evident

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

Low angle view of African American lab worker examining machine part while working in a lab.

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March 25, 2026

This Women’s History Month, Make History for Black Women by Resisting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Attacks

Sonja Spears
Chief Justice and Equity Officer

A neon light installation by artist Alicia Eggert in the Smithsonian Institute reads in hot pink lettering: this present moment used to be the unimaginable future.

Gretchen Goldman/UCS (artwork by Alicia Eggert, Smithsonian American Art Museum)

January 15, 2026

The Future Is Not Written. It Is Ours to Create.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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January 15, 2026

One Year of the Trump Administration’s All-Out Assault on Climate and Clean Energy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

a woman holds a small child while another woman gives her an injection

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December 18, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Assault on Vaccines Endangers Us All

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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November 14, 2025

As Week One Winds Down at COP30 in Brazil, What’s at Stake and What’s Ahead

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

a diverse group of 9 people standing in line waiting to vote

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October 30, 2025

With Disinformation and Threats of Prosecution, Trump Administration Targets Elections

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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September 23, 2025

Howard Lutnick’s Record as Commerce Secretary: Banging U-eys

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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August 14, 2025

Ask a Scientist: How Does Documenting Attacks on Science Stop Authoritarians?

Guest Commentary

a scientist in a lab coat, mask, and goggles sorting samples in a lab

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July 24, 2025

From the Courtroom to the Internet, the Fight Over Federal Science Is On

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

Department of Homeland Security

June 12, 2025

5 Actions Needed After President Trump’s FEMA Review Council Meeting

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

President Trump, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other administration officials sit at a table in the White House.

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June 12, 2025

Science Under Fire in Washington

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

A hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center--an office under NOAA--tracks a developing storm on six separate computer monitors.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images

May 22, 2025

One NOAA: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

UCS Science Network

A person walks down a flooded and storm-damaged street in Asheville, North Carolina, post Hurricane Helene.

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May 13, 2025

Trump Administration Attempts Burying Climate Change Evidence to Further Fossil Fuel Agenda

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

City street-Brooklyn rowhouse with apartment for rent sign.

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

April 29, 2025

President Trump’s 100 Days of Federal Housing Policy Chaos

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

Omari Spears/UCS

April 17, 2025

Dear Climate Movement: They’ve Come for Our Climate Science. We Have to Stop Them.

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

An American flag with binary code superimposed over it.

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April 17, 2025

“It Starts with Censorship”: An Interview with Science Defender Lisa Schiff

Pallavi Phartiyal
Vice President of Programs, Policy & Advocacy

NOAA

April 16, 2025

Hey Congress, Please Stand Up to the Trump Administration’s Attacks on NOAA

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director