The Trump Administration

John Quentere Jr. looks at the window sticker of a new 2005 Chevy Blazer at Bredemann Chevrolet in Park Ridge, Illinois.

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August 5, 2025

Trump’s Latest Move to Deny Climate Science and What it Means for Vehicle Standards

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

Community members grieve the lives lost to flooding in Texas' Hill Country at a vigil.

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August 4, 2025

Despite Clear Preferences from Texas Hill Flood Survivors, Uncertainty Looms

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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July 24, 2025

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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July 24, 2025

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

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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July 23, 2025

The Great American Engine Stall: Science Budget Cuts Threaten US Innovation

Melissa L. Finucane
Vice President of Science & Innovation

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July 22, 2025

What Does Trump’s Budget Bill Mean for the Farm Bill?

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

At a 2025 Stand up for Science rally in Boston, a person holds a sign reading "Evidence-Based Outrage"

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July 21, 2025

Six Months In, UCS Is in the Fight for the Long Haul

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

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July 21, 2025

New UCS Analysis Documents Six Months of the Trump Administration’s Destructive Actions

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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July 17, 2025

The Terrible Texas Flood Tragedy Made Worse by Trump Administration’s Dysfunctional FEMA Response

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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July 17, 2025

What We’re Watching: Heat, Floods, and Fires Threaten Multiple US Regions While Fossil Fuel Industry Seeks Legal Immunity

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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July 16, 2025

EPA Moves to Ignore Power Plant Carbon Emissions, Deny Climate Science

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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July 11, 2025

Danger Season Disasters Hit People Hard Even as NOAA, FEMA Still Under Threat from Trump Administration

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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July 2, 2025

Heatwave Exposes How Trump Administration Cuts Endanger Workers and Energy-Burdened Communities

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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June 30, 2025

Schedule F by Another Name Is Still a Threat to Science

Joseph Reed
Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

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June 26, 2025

What We’re Watching: Amid Record Temps, Meager Heat Protections Face Shredding by Trump Administration and Congress

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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June 23, 2025

OSTP Has a Choice to Make: Science or Politics?

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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June 18, 2025

What We’re Watching: Coming Historic Heat Plus Acute Risks Could Make Rest of June a Hot Mess

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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June 13, 2025

In This Knife’s Edge Authoritarian Moment, Say “No Kings” to President Trump

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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

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June 9, 2025

Science Caught in a Rip Tide: How Authoritarianism Sweeps Away Evidence-Based Policy

Melissa L. Finucane
Vice President of Science & Innovation

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June 9, 2025

With Proposed Budget Bill, House Crushes Clean Energy—And Risks Creating an Actual Energy Emergency

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

a woman in a lab coat conducts a scientific test outdoors.

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June 5, 2025

Fool’s Gold: The Trump Administration’s New Executive Order Is a Bad-Faith Attack on Science

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

three scientists in goggles and lab coats conduct experiments.

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May 29, 2025

Trump’s Executive Order Puts Science Under the Thumb of Politics

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst