Tag Archive for "Project 2025" - Union of Concerned Scientists

US Senator Jeff Merkley, speaks during a hearing with Russell Vought, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing to examine the President's fiscal year 2027 budget proposal in Capitol Hill on April 16, 2026.

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June 9, 2026

The President’s FY27 Budget Request: More Bad News For Science

UCS Science Network

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks as he sits at a table

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June 2, 2026

EPA Leadership Strip the Agency of Its Ability to Protect Us from Toxic Chemicals

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

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March 26, 2026

Big Oil Borrowing from Gun Industry’s Playbook: Blanket Immunity to Protect Profits

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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

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August 26, 2025

Big Oil Has Been Lying to Us for Decades: Don’t Let It off the Hook

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

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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

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

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May 22, 2025

One NOAA: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

UCS Science Network

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May 22, 2025

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Pursuing a Liability Waiver

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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April 21, 2025

Why Congress Must Block a Liability Waiver for the Fossil Fuel Industry

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

NOAA

April 16, 2025

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

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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March 24, 2025

The Illegal Trump Scheme to Have Agencies Obliterate Critical Rules and Safeguards

Julie McNamara
Federal Energy Policy Director

NOAA

March 21, 2025

The Theft, Harm, and Presidential Grift of Privatizing the National Weather Service

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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February 5, 2025

Russell Vought Is a Dangerous Choice to Head OMB. Congress Should Vote No on His Nomination.

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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January 23, 2025

Here Comes the Fossil Fuel Agenda

Julie McNamara
Federal Energy Policy Director

Female scientist reading notebook next to microscope in lab.

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January 20, 2025

An Open Letter to Federal Science Workers in the Second Trump Administration

Chitra Kumar
Former Contributer

USEPA/Eric Vance

January 16, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Plans to Fire Federal Science Workers Is Not a Done Deal

Taylor Pendergrass
Director, Policy & Advocacy

wind turbine towers under construction inside a plant

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December 16, 2024

The Real Scam: Rail Against Renewables, Run Away with Factories

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

Cleanup workers walk along debris on Ft. Myers Beach, FL.

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December 11, 2024

Key Questions for HUD Nominee Ahead of Confirmation Hearing

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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November 25, 2024

Oil and Gas Industry’s Mating Call Strikes a Sour Note

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

A billboard truck calling for Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself in the case that eventually overturned the Chevron Doctrine passes in front of the US Capitol building in 2023, before the case was heard.

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November 22, 2024

Roundup: White House Releases Scientific Integrity Progress Report

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

black and white photo of demonstrators marching hand in hand in New York City in 1982, under a large banner reading "Freeze the arms race"

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November 20, 2024

We Need to Prevent a New Era of Nuclear Weapons Testing

Jennifer Knox
Policy & Research Analyst

A shot from above of voters standing in a line, with an American flag in the foreground

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November 19, 2024

How Project 2025 Would Endanger Our Elections

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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November 13, 2024

We Need a Strong and Independent NOAA to Protect Our Lives and Homes from Climate Change

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability