Tag Archive for "Second Trump Administration" - Union of Concerned Scientists

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March 25, 2025

My City Got Disaster Recovery Money, Now What?

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

A demonstrator holds a sign that says EPA within a hand-drawn heart, in a federal building in Washington, DC this February.

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March 25, 2025

The EPA’s Research Office Launched My Career. Now It’s in Danger.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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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

A close-up of the top of a graduation cap that reads "right here is a future nurse," from a photo taken at commencement for Bowie State University in Maryland, a Historically Black College/University.

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March 20, 2025

The Threats to Higher Education: A Call to Action

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

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March 19, 2025

One Month of RFK Jr.: Empty “MAHA” Promises Hide Attacks on Public Health

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

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March 13, 2025

What Does Science Have to Do with the Price of Eggs?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Researchers monitor severe weather on their computers

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March 12, 2025

A Hundred Attacks and Counting: What Happened to Federal Science in February

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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March 10, 2025

We Are Charting a Path for Science in the Trump Era

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

aerial photo looking down on a green tractor pulling fertilization equipment through a cornfield. The tractor's path has left a pattern of intersecting lines in the dirt.

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March 6, 2025

Farmers Will Pay More for Fertilizer Because of President Trump’s Tariffs

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

President Trump, in the Oval Office, holds up a signed executive order

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March 6, 2025

Trump Administration Extends Its Attempted Power Grab with Executive Orders

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

President Trump signs an executive order at the White House.

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March 6, 2025

President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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March 5, 2025

Musk Is Pushing the Great American Innovation Machine to the Brink

Julie McNamara
Federal Energy Policy Director

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March 4, 2025

US South’s March Wildfires Signal Risks of a Dangerous Spring Fire Season

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

House Committee on Oversight

March 3, 2025

What UCS Said at the Congressional Hearing on ‘Opportunities to Strengthen US Energy Reliability’

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

A senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center works on tracking Hurricane Beryl in 2024.

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March 3, 2025

What Does NOAA Do for Us, and How Can We Defend It?

UCS Science Network

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February 28, 2025

Political Stunts Worsen Western Water Woes

Juliet Christian-Smith
Former Contributer

black and white photo of four smokestacks viewed from far below; smoke billows up into the sky from each one

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February 27, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Deletion of Environmental Justice Data Does Real Harm

Stacy Woods
Research Director

US President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk past rows of Chinese soldiers standing at attention holding rifles and wearing dress white uniforms

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February 25, 2025

Can China and the United States Cooperate Under Trump 2.0?

Robert Rust
China Analyst

An aerial view of people driving and wading on a flooded residential neighborhood street after heavy rain in December 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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February 25, 2025

FEMA and HUD Firings: the Newest Tactic to Politicize Disaster Aid

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

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February 25, 2025

Congress, and All of Us, Will Reckon with Budget Reconciliation This Year

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

photo of Elon Musk on stage at a rally of the Conservative Political Action Committee. Dressed in all black and wearing sunglasses, Musk smiles as he holds a chainsaw over his head with both hands

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February 24, 2025

USDA Inspector General Firing Is Another Misuse of Musk’s Grotesque Power

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Environmental justice activists hold a protest in East Chicago, Indiana

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February 19, 2025

The Trump Administration Is Waging an Attack on Environmental Health and Fair Representation

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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February 18, 2025

The Endangerment Finding Is in Danger. Will EPA’s Zeldin Uphold Climate Science?

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director