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

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February 13, 2025

President Trump and Musk’s Onslaught Reminds Me of Brazil’s Dictatorship

Astrid Caldas
Former Contributer

Voters line up at a polling place in Atlanta, Georgia.

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February 13, 2025

Voter Access Would Be Threatened by New Bills

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

February 12, 2025

A Day Without NOAA, a Day Without the National Weather Service?

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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February 6, 2025

The Trump Administration Is Targeting Science. The Scientific Integrity Act Could Help Protect It.

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

Gretchen Goldman/UCS

February 6, 2025

Science at the Table: The Importance of Federal Advisory Committees in Policymaking

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

a cleanup crew monitors a field near the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment site.

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February 6, 2025

What’s Happened in the Two Years Since the East Palestine Disaster?

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump at a press conference during their 2018 summit; they stand at separate podiums bearing the label "Helsinki 2018" and with Russian and US flags behind them. Putin is speaking and Trump is listening to him

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February 5, 2025

The Clock Is Ticking on New START Expiration—and a Nuclear Arms Race

Tara Drozdenko
Director, Global Security Program

People take part in the March For Science after a rally on the National Mall on April 14, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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February 4, 2025

Dear Federal Scientists: Please Don’t Give Up

UCS Science Network

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February 4, 2025

Meta Ends Fact-Checking, Raising Risks of Disinformation to Democracy

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

UCS President Gretchen Goldman holds a sign at the AAAS Stand Up for Science Rally in Boston in 2017.

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February 3, 2025

As the New President of UCS, I’m Ready to Get to Work

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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January 30, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Lead US Public Health Agencies

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

President Trump sits in the Oval Office and holds up an executive order.

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January 30, 2025

How Science Has Fared in the First Two Weeks of the New Trump Administration

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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January 29, 2025

As Extreme Weather Intensifies, FEMA Needs Competent Leadership and Funding

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

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January 29, 2025

What the Federal Health Agency Gag Order Means for Public Health

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

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January 23, 2025

Here Comes the Fossil Fuel Agenda

Julie McNamara
Federal Energy Policy Director

Brooke Rollins stands at a podium with a presidential seal on it and speaks to an unseen audience through a microphone; behind her are a group of people including Donald Trump, and a set of four US flags

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January 21, 2025

Trump’s Pick to Lead the USDA, Brooke Rollins, Is Inexperienced, Anti-Science, and Extremist

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

A woman holds up a sign reading "no human is illegal" at a 2017 protest in Miami.

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January 17, 2025

Mass Deportation Is an Inhumane Policy and Bad for the United States

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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January 17, 2025

The Trump Administration Playbook Likely to Target Science and Scientists—We’re Ready to Fight Back

Pallavi Phartiyal
Vice President of Programs, Policy & Advocacy

photo of a pair of hands picking strawberries on a farm and placing them in stack of crates; each crate is labeled "strawberries"

Lance Cheung/USDA

January 16, 2025

Cruel Trump Deportation Plan Will Hurt Farmers, Food Workers, and All of Us

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Attendees at a protest for transit justice.

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January 16, 2025

Will Environmental Justice Grants Disappear in the Next Administration?

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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

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January 15, 2025

Musk and Ramaswamy’s DOGE Strategy: Bully Federal Scientists

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

UCSUSA

January 15, 2025

What Does “Best Available Science” Mean?

Carly Phillips
Senior Scientist

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January 14, 2025

Trump’s Pick for Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, Is Wrong on Purpose. Here Are the Facts.

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program