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

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May 21, 2026

The Trump Administration Threatens NOAA—Again—as Extreme Weather Looms

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

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

Vitaly Gariev / Unsplash

May 21, 2026

Trump Administration Will Ignore Civil Rights Violations in the Workplace

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

Julian Reyes

May 14, 2026

Ask A Scientist: How Do We Save US Forest Service from President Trump’s Restructuring?

Michelle Rama-Poccia
Bilingual Writer and Podcast Host

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

Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images

May 13, 2026

Zeldin Is Gutting EPA’s Budget and Mission

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

Left: Mike McMillan/USFS, center: Tomas Castelazo/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0, right: NASA

May 13, 2026

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

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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May 7, 2026

Documents Show Real Reason Why the White House Wants to Break Up NCAR

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

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May 6, 2026

Smokey’s Last Stand: What We Lose When President Trump Guts the Forest Service

Julian Reyes
Chief of Staff

photo of a Taiwanese navy ship docked in a harbor with rocky hills rising up in the background and the blurry image of a soldier standing guard in the foreground

Annabelle Chih/Getty Images

May 5, 2026

Iran and Taiwan: A Tale of Two Straits

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

A wind turbine from the South Fork offshore wind farm on the East Coast glows brilliantly in the sun, set against a bright blue sky.

Omari Spears/UCS

April 29, 2026

New Records Set in the Renewable Energy Marathon

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

an exterior shot of the National Science Foundation building in Washington, DC

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April 26, 2026

Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

April 9, 2026

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

UCS Science Network

photo of numerous white storage tanks labeled "Anhydrous Ammonia: Inhalation Hazard" in the foreground; a warehouse and white silos are in the background

Joe Raedle/Getty Images

April 9, 2026

Ask a Scientist: Are Farmers Wasting Money on Fertilizer?

Guest Commentary

photo of the Artemis II launch; many people are watching in the foreground, across a body of water from the launch site, and a US flag flaps in the breeze

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

April 9, 2026

The United States Can Still Reach the Stars. President Trump’s New Budget Can’t.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Shot from a panel discussion "When Housing is Out of Reach" at National Low Income Housing Coalition’s (NLIHC) annual Housing Policy Forum in Washington, DC, March 2026. Alicia Race.

National Low Income Housing Coalition’s (NLIHC) annual Housing Policy Forum in Washington, DC, March 2026. Alicia Race.

April 8, 2026

Top 3 Takeaways from the National Low Income Housing Coalition Housing Policy Forum

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

USDA National Agricultural Library

April 7, 2026

Smokey Knows: President Trump’s Forest Service Restructuring Is Bad News

Julian Reyes
Chief of Staff

Firefighter battling 2020 El Dorado Fire, California.

San Bernardino County Fire/Wikimedia Commons

April 6, 2026

Climate Change Is a Significant Driver of More Dangerous Wildfire Seasons

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

A blue sign reading NOTICE is attached to a fence in front of a coal-fired power plant spewing emissions into a gray sky over Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Under President Trump, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin revoked a finding that carbon dioxide emissions are hazardous to human health.

Jon Cherry/Getty Images

March 31, 2026

Despite What This EPA Says, Enforcement under Trump Has Dropped

UCS Science Network

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

Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images

March 31, 2026

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

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

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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

Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images

March 25, 2026

Democracy Depends on Science—So Scientists Need to Show Up for Democracy

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

A park ranger checks in with a visitor at a checkpoint for a road closed due to flooding in Yosemite Valley, in a photo from 2023.

Mario Tama/Getty Images

March 24, 2026

We’re Suing the Trump Administration for Removing Science, History from Our National Parks

Julian Reyes
Chief of Staff

photo of President Trump sitting at a table and speaking into a microphone while reading from notes; to his left Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins also appears to be reading notes while putting a hand on Trump's shoulder and smiling; a US flag is in the background

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

March 23, 2026

Why Linking Data Systems at Trump’s USDA Isn’t Enough. (And Might Be a Disaster for Farmers.)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

photo of a US military vehicle being driven by a soldier in the foreground, passing by a grandstand where President Trump watches along with his wife, secretary of defense, and others

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

March 23, 2026

Trump’s Proposed Military Spending Would Be a “Bloody New Deal”

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

photo of an Iranian woman dressed in black and wearing a face mask sitting in front of a pile of rubble and a bombed-out building in the background

Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

March 19, 2026

The US–Israeli History Behind Their War Against Iran

Sara Al-Sayed
Kendall Fellow