Second Trump Administration

satellite photo of the continental United States with the rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri watershed highlighted; all the rivers eventually drain into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana

NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

David Ryder/Getty Images

July 31, 2025

What We’re Watching: Endangered in Danger Season

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

A person wipes sweat from their face with a cloth in Manhattan in July 2025, during a heat wave in which 'feels-like' temperatures were above 100 degrees.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

July 30, 2025

Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

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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 scientist in a lab coat, mask, and goggles sorting samples in a lab

CDC / Unsplash

July 24, 2025

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

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

A tourist catches her breath after climbing the steps at the Lincoln Memorial during a heatwave.

Nathan Howard/Getty Images

July 24, 2025

What We’re Watching: Climate and Political Whiplash

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Close up on a car dashboard cluster with the check engine warning light on indicating a car failure.

matsou/Getty Images

July 23, 2025

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

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

photo of the US Capitol set against a blue sky, with the US flag waving in the breeze

drnadig/Getty Images

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"

Omari Spears/UCS

July 21, 2025

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

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

Rene DeAnda / Unsplash

July 21, 2025

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

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

US Air Force/Jonathan R. Mallard

July 17, 2025

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

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images

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

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

July 16, 2025

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

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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

photo of Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi shaking hands and posing for the camera in front of their nation's flags during a 2015 meeting

Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

July 8, 2025

What China’s Approach to Iran Tells Us About Its Foreign Policy

Robert Rust
China Analyst

Brandon Bell/Getty Images

July 7, 2025

Seven Things You Need to Know About the Texas Flash Flood Tragedy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Brady Watson

July 7, 2025

Trump Administration Actions Could Make Hurricane Helene’s Impacts Worse for Asheville

Brady Watson
Senior Campaign Coordinator

A great blue heron catches a white perch on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

Derrick Z. Jackson

July 7, 2025

Administration Cuts Would Leave No Refuge for the Wildlife Refuges

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

Researchers monitor severe weather on their computers

Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images

July 3, 2025

NOAA’s Weather and Climate Science Is Under Relentless Attack from Trump Administration. Will Congress Stand Up for Us?

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

wayhomestudio/Freepik

July 2, 2025

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

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

A scientist explains their research on wildfires at a public science fair in New York City in 2023.

Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images

July 1, 2025

Scientists IN Society: From Isolation to Engagement

UCS Science Network

a view of the White House from the National Mall.

Rene DeAnda / Unsplash

June 30, 2025

Schedule F by Another Name Is Still a Threat to Science

Joseph Reed
Policy Director, Center for Science and Democracy

photo of US negotiators on the left side of a table and Iranian negotiators on the right side; the two countries' flags stand at the head of the table and light in shining into the high-ceiling room from two large windows above the flags

US Department of State

June 26, 2025

The US Attack on Iran May Have Damaged Disarmament Efforts More Than Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

The front façade of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.

Yuhan Zhang/Wikipedia

June 26, 2025

We Need Sound Policy Informed by Science. The Trump Administration Is Undermining It.

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS