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

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March 19, 2026

What a Recent Court Win Reveals About the Trump Administration’s Unlawful Attacks on Climate Science

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

an industrial facility emitting smoke near a river

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March 19, 2026

We (Still) Have the Science on Cumulative Impacts

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

photo of President Trump and members of his cabinet listening to a presentation on the war with Iran in a dark room at Mar-a-Lago; Trump wears a hat with "USA" in large letters, and in the background is a US flag and a screen displaying a map of the Middle East

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March 19, 2026

What Farmers Will Pay for President Trump’s War on Iran

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

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March 18, 2026

Electricity Bills Are High. Trump Administration Policies are Set to Make them Soar.

Julie McNamara
Federal Energy Policy Director

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March 17, 2026

If Confirmed, Will Senator Markwayne Mullin Be DHS’s Next Disaster?

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Jim O'Neill being sworn in by Robert F. Kennedy Jr

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

March 17, 2026

Trump’s Nominee to Run NSF is Unqualified, Conflicted, and a Threat to Science

Julian Reyes
Chief of Staff

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March 12, 2026

EPA, “Common Sense” is Protecting Communities and Workers from Chemical Disasters

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

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March 9, 2026

Rubio’s Promise to “Unleash Chiang” Won’t Land Well in China

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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March 3, 2026

Racial Disparities Already Undermine Elections—but the Threat to Democracy Is Growing

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump shaking hands before a press conference; podiums with the US seal are on both sides of the photo and a blue background prominently features the words "Pursuing Peace"

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February 11, 2026

The United States and Russia Can’t Give Up on Arms Control Now

Tara Drozdenko
Director, Global Security Program

a hand holding a mail ballot and a miniature American flag in front of a yard sign that says "I Voted"

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February 11, 2026

The Trump Administration Is Attacking Democratic Elections

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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February 10, 2026

Trump Administration to Cut Common-Sense Flood Rule that Saves Homes, Lives and Taxpayer Dollars

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

An exterior view of the US Department of Energy building in Washington, DC

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February 10, 2026

Internal DOE Documents Confirm Climate Report Was Created to Justify Administration Policy

UCS Science Network

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February 10, 2026

Words from Minneapolis: In Conversation with UCS Staff on the Ground Amidst ICE’s Aggressive Operations

Guest Commentary

a child in a dentist's chair having their teeth examined by two people in blue scrubs

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February 10, 2026

Is Fluoride the Only Chemical Trump’s EPA Will Strictly Regulate?

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

view of El Palito oil refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

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February 2, 2026

La apropiación ilegal e imperialista del petróleo venezolano por parte del presidente Trump es una apuesta perdida

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

a woman in a research lab looking at test tubes

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January 29, 2026

Science, Innovation, and the National Institutes of Health

Liz Borkowski
Science Network Contributor

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January 28, 2026

Secretary Noem’s Reckless Undermining of FEMA As Well As Her Destructive DHS Agenda Means She Must Go

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

a factory on the horizon with several smokestacks emitting clouds

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January 28, 2026

EPA Cuts People Out of the Picture

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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January 27, 2026

What Americans Lose if Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

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January 27, 2026

How Climate Superfund Bills Use Science to Make Polluters Pay

Carly Phillips
Senior Scientist

cars driving on a highway past a facility with a billowing smokestack

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January 20, 2026

Preserving Community Science in the Face of Attacks

Darya Minovi
Fair Access Research Manager

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

two armed federal agents standing in a cloud of tear gas on a suburban street

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January 14, 2026

Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy