Second Trump Administration

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February 28, 2025

Political Stunts Worsen Western Water Woes

Juliet Christian-Smith
Former Contributer

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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

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February 24, 2025

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

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

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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

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February 13, 2025

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

Astrid Caldas
Senior Climate Scientist

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

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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

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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
Senior Analyst

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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
Senior Analyst

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
Senior Analyst

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January 23, 2025

Here Comes the Fossil Fuel Agenda

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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