Julie McNamara is a deputy policy director with the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Her research focuses on policies and measures that facilitate a rapid, sustained, and ...

WASHINGTON (February 6, 2025) – Today, a bipartisan group of U.S. representatives introduced the Scientific Integrity (SI) Act. The SI Act is a crucial piece of legislation that would safeguard ...

Juan Declet-Barreto is Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability for the Climate & Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. At UCS, he researches, maps, analyzes, communicates, and ...

WASHINGTON (February 6, 2025)— On behalf of the Trump administration, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leaders notified Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights employees on ...

WASHINGTON—Following the illegal shuttering of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Elon Musk and his “DOGE” representatives have reportedly set their sights on dismantling the ...

WASHINGTON (February 5, 2025)—The Trump administration has placed federal employees working on programs that serve environmental justice communities, including staff from the Environmental Protection ...

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has nominated meteorologist Dr. Neil Jacobs to serve as administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency which operates under ...