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CARTOON OF THE MONTH: When politics takes the lens, science gets distorted.
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Sending taxpayer-funded ships on taxpayer-funded missions to essentially unplug functional taxpayer-funded ocean monitoring systems is baffling, writes @erikasiegfried of @UCSUSA. commondreams.org/opinion/cli…
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An attempt to dispose of Manhattan Project radioactive waste in Southeast Michigan highlights the need for the US Army Corps of Engineers to lean into more transparent practices, writes Chanese A. Forté of @UCSUSA.
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CARTOON OF THE MONTH: It’s looking like a déjà vu.
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CARTOON OF THE MONTH: Discard immediately. No refills.
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The Trump admin & DHS Sec #Noem are continuing their ongoing assault on #FEMA with reports of major cuts to FEMA staff, which will put people’s lives and well-being at risk when disasters strike. Congress — we have a problem & oversight is needed ASAP. washingtonpost.com/weather/2…
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18 Nov 2025
🧵WATCH: Movement leaders from the U.S. speak at #COP30 about resisting the Trump administration’s escalating attacks on working families and our climate with solidarity care for our communities.
@uscan @MNIPL @SoutheastClimate @scennetwork1 @UCSUSA
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20 Nov 2025
Who’s surprised? #DHS Sec. #KristiNoem changes draft FEMA review council report. Former #FEMA head Cameron Hamilton asks blunt Q. “What degree of confidence do you have that the report that you submit to DHS will be what is submitted to the president?”
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28 Oct 2025
No country—not even the United States—can stop global climate action AND it will take a lot of countries acting together to tackle this problem at the scale and with the urgency required, says Rachel Cleetus of @UCSUSA. commondreams.org/opinion/exc…
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26 Oct 2025
"A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is required viewing for anyone who wants to understand the systematic risks -- and the human stakes -- of the nuclear weapons complex." - @UCSUSA
Read more: blog.ucs.org/jknox/five-thin…
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21 Oct 2025
Join us THIS Thursday to discuss “Science in a shifting political landscape.”
Darya Minovi & Dr. Kristie Ellickson @UCSUSA & Dr. Rashmi Joglekar @UCSF_PRHE will explore how current attacks on science are undermining research & public health.
RSVP: healthandenvironment.org/che…
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Union of Concerned Scientists retweeted
9 Oct 2025
"The wealthiest companies are building extraordinarily expensive data centers that you & I are subsidizing." @UCSUSA's new policy brief walks through this problem & provides recs for several ways to assign the new costs to the customers that cause them.
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Union of Concerned Scientists retweeted
29 Sep 2025
NEW REPORT: In 2024, utilities in 7 PJM states charged ratepayers $4.3 billion for local transmission upgrades built to provide transmission-level service to data centers. ucs.org/sites/default/files/…
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24 Sep 2025
"A recent study with @UCSUSA found that the Trump administration in the first 6 months has attacked science around 400 times." ⚠️
Climate scientist Carlos Martinez tells us more about the state of science in the #USA at The Climate Hub.
#climateweeknyc #MakeScienceGreatAgain
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📢 Ready to put science into action? Join #SACNAS Sept 24 for Intro to #SciComm & Advocacy with @UCSUSA
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Union of Concerned Scientists retweeted
11 Aug 2025
As we saw earlier this year in Eaton and Palisades fires, CA residents continuously face dangerous wildfires made worse by climate change. Thank you to those who shared their stories at our Extreme Weather People's Hearing in LA and spoke out against Trump’s #ClimateChaosPlan.
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Union of Concerned Scientists retweeted
12 Aug 2025
A new report written by climate science deniers hand-picked by Trump Energy Secretary Wright is packed with cherry-picked data and is being used to dismantle climate protections—to the benefit of polluters. (1/2)
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Union of Concerned Scientists retweeted
22 Jul 2025
1/9. A House Oversight subcommittee is holding a #nuclear power hearing today. The first order of business must be to investigate how the troubling takeover of the formerly independent @NRCgov by the executive branch is jeopardizing nuclear safety and security. For example:
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