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The authoritarian, violent, and anti-science actions of the Trump admin over the past week show clear contempt for democracy and the public good, endangering people in the US and around the world.
Congress must uphold its constitutional responsibility and hold the administration accountable.
Congress must uphold its constitutional responsibility and hold the administration accountable.
January 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The authoritarian, violent, and anti-science actions of the Trump admin over the past week show clear contempt for democracy and the public good, endangering people in the US and around the world.
Congress must uphold its constitutional responsibility and hold the administration accountable.
Congress must uphold its constitutional responsibility and hold the administration accountable.
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“President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the bedrock global treaty to tackle climate change is a new low and yet another a sign that this authoritarian, anti-science administration is determined to sacrifice people’s well-being and destabilize global cooperation."
Read UCS Statement:
Read UCS Statement:
Trump Sinks to New Low by Announcing US Withdrawal from 66 International Organizations, Including UNFCCC and IPCC
President Trump announced today that he is removing the United States from the UNFCCC and IPCC, as well as 64 other entities or U.N. organizations. Statements by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
www.ucs.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:33 AM
“President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the bedrock global treaty to tackle climate change is a new low and yet another a sign that this authoritarian, anti-science administration is determined to sacrifice people’s well-being and destabilize global cooperation."
Read UCS Statement:
Read UCS Statement:
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. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
Emails outline potential cuts affecting thousands of FEMA disaster responders
Any FEMA terminations are likely to come in waves, according to three people familiar with the plans.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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When science is sidelined, children get hurt. In his latest anti-science move, RFK Jr. ignored overwhelming scientific evidence, bypassed the established review process for vaccine recommendations, and all but guaranteed that more children will get sick.
US cuts the number of vaccines recommended for every child, a move slammed by physicians
The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child — leaving other immunizations, such as flu shots, open to families to choose but without c...
apnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
When science is sidelined, children get hurt. In his latest anti-science move, RFK Jr. ignored overwhelming scientific evidence, bypassed the established review process for vaccine recommendations, and all but guaranteed that more children will get sick.
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#NOAA released the 2025 Arctic Report Card this morning and it’s clear that fossil fueled climate change is having an alarming effect on the vital signs of this unique, crucial region of the world. (🧵)
Report Card - NOAA Arctic
Arctic Report CardTracking recent environmental changes relative to historical records . Archive of Previous Report Cards and Videos 2025 Arctic Report Card Video What’s New in 2025? Twenty years of t...
arctic.noaa.gov
December 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#NOAA released the 2025 Arctic Report Card this morning and it’s clear that fossil fueled climate change is having an alarming effect on the vital signs of this unique, crucial region of the world. (🧵)
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"One bright spot from COP30 was the launch of the Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change, which 20 countries from Austria to Uruguay have now signed. Here’s to a 2026 in which we continue to fight for that right, ever more effectively, together."
Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science
What I wrote in the UNESCO report on World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development.
blog.ucs.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"One bright spot from COP30 was the launch of the Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change, which 20 countries from Austria to Uruguay have now signed. Here’s to a 2026 in which we continue to fight for that right, ever more effectively, together."
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Michigan communities can breathe easier this winter knowing that the state just streamlined the process to connect affordable and reliable clean energy, thanks to an update to utility DTE’s interconnection procedures. UCS’s Lee Shaver explains what this means in a new blog post:
A Smarter Interconnection Process Builds Momentum for Clean Energy in Michigan
Michigan communities can breathe easier this winter knowing that the state just streamlined the process to connect affordable and reliable clean energy to power the state forward, thanks to an update to utility DTE’s interconnection procedures.
blog.ucs.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Michigan communities can breathe easier this winter knowing that the state just streamlined the process to connect affordable and reliable clean energy, thanks to an update to utility DTE’s interconnection procedures. UCS’s Lee Shaver explains what this means in a new blog post:
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"Deliberately dismantling an institution so central to weather forecasting and climate change prediction would not only undermine scientific research, it would leave people across the nation less prepared for the dangers of a warming world." Said @carlonimbus.bsky.social.
Devastating and dangerous blow to the weather and climate community tonight, as 20,000 earth and space scientists meet at #AGU25.
New @ucs.org statement from @carlonimbus.bsky.social on the Trump administration plans to dismantle @ncar-ucar.bsky.social:
www.ucs.org/about/news/t...
New @ucs.org statement from @carlonimbus.bsky.social on the Trump administration plans to dismantle @ncar-ucar.bsky.social:
www.ucs.org/about/news/t...
Trump Administration Threatens to Dismantle Leading Climate and Weather Research Center
The Trump administration is threatening to dismantle one of the U.S.’ leading weather and climate research institutions.
www.ucs.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"Deliberately dismantling an institution so central to weather forecasting and climate change prediction would not only undermine scientific research, it would leave people across the nation less prepared for the dangers of a warming world." Said @carlonimbus.bsky.social.
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Consider signing up for this exciting hybrid workshop on Climate and AI in January! I'm excited to speak on one of the panels with @eabarnes.bsky.social and Amelia Cook, moderated by Katie Dagon
www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEP...
www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEP...
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Consider signing up for this exciting hybrid workshop on Climate and AI in January! I'm excited to speak on one of the panels with @eabarnes.bsky.social and Amelia Cook, moderated by Katie Dagon
www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEP...
www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEP...
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Update — I just received this statement from a DHS spokesperson about hiring conspiracy theorist Gregg Phillips to lead FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery:
December 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Update — I just received this statement from a DHS spokesperson about hiring conspiracy theorist Gregg Phillips to lead FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery:
Trump Taps Conspiracy Theorist With No Official Experience to Top Disaster Response Job www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-taps-conspiracy-theorist-gregg-phillips-with-no-official-experience-to-top-disaster-response-job/ via
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Trump Taps Conspiracy Theorist With No Official Experience to Top Disaster Response Job
Election denier Gregg Phillips is being tapped to overhaul FEMA’s operations.
thedailybeast.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Trump Taps Conspiracy Theorist With No Official Experience to Top Disaster Response Job www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-taps-conspiracy-theorist-gregg-phillips-with-no-official-experience-to-top-disaster-response-job/ via
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Why were there fewer hurricanes than usual in 2025? And why were they so strong? Could 2025 be just an abnormal year, or was 2025 a glimpse of future hurricane seasons more significantly influenced by fossil fuel-caused #ClimateChange? @marc-alessi.bsky.social breaks it down:
bit.ly/3MsiZUR
bit.ly/3MsiZUR
More Powerful Hurricanes but Less Frequent: Was 2025 Hurricane Season a Glimpse of the Future?
Why we can expect stronger hurricanes in a climate-changed world.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Why were there fewer hurricanes than usual in 2025? And why were they so strong? Could 2025 be just an abnormal year, or was 2025 a glimpse of future hurricane seasons more significantly influenced by fossil fuel-caused #ClimateChange? @marc-alessi.bsky.social breaks it down:
bit.ly/3MsiZUR
bit.ly/3MsiZUR
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The Trump admin’s FEMA review council convenes Dec. 11 to discuss and vote on draft report recommendations. In her blog, UCS’s Shana Udvardy explains what to expect, including major concerns that the council will ignore the realities of climate change and the effects of Sec. Noem’s interference.
Secretary Noem's FEMA Review Council Report Likely to Continue President Trump's Heartless Policies
Secretary Noem's interference with FEMA Review Council Report is just the latest Trump Administration attack on the nation's disaster policy
blog.ucs.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Trump admin’s FEMA review council convenes Dec. 11 to discuss and vote on draft report recommendations. In her blog, UCS’s Shana Udvardy explains what to expect, including major concerns that the council will ignore the realities of climate change and the effects of Sec. Noem’s interference.
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Trying to bury the evidence on climate change only serves to boost the profits of fossil fuel polluters, while harming the rest of us.
Trump Administration Attempts Burying Climate Change Evidence to Further Fossil Fuel Agenda
If there aren't government records of climate change, is climate change still happening? (Yes.)
blog.ucs.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Trying to bury the evidence on climate change only serves to boost the profits of fossil fuel polluters, while harming the rest of us.
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Key US climate change indicators were also scrubbed from EPA webpages, including data and maps on changes in temperature, drought, and heavy precipitation over the last few decades. These webpages can be found on Wayback Machine:
web.archive.org/web/20251004...
web.archive.org/web/20251004...
December 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Key US climate change indicators were also scrubbed from EPA webpages, including data and maps on changes in temperature, drought, and heavy precipitation over the last few decades. These webpages can be found on Wayback Machine:
web.archive.org/web/20251004...
web.archive.org/web/20251004...
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The Trump administration has removed scientific data and climate change information from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) webpages, including all references to human activities driving climate change.
EPA’s Climate Science Erasure Part of Trump Administration’s Agenda to Boost Fossil Fuels, Harm People
A statement by Dr. Rachel Cleetus, senior policy director for the Climate and Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists on EPA's removal of scientific data and climate change information.
www.ucs.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Trump administration has removed scientific data and climate change information from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) webpages, including all references to human activities driving climate change.
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?”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Noem at odds with Trump-appointed panel over future of FEMA
Instead of further shrinking and dismantling FEMA, the FEMA Review Council wants to make it more independent.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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?”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump’s FEMA director — the guy who replaced the YouTuber — just quit.
FEMA has now been leaderless for over a year.
This is what failure looks like.
FEMA has now been leaderless for over a year.
This is what failure looks like.
Breaking news: David Richardson resigned as acting head of FEMA.
Richardson was known for frequently being inaccessible, including during the early hours of the flood disaster in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend.
Richardson was known for frequently being inaccessible, including during the early hours of the flood disaster in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend.
FEMA head resigns. Richardson had been hard to reach during Texas floods.
David Richardson resigned Monday after a brief tenure leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Trump’s FEMA director — the guy who replaced the YouTuber — just quit.
FEMA has now been leaderless for over a year.
This is what failure looks like.
FEMA has now been leaderless for over a year.
This is what failure looks like.
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Erika Spanger from UCS explains how climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa and what it means for people in its path.
"Let’s not forget that there are those to hold accountable for disasters like this: the policymakers and fossil fuel companies who have long obstructed climate action, lied about climate science, and left communities to face the destruction of extreme disasters."
Hurricane Melissa Is a Monster Climate Change-Fueled Hurricane: Here’s What to Know
This is the third Category 5 hurricane this year.
blog.ucs.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Erika Spanger from UCS explains how climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa and what it means for people in its path.
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"At a moment when climate impacts are accelerating and disinformation is eroding trust in science, the work here continues steadfast, and that is no small feat." Read Dr. Delta Merner's blog from the IPCC meeting in Lima, Peru.
Inside the IPCC Meeting in Lima: Global Climate Science Still Matters
As climate impacts intensify and political polarization deepens, maintaining a shared, science-based foundation for global decision-making is essential.
blog.ucs.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"At a moment when climate impacts are accelerating and disinformation is eroding trust in science, the work here continues steadfast, and that is no small feat." Read Dr. Delta Merner's blog from the IPCC meeting in Lima, Peru.
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"Let’s not forget that there are those to hold accountable for disasters like this: the policymakers and fossil fuel companies who have long obstructed climate action, lied about climate science, and left communities to face the destruction of extreme disasters."
Hurricane Melissa Is a Monster Climate Change-Fueled Hurricane: Here’s What to Know
This is the third Category 5 hurricane this year.
blog.ucs.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Let’s not forget that there are those to hold accountable for disasters like this: the policymakers and fossil fuel companies who have long obstructed climate action, lied about climate science, and left communities to face the destruction of extreme disasters."
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Shockingly, because of the government shutdown, the hurricane hunters are going unpaid as they risk their lives for theise data. And staff at the National Hurricane Center are also without pay as they continue to perform their critical duties during this record-breaking storm.
SHUTDOWN: NOAA closes; Hurricane Hunters work without pay
Since the federal government shutdown began, public servants are already feeling the effects of Congress’s failure to move forward with funding.
www.yoursun.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Shockingly, because of the government shutdown, the hurricane hunters are going unpaid as they risk their lives for theise data. And staff at the National Hurricane Center are also without pay as they continue to perform their critical duties during this record-breaking storm.
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Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 hurricane with 185 mph sustained winds. It will tie the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Atlantic recorded history based on central pressure. Follow the latest forecast here: www.hurricanes.gov
October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 hurricane with 185 mph sustained winds. It will tie the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Atlantic recorded history based on central pressure. Follow the latest forecast here: www.hurricanes.gov
The delay in granting the disaster declaration for #Alaska after #Halong follows a disturbing trend by the Trump administration to delay requests and reimbursements and a trend of wondering, where exactly is #FEMA? blog.ucs.org/shana-udvard...
October 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The delay in granting the disaster declaration for #Alaska after #Halong follows a disturbing trend by the Trump administration to delay requests and reimbursements and a trend of wondering, where exactly is #FEMA? blog.ucs.org/shana-udvard...