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Ask A Scientist: How Can Scientists Drive Change Through Climate Lawsuits? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Addressing these issues demonstrates how expertise from diverse disciplineswhether in public health, economics, or social sciencecan play an important role to inform climate litigation. You dont need to be a climate scientist to make a meaningful impact. Could you elaborate on the stakes of whats on the docket this year?

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Trump’s Pick for Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, is Wrong on Purpose. Here are the Facts. 

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is expected to hold a hearing on Wrights nomination tomorrow. In videos and Congressional testimony , Wright portrays himself as a truth teller, while falsely claiming that climate scientists and renewable energy advocates are deceptive. Wind and solar are clean energy.

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Climate Science Deniers and Fossil Fuel Greenwashing: Danger in Trump’s Second Term

Union of Concerned Scientists

Climate scientists, backed by robust research, say so. C found that surpassing 2 degrees C of warming would significantly increase the frequency and severity of climate impacts, including extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, and threats to human health and livelihoods. degrees Celsius) as something magical.

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John Kerry – Shame on us for failing to act on climate 

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen John Kerry, the former US Secretary of State and Special Envoy on Climate Change, an army veteran and veteran of US politics now aged 80, took the stage in London today as the keynote speaker at the 2025 Soft Power Index.

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Why Congress Must Block a Liability Waiver for the Fossil Fuel Industry 

Union of Concerned Scientists

UCS has been a leader in peer-reviewed scientific research linking climate impacts to emissions that trace directly to fossil fuel companies. Shortly after President Trumps inauguration, the SEC asked the court to pause the lawsuits, and in March 2025 the commission voted to withdraw its defense of the rule altogether.

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The “Big Beautiful Bill” is One Damn Dirty Deal

Legal Planet

The budget bill still slashes clean energy funding. It looks like what Secretary of Energy Chris Wright envisions for American energy, writes Matthew Zeitlin for Heatmap News. If the Republicans pass a version that cuts clean energy funding, they will increase the average U.S. Energy Businesses canceled $1.4

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The Endangerment Finding Is in Danger. Will EPA’s Zeldin Uphold Climate Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Opponents of climate action have long understood the power of the Endangerment Finding and tried unsuccessfully to dismantle it during the first Trump administration. Project 2025 also includes a call to Establish a system, with an appropriate deadline, to update the 2009 endangerment finding. This directive shouldnt fool anyone.