https://www.ucs.org/climate/impacts
Climate change is here, and it’s causing a wide range of impacts that will affect virtually every human on Earth in increasingly severe ways.
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/we-didnt-start-fire
Jess talks with Kristy Dahl and Jessica Wentz about holding corporations accountable for climate destruction.
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https://www.ucs.org/about/news/newsom-signs-energy-affordability-package-law
California Cap-and-Invest program improvements, energy affordability bills signed into law
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/from-silos-to-systems
Diet-related disease, climate change, and environmental degradation exact an enormous toll on human and planetary health. These challenges can be addressed in...
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https://www.ucs.org/science-democracy/independent-science
Public science makes vital contributions to our well-being. When it's sidelined to serve narrow interests, we all lose. The Center for Science and...
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/out-lab-community
Dr. Monica Unseld details her journey from scientist to activist and discusses how science institutions can forge successful partnerships with communities.
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/climate-accountability-scorecard
An in-depth analysis of eight leading fossil fuel companies assesses their climate actions and ranks them on their climate planning, policies, disclosure, and...
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https://www.ucs.org/
The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems. Joining with people across the...
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https://www.ucs.org/food/solutions
Our food system's failures are largely the result of bad public policy, and it’s going to take smart, evidence-based policy to move us forward.
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/science-under-trump?_ga=2.174114146.1947266916.1623783045-1581840564.1566392277
We asked federal scientists what it's like to work in the Trump administration. Their answers point to widespread, serious problems that should concern all of...
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/five-ways-start-nuclear-war
Physicist David Wright discusses the nuclear weapons policies and scenarios that threaten our safety, and how to mitigate those risks.
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https://www.ucs.org/about/people/delta-merner
Delta Merner is the Associate Director for the Climate Accountability Campaign at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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https://www.ucs.org/science-democracy?ucsdf=defendingscience.com
A healthy democracy + independent science = decisions that serve the public good. The Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists...
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https://www.ucs.org/food/food-justice
Racism, exploitation of workers, and other forms of injustice pervade our food system. Our solutions must address these entrenched inequities.
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https://www.ucs.org/about/news/most-states-remain-dependent-coal-imports
The Union of Concerned Scientists released a report showing that power providers sent more than $19 billion across state lines and overseas in 2012 to import...
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https://www.carbonbrief.org/scientists-concerned-by-record-high-global-methane-emissions/
Apr 7, 2021 - Worldwide emissions of methane have hit the “highest levels on record”, according to an international team of scientists.
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/attacks-on-science?_gl=1*xp9iqk*_gcl_dc*R0NMLjE3MzQ2NDk3MjAuMzM2Yjg5NWEzNWJjMTEyM2EyZDllZTNlOTJjZmU0ZTA.*_gcl_au*MjEwNjUzNjA0Mi4xNzMzMzI4ODM3*_ga*MjQ5NDcwMDgwLjE3MzMzMjg4Mzc.*_ga_VB9DKE4V36*MTczODAxMTc1OC40MC4xLjE3MzgwMTQ1MjYuNDUuMC4w
Disappearing data. Silenced scientists. We've tracked threats to the federal scientific enterprise for decades.
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/attacks-on-science/epa-air-pollution-decision-threatens-public-health
Disregarding and misrepresenting recommendations from their own scientists, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized new air pollution...
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/merck-manipulated-science-about-drug-vioxx
Scientists from pharmaceutical giant Merck skewed results of clinical trials in favor of the arthritis drug, Vioxx, to hide evidence that the drug increased...
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https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/serious-health-concerns-over-cellphone-radiation-is-5g-worse-5338216
Jan 30, 2024 - Concerns emerged regarding potential health effects with 5G, in part because of the higher density of transmission towers required.
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/toward-evidence-based-fracking-debate
Communities need reliable information to make good decisions about hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") and other unconventional oil and gas development...
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/heads-they-win-tails-we-lose
Corporate influence is a key driver of the political interference that obstructs, distorts and suppresses federal science.
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/assessing-trade-and-business-groups-positions-climate-change
In this 2013 study, the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists looks at the climate-related statements and policy positions of...
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/reviving-dead-zone?_gl=1*1orm4tf*_gcl_au*MTc3MTMwNDQzNy4xNzUwMDgzOTY5*_ga*MTY5NzkzOTU5LjE3NDE2MTU5NjI.*_ga_VB9DKE4V36*czE3NTM4MDI3NTkkbzQ5JGcxJHQxNzUzODA0NDUwJGo1OSRsMCRoMTM3ODc3MTMzNw..
Each year, nitrogen runoff from Midwestern farms produces a large "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, damaging fisheries and the people who make their living...
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/ensuring-harvest
Current policies create economic hurdles for farmers who want to grow fruits and vegetables. Smart reforms can remove these obstacles.
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https://www.ucs.org/about/news/2014-record-hot-year
2014 was the hottest year on record, according to multiple agencies that track global temperature, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/co2-and-ocean-acidification
Rising CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are changing the chemistry of the ocean, and putting marine life in danger.
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/access-denied
The Trump administration is evading legal requirements as it attacks a wide range of public health, environmental, and safety rules.
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https://www.ucs.org/climate
Climate change is one of the most devastating problems humanity has ever faced—and the clock is running out.
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https://www.ucs.org/food/healthy-food
We all need food to live and thrive. It’s one of the common threads that binds us humans together. Throughout history, human communities have been challenged...
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https://www.ucs.org/about
We are a nonprofit organization that uses science to address global problems and improve people’s lives.
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https://blog.ucs.org/lgrego/a-house-of-dynamite-gets-it-right-but-heres-the-full-picture/
The Pentagon is wrong to attack the movie for being inaccurate. We cannot rely on missile defense systems to protect us from nuclear destruction.
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/us-nuclear-weapons-complex
Facts about eight key facilities in the nuclear weapons complex, where weapons and their component parts are designed, assembled, tested, maintained and...
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https://www.ucs.org/resources/attacks-on-science/usgs-undermines-how-scientists-study-climate-change
The USGS' operational manual was edited to push climate models that are less likely to show the worst effects of climate change.
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https://blog.ucs.org/dylan-spaulding/on-the-future-of-nuclear-testing-in-america/
A strong and meaningful test ban would come at virtually no strategic cost since the US has so little to gain from renewed testing.
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https://www.ucs.org/contact
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