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Climate Science in Legal Contexts

Scientific and legal communities often use similar words differently. This resource is designed to help lawyers navigate scientific concepts that frequently arise in climate litigation.

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Climate change is one of the most devastating problems humanity has ever faced—and the clock is running out.

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Call on Congress to invest in affordable climate resilient housing.

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Data Centers in California

What will the impacts of data centers be on the state’s electricity system and its ratepayers?

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The energy choices we make today could make or break our ability to fight climate change.

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Demand power plant outage information be made public.

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What is the Surface Transportation Reauthorization?

This federal legislation determines how transportation in the US is funded. It also shapes the country’s transportation system.

Transportation

Our transportation system is outdated and broken—and it needs to change.

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Tell Congress we need electric vehicle infrastructure nationwide.

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Less Fertilizer, Better Outcomes

US farmers apply far more synthetic nitrogen fertilizer than their crops can actually absorb, harming people, ecosystems, and the climate.

Food and Farms

The US food system should be providing healthy, sustainable food for everyone. Why isn’t it?

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The farm bill must center communities, not corporations.

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Plutonium Pit Production

The US plan to build new plutonium pits for nuclear weapons is unnecessary, risky, and dangerous to the health of workers and communities.

Nuclear Weapons

They’re the most dangerous invention the world has ever seen. Can we prevent them from being used again?

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Attacks on Science Tracker

This tool tracks attacks on science from the second Trump administration.

Science and Democracy

Democracy and science can be powerful partners for the public good—and both are under attack.

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