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Decades of Deceit

Why the case against the major fossil fuel companies for fraud and climate damages is so strong.

Climate Change

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

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Keeping Everyone's Lights On

The grid today is woefully unprepared to meet our current climate reality.

Energy

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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Harnessing the Power of Electric Vehicles

UCS research shows that vehicle-grid integration (VGI) enables electric system savings, ranging from $1.8 billion - $11.7 billion per year in 2045.

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Our transportation system is outdated and broken—and it needs to change.

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Guiding California's Land Transitions Toward Justice and Equity

Analyses of the current challenges and solutions in California's cropland transition.

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.

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

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

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Got Science? The Podcast - Joel Clement

The Rapidly Changing Arctic

Arctic expert Joel Clement is back with an update on federal science in the region, and how Alaska Natives are adapting to the changing landscape.
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Mythbusting “Wind Oversupply”

Wind "curtailment" is not due to too much wind.
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Wind Oversupply Myths

Wind energy is being thrown away—not because there’s too much of it, but because the grid hasn't caught up.
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November 15, 2021

En Kansas City, las comunidades luchan contra la injusticia ambiental

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November 15, 2021

In Kansas City, Communities Fight Environmental Injustice

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November 13, 2021

US, Major Emitters Fail to Deliver Glasgow Agreement that Heeds Science, Meets People’s Needs Amidst Worsening Climate Crisis

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Food Security and Population

One billion people lack adequate access to food. To address this, we need smart changes to the food system—not false solutions.
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Why Utility Planning Must Be Inclusive

CleanAirNow, a Kansas City-based environmental justice group that advocates on behalf of the local communities, has agreed to partner with UCS.
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CleanAirNow Envisions a More Equitable and Just Future

In Armourdale, Kansas, CleanAirNow (CAN) is working to ensure that people who live and work in the community have a say about the pollution that affects them, using data and information they have helped collect and that they understand.

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Climate Change and Population

Population control is not a solution to climate change.

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