Climate
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Carbon Emissions Exacerbating the Western US Water Crisis
In the western US, limited water supply and high demand—accentuated by anthropogenic climate change—have resulted in overallocated water resources and rapidly depleting groundwater.
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Wringing the West Dry
Climate change is disrupting the already scarce water resources of the Western United States.
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Research Priorities for Climate Litigation
Climate litigation continues to expand and mature, underscoring the importance of scientific evidence to support legal claims across the world.
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How Attribution Science Uses Models to Uncover Climate Change’s Effects on Weather
Attribution science is a robust and growing field that examines the role fossil-fueled climate change plays in specific weather events, long-term climate trends, and their real-world consequences.
Energy
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How Offshore Wind Lowers Prices
A dispatch curve demonstrates how renewable sources of energy, like offshore wind, can lower electricity prices by avoiding fuel costs.
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When Renewables Passed 25%
It has taken more than 2 decades of advocacy and hard work, but solar and wind are now breaking records, and are often the cheapest source of electricity available.
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Wisconsin’s Power Plant Loopholes
Data centers are hungry for power—and for-profit utilities in Wisconsin are scheming to push fossil fuel plants to meet that demand.
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Attacks on Science Tracker
This tool tracks attacks on science from the second Trump administration.
Food
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The Town That Chose to Thrive
Industrial agriculture has harmed local soil, water, and air, and the health of the people who call San Joaquin Valley, California home.
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Attacks on Science Tracker
This tool tracks attacks on science from the second Trump administration.
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UCS vs Anti-Science Actions
We're suing the Trump administration on a wide range of issues—and winning.
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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.
Nuclear Weapons
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Never Again
Join hibakusha, Atomic Veterans, and a global community in calling for a safer world, free from new nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear Weapons Facts You Definitely DON'T Want to Know
How secure are nuclear weapons against accidental, mistaken, and unauthorized nuclear explosions and missile launches?
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Attacks on Science Tracker
This tool tracks attacks on science from the second Trump administration.
Feature
UCS vs Anti-Science Actions
We're suing the Trump administration on a wide range of issues—and winning.
Transportation
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Attacks on Science Tracker
This tool tracks attacks on science from the second Trump administration.
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Addressing Freight Pollution at the Source
Indirect Source Rules (ISRs) provide state and local governments a tool to address inequitable pollution impacts from the freight system.
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UCS vs Anti-Science Actions
We're suing the Trump administration on a wide range of issues—and winning.
Activist Resource
All About Surface Transport Reauthorization
An activist resource for UCS Science Network members and supporters to take action on funding for US transportation through the surface transportation reauthorization.
Science & Democracy
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Protect the Vote in November 2026
With the 2026 midterm election on the near horizon, we must do everything we can to safeguard fair elections and protect the right to vote.
Activist Resource
August Congressional Recess
Take part in our community-based effort to defend scientific integrity!
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Attacks on Science Tracker
This tool tracks attacks on science from the second Trump administration.
Feature
UCS vs Anti-Science Actions
We're suing the Trump administration on a wide range of issues—and winning.