All climate resources
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A New Road
In the coming years, hybrids can play a significant role in addressing several of the major problems faced by the United States and the world today: climate change, air pollution, and oil dependence.
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Automaker Rankings 2002
Honda is still the Greenest Automaker, but Ford has overtaken GM as the cleanest of the Detroit Big Three.
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Nuclear Reactor Access Zones
Nuclear power plant security warranted considerable attention following the September 11, 2001 attacks. This issue brief attempts to provide the foundation for a better understanding of the ongoing debates.
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Clean Energy Blueprint
Can America develop a balanced portfolio of clean energy solutions that will stop wasting energy and also develop diverse, domestic energy supplies to increase energy security?
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Common Sense on Climate Change
Mark Twain might as well have been talking about global warming when he famously remarked, "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it."
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Drilling in Detroit
A fleet that relies on continuously evolving conventional technologies could reach an average of more than 40 miles per gallon.
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Nuclear Plant Risk Studies: Failing the Grade
Nuclear plant risk assessments are seriously flawed and their results are being used inappropriately to increase, not reduce, the threat to the American public.
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Assessing Wind Resources
This report is intended to guide prospective wind farm developers through the process of site assessment.
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Powerful Solutions
Seven ways to switch America to renewable electricity.
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Green Buildings
The federal government can shape consumer demand for whole buildings through coordinating its building-related activities into a "whole building policy."
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Are Cars Still A Problem?
Real-world emission reductions from passenger vehicles over the past 30 years.
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World Scientists' Call for Action at the Kyoto Climate Summit
In fall 1997, the Union of Concerned Scientists initiated the World Scientists' Call for Action at the Kyoto Climate Summit.