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UCS JEDI Report 2025
This document summarizes the past year of efforts by staff and board members to transform UCS into an anti-racist organization.
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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.
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New England’s Offshore Wind Solution
The New England winter is no match for what offshore wind offers.
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Data Center Power Play
Unmitigated data center growth puts the public at risk of higher utility bills and public health costs.
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Nuclear Weapons Without Limits?
Once the New START treaty expires in February 2026, there will be no limits on the number of strategic nuclear weapons the US and Russia can deploy.
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Driving Towards a Clean Grid
Integrating bidirectional vehicles into California's grid can reduce the projected costs needed for reaching the state's clean energy goals.
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Power After the Storm
As climate change can exacerbate extreme events the need for science-based, proactive grid modernization is more pressing than ever.
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Colliding Crises
Across the US, the housing crisis and climate change-fueled extreme heat are increasingly colliding.
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Working with Nature to Protect California's Agricultural Regions
California’s agricultural regions face many interconnected challenges. Implementing nature-based solutions will address climate and water issues, provide public health, environmental and community benefits all while decreasing taxpayer costs.
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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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Science and Democracy Under Siege
This administration's first 6 months have been characterized by destruction, division, and chaos.
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Understanding California’s Transmission Development Delays and Paths to Reform
California’s investor-owned utilities have not delivered the transmission buildout to meet state goals, nor have they fully addressed the reasons for continued delays.