Reports & Multimedia

This document summarizes key differences in the House and Senate FY2009 appropriations committee bills for the Department of Energy's (DOE) nuclear weapons programs.

California's clean car standards offer a long-term solution to air pollution and global warming.

The nuclear industry must resolve major economic, safety, security, and waste disposal challenges before new nuclear reactors could make a significant contribution to reducing carbon emissions.

If global warming emissions continue to rise unabated, we will see growing costs related to climate change.

Tropical deforestation accounts for about 10 percent of the world's global warming pollution. Here are ten reasons why protecting tropical forests is in the United States' best interest.

Simple tips to reduce the environmental impact of your car or truck.

A discussion of uranium and plutonium and their role in nuclear weapons.

When carbon emissions cost money, we produce less of them—but there's more to the story.

Learn how the sun affects our climate in this primer from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Reprocessing increases the total volume of radioactive waste.

A straightforward explanation of how we know that humans cause global warming, using charts, graphs, and plain language.

Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Midwest (2009) is a series of reports that take an in-depth look at the potential impacts of climate change in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.