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California Diesel Truck Rules
Two new draft rules, recently released by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), would dramatically reduce diesel fuel consumption and better protect public health and the environment.
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Failure to Yield: Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops
Contrary to myths about the superiority of GE crop yields, most yield gains in recent years are due to traditional breeding or improvement of other agricultural practices.
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Renewable Energy as a Climate Solution
A fact sheet describing how a national renewable electricity standard (RES) and economy-wide carbon cap work effectively together.
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Growing Crops in a Changing Climate
Discription of the effects and benefits of AB 32 on California’s agricultural industry.
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How Boiling Water Reactors Work
A slideshow PDF that explains the structure and function of a typical boiling water nuclear reactor (BWR).
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Clean Energy, Green Jobs
UCS 2009 analysis that quantifies the costs and benefits of a national 25 percent by 2025 renewable electricity standard.
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An Analysis of North Korea’s Unha-2 Launch Vehicle
North Korea has announced that it will attempt to launch a satellite into orbit in early April 2009 using its Unha-2 launcher. Few details are known about the launch vehicle since it has not been successfully flight tested.
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Global Warming Compliance Offsets and Air Quality in California
California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) requires California to cut its global warming pollution to 1990 levels by 2020.
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Strong Federal Transmission Policy
UCS fact sheet detailing the need for strong federal transmission policy to support the development of renewable energy and to help curb carbon emissions.
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Renewable Electricity Standards at Work in the States
All about RES policies at the state and federal levels.
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Nuclear Loan Guarantees
Congress should be cautious about committing taxpayer dollars to promote plants that both industry and Wall Street consider too risky to finance on their own.
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The Proposed European Missile Defense System
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) analysis of the European missile defense system proposed by the Bush administration.