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The Diesel Dilemma
Diesel is becoming cleaner, but gasoline vehicles are more cost-effective than diesel for reducing oil use and lowering global warming pollution.
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Signs of Global Warming: Downpours, Heavy Snowfalls, and Flooding
An increase in global temperatures will lead to an intensification of the hydrological cycle.
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Building a Better SUV
Automakers have offered consumers unsafe SUVs that place a heavy burden on both pocketbooks and the environment.
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Regulatory Malpractice
This report exposes regulatory malpractice by the NRC regarding the pressurized water reactor (PWR) containment sump problem.
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Chinese Perspectives on Transparency and Security
UCS works to eliminate the risks posed by nuclear arsenals and nuclear terrorism, improve nuclear power plant safety, prevent the deployment of anti-satellite and space-based weapons, and enhance international dialogue on security issues.
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A History of China's Plutonium Production
David Wright and Lisbeth Gronlund, paper published in Science and Global Security Journal
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Toward Nuclear Sanity
UCS is working for a safer world by eliminating risks of nuclear arsenals and nuclear terrorism, improving nuclear plant safety, preventing the deployment of anti-satellite and space-based weapons, and enhancing international dialogue on security issues.
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Plant and Animal Range Shifts
The geographic ranges of most plant and animal species are limited by climatic factors. Any shift in the magnitude or variability of these factors in a given location will impact the organisms living there.
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Confronting Climate Change in the Gulf Coast
To reduce the threat of global warming and protect the well-being of future generations, we must reduce our emissions of heat-trapping gases by embracing renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency.
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Life in the Slow Lane
When it comes to fuel economy, US automakers possess only two gears: reverse and neutral.
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Plugging In Renewable Energy
This report assigns grades to each of the 50 states based on their commitment to supporting wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources.
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Farming the Wind
The first heyday of wind power in America lasted from 1870 to 1930. The second heyday is just beginning
