Reports & Multimedia

Evidence-based decisions can prevent needless tragedies—just ask Ben Franklin.

Analysis and information on the EPA's Clean Power Plan.

The EPA currently underestimates the power of renewable energy. The U.S. could achieve much greater reductions in carbon emissions by strengthening the role of renewables in the Clean Power Plan.

New hydrogen-powered cars produce substantially fewer global warming emissions than their gasoline counterparts.

Tidal flooding, driven by sea level rise, will dramatically increase in U.S. East and Gulf Coast communities over the next 30 years, with serious implications for property, infrastructure, and daily life in affected areas.

Hundreds of US nuclear warheads are kept ready to launch within minutes—making us less safe, not safer.

Increasing demand for wood products doesn't have to mean increasing damage to tropical forests.

California’s AB32 policies are saving drivers money, protecting the climate, and improving public health—but oil companies are standing in the way.

Examples of resources, blogs, fellowships, training programs, and jobs sites that may be useful to early career scientists searching for careers or engagement opportunities in science policy.

The future of Rocky Mountain forests depends on how much and how quickly we can curb heat-trapping emissions.

By 2017, more than half of US states could have rooftop solar that's as cheap as local electricity rates.

A definitive, scientific retelling of exactly what happened at Fukushima—and an urgent reminder that U.S. nuclear power isn’t as safe as it could and should be.