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State of Charge
Electric cars produce lower global warming emissions and cost significantly less to fuel than the average gasoline-powered vehicle.
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Logging and the Law
Illegal logging has significant environmental, economic, and societal costs. To address these impacts, implementation of the Lacey Act must be a priority.
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Cooler Smarter: Geek Out on the Data!
To figure out what parts of our lives have the greatest impact on global warming, our experts conducted two years of in-depth research using a computer model that tracked emissions in 500 separate spending categories.
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Drug and Medical Device Companies Have Outsized Influence on FDA
As Congress decides the influence that pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies should have over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), industry spends big.
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Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living
Learn the most effective strategies for reducing your global warming emissions -- and discover which changes in your lifestyle will make the biggest difference. The Union of Concerned Scientists shares its findings from an in-depth, two-year study.
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The NRC and Nuclear Power Plant Safety in 2011
An annual UCS report on the NRC's performance in ensuring nuclear power plant safety.
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Climate Change and Your Health
The Climate Change and Your Health initiative is an effort by the Union of Concerned Scientists to highlight the health risks associated with global warming.
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Climate Change and Your Health: The Hidden Health Risks of Flooding in a Warming World
The Union of Concerned Scientists documents the costly, and often overlooked, health impacts of extreme precipitation and flooding, and identifies climate change as a growing risk factor for these extreme weather events.
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The CMRR Nuclear Facility: Why a Delay Makes Sense
Our analysis finds that there will be no adverse effects of delaying construction, and moreover, that there is no clear need for the CMRR-NF as currently proposed.
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Voices of Scientists at the FDA
The FDA has gone far toward restoring confidence among agency scientists since 2006, but some issues persist.
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A History of Anti-Satellite Programs
More than 950 operating satellites currently orbit the Earth.As their numbers and importance increases, so do concerns about keeping them safe--because for as long as there have been satellites, there have been plans for interfering with them.
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Toward Healthy Food and Farms
Our food system is in trouble—but we know how to fix it. Healthy food and farm solutions require innovative policies.
