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Market Forces
Modest public support for up to 500 farmers markets each year could create as many as 13,500 jobs over a five-year period.
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A Bright Future for the Heartland
UCS analysis shows how the Midwest can turn the challenges of a stalled economy and an unsustainable, polluting energy system into an opportunity for economic prosperity, job growth, and a healthy environment.
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The Root of the Problem
In order to act effectively to reduce deforestation, we must understand the complex forces that drive it.
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Legal Harassment of Climate Scientist Michael Mann
A summary of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's misguided investigation of respected climate scientist Michael Mann.
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Power and Water At Risk
Our demand for electricity is colliding with our need for healthy and abundant freshwater. As our demand for electricity continues to rise, water dependence puts the electricity sector, water resources, and other water users at growing risk.
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China's Nuclear Arsenal
A 2011 UCS analysis refutes claims that China is modernizing its nuclear arsenal to achieve parity with the U.S. and Russia.
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Nuclear Crisis in Japan
UCS coverage of the crisis that developed at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the wake of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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Tapping Into Wind Power
Wind power is one of the most cost-effective sources of electricity available, capable of generating power at prices competitive with new natural gas plants and cheaper than new coal and nuclear plants.
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Points of Reference
Setting deforestation reference levels is a complex and contentious issue. But we should not let it delay REDD+ implementation.
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What Is MOX Fuel?
MOX fuel, short for mixed-oxide fuel, is a mixture of uranium and plutonium oxide. It carries risks.
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Space-Based Missile Defense
A spaced-based missile defense system would require many hundreds of orbiting interceptors to defend against one or two missiles, and it would have serious inherent vulnerabilities that would render it ineffective.
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Prospects for Cooperation with China on Space
A 2010 paper by UCS analyst Gregory Kulacki describing the historical and political context for discussions between the U.S. and China on cooperative space ventures.