Reports & Multimedia

Coal-fired power plants, which produce a significant share of US electricity, have significant impacts on water quantity and quality.

Producing electricity from natural gas has implications for our water resources.

The nuclear power cycle uses water in three major ways: extracting and processing uranium fuel, producing electricity, and controlling wastes and risks.

In the United States, 90 percent of electricity comes from conventional thermoelectric power plants – coal, nuclear, natural gas and oil – that require cooling.

Not everyone understands the relationship between electricity and water. This page makes it easy.

This report shows that the NRC is not living up to its self-stated mission when it comes to accidental releases of radioactive liquids and gases from nuclear power plants.

The Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for nuclear weapons and nonproliferation includes major increases in funding for new facilities, for warhead maintenance, and for nonproliferation programs.

Catastrophes cause great physical harm, but they also impose a less obvious toll on the human psyche.

Undue influence by special interests and public officials routinely inhibits the ability of inspectors to protect our food supply.

Texas oil companies spent millions on a deceptive ballot campaign to pass Proposition 23, the dirty energy proposition.

Top economists agree: Blocking California’s clean energy law will be costly.

The highest tolerable wet-bulb temperature could be exceeded for the first time in human history in future climate scenarios.