Nuclear Power Loan Guarantees Shrivel: The nuclear industry is touting the passage of the omnibus appropriations bill as a victory, but in fact Congress did not rally behind loan guarantees for nuclear power.

Nuclear Power in a Warming World: In this new report, UCS describes the role nuclear power should play as a climate change solution.

Senate Committee Passes Historic Bill to Reduce Global Warming Pollution

Senate Climate Bills Backgrounder: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved three climate science bills in early December.

Bali Bulletin:  Get updates on UCS efforts at the United Nation's climate negotiations in Indonesia.

How to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change: A Target for U.S. Emissions Reductions A new UCS report provides the analytic basis for the 80% reductions target.

Cap-and-Trade Backgrounder: We Need a Well-Designed Cap-and-Trade Program to Fight Global Warming

Regional Cap-and-Trade Programs: In the absence of federal action, Northeastern and Western states have adopted cap-and-trade programs to reduce global warming pollution emissions in their respective regions.

Confronting Climate Change in the U.S Northeast: Science, Impacts and Solutions A new report from the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment, a collaboration between the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 50 independent scientists and economists.

Tropical deforestation and global warming: New science underscores the value of a climate policy iniative to reduce emissions from tropical deforestation

Findings of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change Mitigation

Findings of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change Impacts

Findings of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change Science

The IPCC: Who are they and why do their reports matter?

Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco's Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Change

• The groundbreaking science we introduced in Climate Change in California: Choosing Our Future, has galvanized support across the state for measures to reduce heat-trapping gas emissions.
• Senior Scientist and Director Peter Frumhoff was named a lead author for the forthcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report.
• We drew much-needed attention to the increasing pace of climate change in the Arctic.
• We've grown support in both houses of Congress for strong national action on climate change, such as the Climate Stewardship Act.

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