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What is Climate Loss and Damage?

Wealthy, polluting nations should pay for climate damages.

Climate Change

Climate change is one of the most devastating problems humanity has ever faced—and the clock is running out.

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Tell Congress to oppose giveaways to the fossil fuel industry.

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A figure labeled "Generation Failures by Fules Type During Five Extreme Winter Storms" showing that gas plants accounted for most of the failed capacity in five recent extreme winter weather events.

Gas Malfunction

The United States is overly reliant on gas plants—and extreme weather is causing them to fail at alarming rates.

Energy

The energy choices we make today could make or break our ability to fight climate change.

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Demand power plant outage information be made public.

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Hydrogen-Powered Heavy-Duty Trucks

Is investing in hydrogen-powered trucks as a solution for addressing emissions and other air pollutants from heavy-duty vehicles a good idea?

Transportation

Our transportation system is outdated and broken—and it needs to change.

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Urge Congress to support transit & healthy, thriving communities.

Food

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Lost Inheritance

Unless the legal issue known as heirs' property is resolved, Black farmers will continue to lose their land.

Food and Farms

The US food system should be providing healthy, sustainable food for everyone. Why isn’t it?

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Congress must safeguard and support food and farmworkers.

Nuclear Weapons

Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence, Director of the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, head of the Chemistry Division of the Laboratory, and Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist on the Berkeley facility. c. 1946

Understanding Oppenheimer

Critical analysis of the Oppenheimer movie and the nuclear weapons issues it examines.

Nuclear Weapons

They’re the most dangerous invention the world has ever seen. Can we prevent them from being used again?

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Prevent nuclear war: Urge Congress to reform US nuclear weapons policy.

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2024 CSD Election Science Task Force

We've assembled an Election Science Task Force, who are actively working to make our electoral system as representative and reflective of our society as it can be.

Science and Democracy

Democracy and science can be powerful partners for the public good—and both are under attack.

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