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50-State Food System Scorecard
What do we know about the overall health, sustainability, and equity of the food system across the United States?
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The Disinformation Playbook
Five tactics business interests use to sideline science, deceive the public and buy influence at the expense of public health and safety.
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Disinformation Playbook Stories
Counterfeiting science. Manufacturing uncertainty. Buying credibility. These are some of the tricks that unscrupulous businesses employ to evade responsibility for the harm caused by their products or practices.
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Self-Driving Cars Are Coming
Autonomous cars are coming. Test your knowledge on the future of driverless transportation.
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Why Climate-Smart?
What's failing, what's vulnerable, and what can be done?
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The US Nuclear Arsenal
Our interactive tool visualizes every bomb and warhead in the US nuclear arsenal.
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Coal Community Transitions
What happens when coal plants close? We highlighted four communities dealing with the good—and bad—of saying goodbye to coal.
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Who Chooses Where Electricity Comes From?
Who's got the power to choose where your electricity comes from?
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Economic Savings from Fuel Economy Standards
New cars and trucks aren’t efficient by accident. They’re efficient because forward-looking policies require them to be.
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Recipe for a Better Food System
Abundant, healthy food that's affordable for everyone. Fair wages and working conditions for food and farm workers. Farmland and surrounding landscapes preserved for future generations. That's the food system we need, but not the food system we have.
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California Drivers Demand Electric Cars
Electric cars are breaking records in California—and demand remains high.
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Northeast Drivers Want Electric Cars
It's not just California; Northeast drivers want electric cars too.
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What's Driving Deforestation?
Tropical deforestation is responsible for 10 percent of global warming emissions.
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Palm Oil and Tropical Deforestation
Palm oil is driving deforestation—with serious consequences for both climate and biodiversity.
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I Wish I Didn't Know That
Real-life tales of close calls, screw ups, and nuclear near misses.
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Oils Aren’t Created Equal
The climate implications of using oil depend on where it comes from.
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How Clean is Your Electric Vehicle?
Enter your ZIP code to see EV emissions in your area—or select specific EV models to see how they compare.
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Climate Science vs. Fossil Fuel Fiction
Fossil fuel companies and their lobbying groups have been deceiving the public for nearly 30 years about the facts of global warming. They continue to do so today.
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Community Voices: Science, Democracy and Environmental Justice
How scientists can partner with marginalized communities to work towards justice and equity
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Lessons from the Lunchroom
School lunch programs are helping kids eat better—but they're fighting an uphill battle in an unhealthy food system.
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Infographic: Affordable Rooftop Solar in the United States
By 2017, more than half of US states could have rooftop solar that's as cheap as local electricity rates.
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Abuses of Science
The UCS Scientific Integrity program has collected over 100 tales of interference, suppression of data, muzzling of scientists, the well-traveled "revolving door" between industry and public service, and the stacking of scientific advisory boards.
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Sea Level Rise and Global Warming
Sea level is rising—and at an accelerating rate—especially along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.
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Legal Harassment of Michael Mann
UCS has assembled a timeline of events, editorial comments and statements from scientists, academics and other groups related to Cuccinelli’s demand.