Explainers
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What is Solar Geoengineering?
Solar geoengineering technologies cool the earth by reflecting sunlight back into space—but they pose many risks, challenges, and uncertainties.
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Vote-By-Mail and the 2020 Election
More voters than ever before will cast their ballots by mail this year. How do we know it's reliable, and how it will make this year's election different?
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Comparing Electric Vehicles
The difference between a conventional hybrid electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and fuel cell electric vehicles explored.
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No First Use Explained
What's a No First Use (NFU) Nuclear Policy and would adopting one make the United States safer?
Features
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UCS and the Coronavirus
The Union of Concerned Scientists is actively monitoring the coronavirus pandemic and its implications for scientific integrity.
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2020 Annual Report
How did UCS perform in 2020?
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Election 2020 Resource Hub
The election is over, but the crises are all still here. We're arming the new administration with facts, evidence, and science.
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Infographic: Wildfires and Climate Change
Climate change is fueling wildfires. Here's how.
Videos
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Political Science Guide to Election 2020
The 2020 election is one of the most unusual in our lifetimes.
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Science, Climate Litigation, and the Law
This webinar explores the broad and continually evolving landscape of science and climate litigation in the United States and around the world.
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Voting Rights Video Series
A series of videos focused on issues with our electoral system.
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Uber and Lyft Facts: How Clean Are They Actually?
Do you know what the emissions impacts are when taking an Uber or Lyft? What about when you make it a shared or pool ride? UCS went to the streets to ask these exact questions.
Podcasts
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A Firefighting Biologist’s Tale
Forest firefighter and conservation biologist Jon Trapp talks about analyzing wildfires, close calls with endangered wolves, and the urgency of global warming.
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Why Trust Science?
This episode starts with part four of our series on who pays for climate damages followed by a replay of Dr. Naomi Oreskes discussing her book, Why Trust Science?
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Do Hypersonic Weapons Live Up to the Hype?
Global security expert Dr. Cameron Tracy discusses misconceptions about hypersonic weapons and how they could lead us into another arms race.
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The Racist History of Race Science
Author Angela Saini discusses biological myths and racist biases in the sciences from past to present