Reports

The oil and gas industry has used deceptive tactics to exert outsized political control in Colorado.

Cleaning up coal ash sites the right way would alleviate water contamination, address environmental justice issues, and create more jobs than current site owner plans.

Frequently asked questions about battery storage.

This report explains how Highland Park, Michigan, a community disproportionately harmed by pollution, can create a clean, just, and equitable energy system.

State-level fact sheets on tailpipe pollution from trucks and buses.

A toolkit to help scientists navigate the process of applying for government jobs.

Diet-related disease, climate change, and environmental degradation exact an enormous toll on human and planetary health. These challenges can be addressed in part by shifting what we eat and how we produce food.

Outdoor workers in the US have up to 35 times the risk of dying from heat exposure than the general population.

Many Arkansas farmers, workers, and communities suffer from Tyson’s monopoly-like power in the state.

How the Union of Concerned Scientists is working to center justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in our science-based advocacy, impact, and workplaces.

The Census Bureau ran into many problems conducting the decennial census in 2020, beginning with the COVID-19 pandemic.

UCS and an expert advisory committee's report that says the US can and must phase out fossil fuels from the entire economy and ramp up clean renewable energy while confronting the racial and economic inequities inherent in our present energy system.

President Joseph Biden can immediately declare that the United States will never be the first nation to use nuclear weapons without worrying about the effect of such a declaration in Japan.

Agricultural soil carbon is an important tool in battling the climate crisis—but it's not a silver bullet.

The Greenlining Institute and the Union of Concerned Scientists explore low- and zero-emissions zones as policy tools for achieving local air quality improvements and other benefits.

Resources to help experts and others participate in rulemaking at the highest level.

Hypersonic weapons are named after a specific velocity regime—five times the speed of sound or greater. But this nomenclature is misleading, as these flight speeds are nothing new.

Analysis finds it is possible to support coal workers in the clean energy transition and that these comprehensive policies are affordable.

Analysis shows that federal tax credits are an effective near-term path to expand renewable energy.

Farmland consolidation—the trend toward fewer, bigger farms—has been accompanied by social and economic consequences that threaten the long-term health of farm communities.

We studied the most prominent “advanced” nuclear reactor designs. Unfortunately, few are safer or more secure than current generation reactors.

Policies to increase EV adoption are an important component of a broad agenda to increase access to all modes of clean personal mobility and goods movement.

With the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant retiring, California needs to replace all of Diablo Canyon’s output with clean energy.

An updated analysis of internal efforts to lower the carbon footprint of UCS.