Massive new subsidies will only further mask nuclear power’s considerable costs and risks while disadvantaging more cost-effective and less risky carbon reduction measures that can be implemented much ...

Washington (June 8, 2023)—The United States Supreme Court ruled today in Allen v. Milligan that Alabama’s congressional district map likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prevents ...

Biden administration finalizes sale of five California offshore wind leases, marking an important step toward the first-ever U.S. offshore wind projects in the Pacific Ocean. Statement by John Rogers ...

Russia’s ruthless attack on Wednesday signifies the beginning of a dangerous new phase in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Water resources management in Latin America and the Caribbean is particularly threatened by climatic, economic, and political pressures. To assess the region's ability to manage water resources, we ...

OSHA changed its COVID-19 reporting requirements such that severe COVID-19 cases at workplaces are less likely to get reported.

Dr. Rebecca Boehm explains how excess fertilizer on Midwest farms contributes to “dead zones” in the Gulf, and how to reverse course.

This study presents a general framework to aggregate and summarize 2D hydraulic model outputs by adapting the traditional water resources metrics of reliability, resilience, vulnerability, and ...

House passes Moving Forward Act. The Union of Concerned Scientists says the bill will help the U.S. avoid potentially disastrous climate impacts and offer communities an economic lifeline.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) today announced a voluntary agreement with four major automakers—Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW.

The Department of Health and Human Services under the Trump administration has conducted at least 26 instances of censoring information on various HHS websites.

Below is a statement by Alden Meyer, director of strategy and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), who attended the talks in Bonn and has actively participated in the UN climate change ...