Rachel Cleetus is the Senior Policy Director with the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She leads the program’s efforts in designing effective and equitable policies to ...

Food production in the United States is at a crossroads. For decades, the public policies and big corporations that shape our food and agricultural system have pressed farmers to manage their land ...

Dave Cooke is a Senior Scientist in the Clean Transportation Program, specializing in both light- and heavy-duty fuel economy. He conducts research on fuel efficiency technologies and the implications ...

Nuclear weapons are still here—and they’re still an existential risk. Nine countries possess nuclear weapons: the United States, Russia, France, China, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and ...

The science is clear: climate change is happening. We are the cause. We need to act now. Table of Contents The science is clear: climate change is happening. We are the cause. We need to act now.

Nuclear weapons are the most inhumane and devastating tools of war ever created. They're also tools of white supremacy. Table of Contents Nuclear weapons are the most inhumane and devastating tools of ...

The US food system should be providing healthy, sustainably produced food for all. Instead, it’s damaging our health, our land and water, our communities, and farmers and food workers themselves. We ...

The energy business is one of the largest industries in the world. Major fossil fuel companies routinely make billion-dollar profits, extracting and distributing oil, gas, and coal. Unfortunately, ...

Dr. Laura Grego is a Senior Research Director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, where she has worked at the intersection of science and public policy, in particular ...

If you are a leader of a scientific society and want to sign on to this letter, email Melissa Varga, Science Network Senior Manager, at [email protected]. Read the media alert for the letter ...

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UCS has been documenting the problem of political interference in science in the US federal government since its landmark 2004 Scientist Statement on Scientific Integrity. In addition to tracking ...