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The sun rises over mountains and ocean in the Eygptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, site of the 2022 UN COP27 conference

Juanma Clemente-Alloza/Unsplash

December 8, 2022

My COP27 Takeaways from Sharm el-Sheikh

Johanna Chao Kreilick
President

JP Rebello/ USACE

December 8, 2022

Missouri Community and Its Children Grappling With Exposure to Nuclear Waste

Chanese Forte
Scientist

photo of many black and white cows in a barn; two of the cows in the foreground have a tag attached to one ear

USDA/Flickr

December 8, 2022

As the USDA Invests in “Climate-Smart” Agriculture, It’s Hard to Follow the Money

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland from Just Stop Oil addressing the public after throwing tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh’s Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers (1888).

Video still by @damiengayle

December 8, 2022

Ask a Scientist: In Moments of Despair, Climate Progress Can Keep Hope Alive

Elliott Negin
Senior Writer

A person holds up an enormous zucchini, smiling (the person, not the zucchini). They are part of the Institute of American Indian Arts, a Land-Grant Tribal College and University. They are Land-Grant program Gardner Teresa Kaulaity Quintana (Kiowa), who leads the gardening team, operations, instruction and outreach for all things related the campus demonstration garden and greenhouse, in Santa Fe, NM. Photo taken on Sept. 11, 2019.

Lance Cheung, USDA/Flickr

December 6, 2022

How Should the USDA Spend its Research Budget? (We Have Some Ideas.)

Alice Reznickova
Interdisciplinary Scientist

Fred Schilling/US Supreme Court

December 6, 2022

Will We Let the US Supreme Court Further Dismantle Democracy in the Moore v Harper case?

Michael Latner
Senior Voting Rights Fellow

ACES/Brady Delf/Flickr

December 5, 2022

More Fossil Natural Gas Won’t Lower High Energy Bills

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Eddi Aguirre/Unsplash

December 5, 2022

Where’s My Train? Chronic Disinvestment in Transit Leaves Us All Stuck

Kevin X. Shen
Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

Johann Olivier/Flickr

December 2, 2022

Banking Against Science: Financial Institutions Continue to Fund Climate Destruction

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

A. Eyring/UCS

December 1, 2022

Why UCS Supporters Are Pressing EPA to Let California Enforce Its Truck Pollution Rules

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Ikcerog/Wikimedia Commons

December 1, 2022

How Will DTE’s Long-Term Plan Impact Michigan’s Clean Energy Future?

James Gignac
Lead Midwest Energy Analyst

photo of a vineyard worker wearing a cowboy hat drinking water from the tap of a large yellow water jug

AP Photo/Lianne Milton, Napa Valley Register

November 30, 2022

This Year’s Danger Season Is Over, but Risks to Farmworkers Remain

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

D. Reichmuth/UCS

November 30, 2022

The Electric Cars of the Future Are Already Here Today

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

Stuart Rankin/Flickr

November 28, 2022

California Lawmakers Put Fossil Fuel Companies in the Hot Seat on Gas Prices

Kristy Dahl
Principal Climate Scientist

Patrick Hendry/Unsplash

November 22, 2022

Cumulative Impacts: Why Environmental Protections Need to Take Them into Account

Kristie Ellickson
Kendall Fellow

The temples at Abu Simbel in Egypt, shown with a crowd of tourists exploring them

Yungchin Li/FLickr

November 22, 2022

World Heritage at 50: Can We Give a Future to Our Past?

UCS Science Network

Douglas Rissing/iStockphoto

November 21, 2022

For Global Climate Success, New England Must Seize Climate and Clean Energy Opportunities

Roger Stephenson
Northeast Regional Advocacy Director

President Biden signs the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

White House/Flickr

November 21, 2022

Why New DOE Battery Recycling and Repurposing Investments Are Crucial to The Future of EVs

Jessica Dunn
Senior Analyst

photo of a woman speaking to a crowd on a city street through a microphone, in front of a sign that says "sub-poverty wages: I'm not lovin' it"

Carlos Fernandez, CIW/Flickr

November 21, 2022

How Many Farmworkers Are Food Insecure? It’s Hard to Tell

Alice Reznickova
Interdisciplinary Scientist

Two people, holding candles, attending a vigil for the war in Ukraine.

Jesse Solomon/Unsplash

November 18, 2022

Missile Hits Poland—What Happens Next?

Jennifer Knox
Policy & Research Analyst

Child reaching out to touch falling leaf on snowy day.

Kobby Mendez/Unsplash

November 17, 2022

New England Climate Leadership: Signs of Holes and Hope

Roger Stephenson
Northeast Regional Advocacy Director

photo of an employee walking through a gate labeled "Tyson Team Member Entrance"

UCS

November 17, 2022

Tyson Foods’ New CFO Demonstrates How to Fail Up

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Capt. Will Martin, CA National Guard/Flickr

November 17, 2022

A Dirty Bomb Is Not a Nuclear Bomb

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

UN/Kiara Worth CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

November 16, 2022

COP27 Heads into Final Stretch with Critical Issues Still in the Balance

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director