I was a young’n when I first saw Twister in the 90s. Even though we rarely had tornadoes in my hometown in Kentucky back then, it left an impression. The opening scene shows a young girl losing her dad to a tornado as he gets her to safety, and it ab

Two UCS representatives are in Sofia, Bulgaria, at a planning session for the 7th Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

Athletes of wealthy nations will be able to cool off after a workout, while athletes from other countries who aren’t able to afford their own air conditioning will be forced to sweat it out, creating a potentially unfair advantage.

Danger Season 2024 now includes raging wildfires in the Western US and Canada. Are we prepared? (Spoiler: no.)

We know the solutions to shrinking the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone." It's up to policymakers to act on them.

Hold onto your cowboy hats as Kristy Dahl chases climate change connections in the new movie Twisters.

In response to a question during a regular press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian said, “the Chinese side decided to hold off discussion with the US on a new round of consultations on arms control and non-proliferation.” Reu

From SCOTUS decisions to bird flu monitoring, catch up on the last quarter's scientific integrity news.

On a Monday in June, I got my first electric vehicle. Two days later, I took it on my first EV road trip: A 6-hour, 370-mile drive that took me, my wife, and son from my home in New York’s Hudson Valley to a transportation conference (the Transatlant

Congress needs to pass an agriculture appropriations bill by September 30 that supports climate action, equity, conservation, and nutrition.

FERC set a conference for this September to examine long-standing rules on transmission, including connection of new generators and expansion of long-distance transmission.

The affordable housing crisis is intersecting with the climate crisis and making everything worse. A lot of existing housing is going to be vulnerable to high tide flooding.

The federal government is woefully behind university researchers in calculating the current and future mortality of heat and smoke.

To avoid the worst impacts of climate change we need to switch from gasoline and diesel to electric vehicles powered by clean electricity as soon as possible. While driving an electric vehicle (EV) can save drivers on fuel and maintenance, the upfron

Protecting people from pollution and toxic chemicals will now be more difficult in the wake of the court's recent ruling.

Massachusetts Senate’s new climate and energy bill misses the mark as it ignores EJ communities and the potential interactions between pollution exposure and health effects.

Powerful interests know exactly what they're doing: Use the judicial system to dismantle safeguards that protect our health and safety.

The court is taking a chainsaw to our system of health, safety, and environmental protections.

The pace of climate litigation is accelerating; it’s a challenge to keep up with all the new rulings and announcements. Luckily, researchers at the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics publish an annual report that tracks cli

A look at how Minnesota and New Jersey incorporate public participation in their process for drafting and enacting new rules.

Last Friday, the Supreme Court overruled the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine, fundamentally changing the landscape of federal regulatory power. This decision, reached with a 6-3 majority led by Chief Justice John Roberts, marks a significant shift in ad

Is doubling down on increasingly costly, vulnerable, and unnecessary land-based missiles really the right move?

Today's hydrogen policies must choose hydrogen production projects and end uses that are truly aligned overall with the clean energy transition.

Esta es una traducción del artículo original escrito por Kristy Dahl editado por Juan Declet-Barreto y Michelle Rama-Poccia. Una nueva herramienta de mapeo de la Unión de Científicos Conscientes (o UCS, por sus siglas en inglés) muestra dónde y cuánd

As sea levels rise, how should communities and decision-makers respond to protect crucial infrastructure from floods?

A new analysis out today and led by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) reveals a significant amount of critical infrastructure along US coastlines at risk of disruptive flooding today and in the near future as sea level rises, potentially affect

Se prevé que Louisiana, Nueva Jersey y Florida serán las áreas más afectadas, según un nuevo estudio de UCS

A new map tool from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows you where and when critical pieces of coastal infrastructure such as public housing buildings, schools and power plants are at risk of repeated, disruptive flooding due to climate change­­­­

Earlier this year, the New York Times published an article claiming that Chinese military strategists are looking to use China’s nuclear weapons in a new, more aggressive way. The article’s main source was a 2012 speech given by China’s President Xi