Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Trump Policy Change at DOI Fails to Protect National Lands, Parks from Climate Impacts According to news reports, the latest draft of the Department of Interior’s (DOI) strategic vision for 2018 through 2022, fails to mention climate change entirely. This would be a complete policy reversal by the Trump administration from the department's previous five-year strategic plan covering... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, October 24, 2017 The Disinformation Playbook: New Website Exposes Tactics of Attacks on Science Funding fake studies. Intimidating and silencing scientists. Manufacturing doubt. Buying credibility. Manipulating federal policy processes. It’s a pattern we’ve seen repeatedly, from the tobacco industry and fossil fuel producers to soda manufacturers and the National Football League. With a new... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, October 13, 2017 Hartnett-White Would Put Environment, Public Health on Dangerous Footing President Trump has nominated Kathleen Hartnett-White to lead the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). A former chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Hartnett-White is now affiliated with an oil industry-funded think tank in Austin. Below is a statement by Ken Kimmell,... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Clean Power Plan Repeal Will Not Bring Back Coal: White House Puts Ideology Over Science and Law The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will issue a proposal today to repeal the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan—continuing its pattern of putting ideology over science, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The purported rationale for this proposal is that the Clean... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, October 10, 2017 New Analysis Finds About 20 Percent of US Coal-Fired Electricity Generation Comes from Uneconomic Plants Despite political rhetoric to the contrary and recent actions by the Trump administration, the market reality is that coal-fired power has become increasingly uneconomic and is the main factor driving the U.S. electricity sector to rapidly transition away from coal. Of the more than 700 coal units... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 09, 2017 White House Puts Ideology Over Science and Law in Repealing Clean Power Plan The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to issue a proposal tomorrow to repeal the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan—continuing its pattern of putting ideology over science, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The purported rationale for this proposal, as it... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, October 02, 2017 Vice President Pence Touts “Success” in Gutting Public Health and Safety Protections Today, Vice President Mike Pence gave a speech touting the Trump administration’s efforts to delay, undermine and cut science-based safeguards. Unfortunately, the administration has ignored science and the public interest in its rush to deregulate, leaving Americans, especially low-income... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, September 07, 2017 New Analysis Finds More Than 650 Facilities Exposed to Harvey Floodwaters More than 650 energy and industrial facilities may have been exposed to Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters, according to an analysis released by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today. The analysis, accompanied by an interactive map , looked at energy facilities (refineries, LNG import/export... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, September 07, 2017 Study Finds Top Fossil Fuel Producers’ Emissions Responsible for as Much as Half of Global Surface Temperature Increase, Roughly 30 Percent of Global Sea Level Rise A first-of-its-kind study published today in the scientific journal Climatic Change links global climate changes to the product-related emissions of specific fossil fuel producers, including ExxonMobil and Chevron. Focusing on the largest gas, oil and coal producers and cement manufacturers, the... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, August 24, 2017 DOE Grid Study Correctly Shows Wind, Solar Not a Threat to Electricity Reliability Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry released a study late yesterday reaffirming what energy experts, including those at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), have been saying for years—low natural gas prices are the main reason for recent coal and nuclear power plant retirements... Read more |