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 Monday, March 27, 2017 Anticipated Trump Executive Order Will Ignore Science on Climate Change, Endanger Americans President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order on Tuesday to severely curtail actions by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies to address climate change. The order directs the agency to rewrite the Clean Power Plan, the nation’s first-ever limits on global... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, March 16, 2017 “Skinny Budget” Disregards Science, Placing Communities at Risk President Trump released his proposed “skinny budget” today. Below is a statement by Ken Kimmell , president of UCS. Kimmell is also the former commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative board chair. “President Trump’s budget... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, February 17, 2017 Lawmakers Ignored Pruitt’s Record, Says Union of Concerned Scientists Pres. Ken Kimmell The Senate’s confirmation of Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) marks a low point in the United States’ history of environmental and public health protection, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Below is a statement by Ken Kimmell, president of UCS. “... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, February 13, 2017 California’s Oroville Dam Crisis Illustrates Need to Plan for More Extreme Weather Flooding risks around Northern California’s Lake Oroville reservoir that forced mass evacuations of people living below the nation’s tallest dam in recent days are demonstrating that future infrastructure projects must be capable of withstanding similar catastrophic events, according to the Union... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, February 02, 2017 Pruitt Passes Out of Senate Committee—Full Senate Must Reject Him The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has advanced Scott Pruitt’s nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, putting the question of his confirmation before the full Senate. His confirmation would be a threat to public health and senators must vote no, according to the... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, February 01, 2017 Tillerson Receives Highest “No” Vote for Secretary of State, Science Group Expects Him To Uphold Paris Agreement, Recuse Himself from Exxon-Related Matters for Full Term Today, Congress approved 56-43 President Trump’s nominee, recently retired ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, to serve as secretary of state. The vote against Tillerson’s confirmation was the highest for a secretary of state since World War II. Condoleeza Rice, by contrast, was approved by an 85-13 vote... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Science Group Offers Reaction to Perry’s Nomination Hearing for Energy Secretary Position The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a hearing tomorrow to consider President-elect Donald Trump’s selection for Energy Department (DOE) secretary Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas. Perry is one of a number of nominees who have been hostile to the agency they... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, January 06, 2017 New National Park Service Report Gets Scientific, Historical Preservation Stamp of Approval Today, the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) published their first-ever Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy , which aims to help cultural resource managers and scientists plan for, act on and communicate about the growing threat of climate change to national parks. Cultural heritage sites... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, December 07, 2016 Pruitt an Unacceptable Choice to Run EPA The nomination of Scott Pruitt, the Attorney General of Oklahoma, to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is potentially disastrous for vital science-based policies that protect public health, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Below is a... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, November 01, 2016 Paris Agreement Enters into Force This Week, What to Expect at November Climate Talks Nearly every nation banded together less than a year ago to adopt the Paris Agreement, a plan aimed at limiting global climate change. Since then, momentum for tackling global warming emissions has continued to build among nations. The Paris Agreement will enter into force on November 4 , earlier... Read more |