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, May 27, 2020 Science Group Joins Lawsuit to Reverse Vehicle Standards Rollback A coalition of state and municipal governments and a coalition of nonprofit groups are both suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over their rollback of vehicle efficiency and emissions standards. The lawsuits, filed today, contend that... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, April 21, 2020 EPA Waters Rule Is a License to Pollute The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued a final rule that limits the waters afforded protection under the Clean Water Act. This new, restrictive definition will enable higher levels of pollution and undermine the agency’s mission of protecting public health, according to the... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, April 16, 2020 EPA’s Mercury Rule Disregards Inconvenient Science, Putting Public Health at Risk The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to announce a change to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for coal and oil-fired power plants today. Under the revised rule, the EPA will no longer consider all public health benefits that come from reducing mercury emissions. Actions to... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, April 14, 2020 EPA Particulate Matter Decision Puts Science, Health Aside to Protect Polluters The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it would not strengthen standards for particulate matter pollution (known as PM), against the recommendations of an independent panel of experts and EPA’s own scientists. The agency has made this announcement in the midst of a national... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, April 01, 2020 UCS Reaction to Postponement of Annual UN Climate Change Talks The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) announced today that it will postpone its annual climate change talks. The meeting slated for June 2020 in Bonn, Germany, is now scheduled for October 2020, while the talks planned for November 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland—also known... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, January 28, 2020 New Bill Draft Acknowledges Transition to a Clean Energy Economy Needs to Start Now Based on Latest Science Leaders on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce—including Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., Rep. Bobby Rush and Rep. Paul Tonko—released a draft of the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act today that commits to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, January 09, 2020 Trump Administration Puts Public Health, Community Participation at Risk The Trump administration is proposing major changes to the way the National Environmental Policy Act is implemented—changes that would dramatically reduce the environmental review of major projects. Under the new rule, the federal government would limit opportunities for public comment and no... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, December 19, 2019 FERC Approval of PJM Anti-Renewables Proposal Throws State Policies Under the Bus Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted in favor of a proposal made by grid operator PJM that will increase electricity costs for customers across 13 states who get their power from that grid. Estimates range from between $2 to 8 billion per year in additional costs. The... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Failure by Congress to Support Tax Credits for Clean Energy and EVs is Unacceptable The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on a package to fund the federal government through 2020. The package extends some tax provisions that had expired but does not contain the additional tax incentives for clean energy and electric vehicles that would have made a down payment to... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Northeast States Take Critical Step to Tackling Climate Change, Modernizing Transportation A group of Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states have agreed to create a plan to cut emissions from transportation. In a memorandum of understanding, the states laid out a process that will cap transportation emissions and invest in clean transportation around the region—a powerful step in the right... Read more |