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, September 18, 2019 Trump Upends Law, Undermines Climate and Clean Air by Rescinding California’s Clean Air Authority The Trump administration has announced its intention to withdraw California’s current Clean Air Act waiver and assert that federal vehicle rules pre-empt state authority. This would remove the state’s long-standing ability to set strong vehicle emissions standards that other states can adopt , as... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Science Group Calls for Secretary Ross to Resign, Full Investigation of Manipulation of Science at NOAA Today, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) called on Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to resign after reports emerged that he ordered the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to disavow accurate statements contradicting President Donald Trump. This is an abuse of power that... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, August 29, 2019 Trump Administration Proposal to Gut Methane Rules Would Accelerate Climate Change According to numerous media reports, today the Environmental Protection Agency will issue a new proposed rule that would loosen safeguards on methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. This proposal would allow increased methane emissions from oil and gas operations and weaken efforts to fight climate... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, August 26, 2019 Pres. Trump More Concerned With Helping Election-Meddling Russia Than Acting on Climate Crisis The G7 leaders summit just concluded in Biarritz, France, with a one-page declaration. Due to deep divisions between the U.S. and the other six industrialized countries, the declaration failed to mention climate change or the Paris Agreement. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Dangerous Heat to Soar Across Entire US “Breaking” National Weather Service Heat Index Scale, Posing Unprecedented Health Risks Increases in potentially lethal heat driven by climate change will affect every state in the contiguous U.S. in the decades ahead, according to a new report and accompanying peer-reviewed study in Environmental Research Communications , both by the Union of Concerned Scientists, released today. Few... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, July 08, 2019 Trump's Claims of Environmental Leadership Is a Bad Joke President Donald Trump is giving a speech at the White House to tout his administration’s environmental achievements. “Is this a joke?” said Ken Kimmell, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists. “It’s like an arsonist talking about how valuable his work is to the fire department.” Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, June 27, 2019 Bonn Climate Talks Make Limited Progress, Greater Political Leadership Essential to Address Climate Emergency International negotiators from nearly every country met in Bonn, Germany over the last two weeks to continue their work implementing the historic Paris climate agreement in the in the run-up to the United Nations’ annual summit on climate change—also called COP25—taking place this December in... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Study: Renewable Electricity Standard Bill is Affordable and Would Slash Power Sector Carbon by Nearly Half The legislation Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M) introduced today would more than double the U.S. supply of renewable energy from 18 percent of electricity generation in 2018 to at least 50 percent by 2035, cut power sector carbon dioxide emissions by 46 percent, and save consumers money on their energy... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, June 19, 2019 New EPA Power Plant Rule is a Sham, Science Group Says The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released its final Affordable Clean Energy rule, a replacement for the Obama-era Clean Power Plan that will do virtually nothing to curb U.S. power plant carbon emissions, despite the many cost-effective options available, according to the Union of... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, May 02, 2019 Tax Code Reform Bill Would Set New Priorities by Providing Long-Term Incentives for Low-Carbon Energy Resources Today, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Clean Energy for America Act that would simplify the myriad of energy tax provisions, establish long-term, performance-based tax credits to promote low-carbon energy, and end tax incentives that reward fossil fuel companies for their ongoing... Read more |