WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) package today—a stopgap measure to avert a shutdown by funding the federal government through March of next year—with ...

There are no winners in a nuclear war. There are no winners in a nuclear war. The notion that security can be attained through stockpiling more and more nuclear weapons is outdated. But thinking that ...

Electric vehicles (EVs) powered by lithium-ion batteries have become the preferred alternative to gasoline vehicles, and they ...

Today, the Biden administration announced its updated target for reducing U.S. global warming emissions under the Paris ...

At the end of each year, the Union of Concerned Scientists honors several individuals and groups who use science to improve the world and help people, including those who have taken a stand to protect ...

WASHINGTON—Today marks the 9th anniversary of the Paris Agreement’s adoption, which set crucial science-informed goals to limit catastrophic climate change. Under the agreement adopted by nearly every ...

Industrial agriculture degrades and destroys wetlands. Changes to the Clean Water Act in 2023 rolled back federal wetland protections, further increasing risks from corporate agribusiness. Wetlands ...

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court stripped protections from wetlands in its Sackett v. EPA ruling, putting almost all nontidal wetlands at risk. New research from the Union of Concerned Scientists ...

WASHINGTON—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its annual Arctic Report Card today. The report release is much anticipated given scientific agencies are already ...

WASHINGTON (December 11, 2024)—The U.S. Department of Justice, through Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, submitted two significant briefs yesterday urging the Supreme Court to reject petitions in ...