Press Releases

2015

November 11, 2015

New Research Shows Electric Cars 50 Percent Cleaner Compared to Gasoline Over Their Lifetime

November 10, 2015

Land-Sector Emission Reduction Targets of Brazil, Indonesia, and India Fall Short of Democratic Republic of the Congo’s

November 6, 2015

Costs Outweigh Benefits of Obama Plan to Replace Nuclear Stockpile, Study Finds

November 6, 2015

In Show of Climate Leadership, President Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline

November 5, 2015

Study Finds USDA Woefully Underfunding Research Needed to Spur Better Farming Practices

October 30, 2015

Global Climate Ambition Increasing, but More is Needed

October 27, 2015

Anne Kapuscinski New Union of Concerned Scientists Board Chair

October 27, 2015

Power Plants and Electric Substations at Risk of Outages from Storm Surge

October 23, 2015

Despite Uneven Progress in Bonn, A Strong Paris Climate Agreement Is Still Achievable

October 19, 2015

New Research Shows Americans Want Better Food Policy

October 15, 2015

UCS Skeptical of Oil and Gas Industry's Prescription for Addressing Climate Change

October 14, 2015

Illegal Wood Imports to U.S. Have Declined, Science Group Finds

October 8, 2015

Gambling With Natural Gas: Will Your State Play Its Cards Right?

October 7, 2015

California Governor Signs New Clean Energy Law

October 1, 2015

New EPA Ozone Standard Overdue – But Could Have Gone Further to Protect the Public

October 1, 2015

New Survey Shows More Progress Needed on Protecting Scientific Integrity at Federal Agencies

September 30, 2015

U.S. States Bring Electric Vehicle Leadership to the World Stage

September 25, 2015

Joint US-China Climate Announcement a Game Changer

September 16, 2015

William Borucki, Principal Investigator for NASA’s Kepler Mission, Will Give Portion of Shaw Prize Funds to Union of Concerned Scientists

September 12, 2015

California Legislature Strengthens State’s Clean Energy Laws

September 10, 2015

New Report Provides Roadmap for Implementing California’s Historic Groundwater Law

September 9, 2015

UCS Report Analyzes Emission Reduction Targets of Canada, China, Ethiopia, Morocco

September 3, 2015

Clorox Company’s New Palm Oil Commitment is a Step Forward

August 31, 2015

Scientists and Economists Urge California Legislators to Pass Climate Leadership Bills

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