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How Businesses Can Go Deforestation-Free
Businesses can take a number of steps to ensure that their goods and services help preserve our climate and tropical forests — and you can help.
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Assessing Trade and Business Groups' Positions on Climate Change
In this 2013 study, the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists looks at the climate-related statements and policy positions of 14 industry trade groups, finding a wide range of views and behaviors.
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SARS: A Pandemic Prevented
The U.S. response to the SARS epidemic of 2002-03 is a good example of the partnership between science and democracy working effectively.
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Cover Crops
Planting cover crops has multiple benefits for farmers and the environment—and smart policies can help more farmers use them.
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Where Your Gas Money Goes
This report breaks down where your gas money goes—and shows that investing in fuel efficiency offers the greatest long-term savings.
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Ripe for Retirement
As many as 353 coal-fired power generators are no longer economically viable.
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Biochar as a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy
The data so far are inconclusive.
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Management
This report summarizes the proceedings of a November 2011 workshop on the Department of Energy's stockpile management program.
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Wood for Good
Smart choices by consumers, businesses, and governments can significantly reduce the impacts of logging in tropical forests.
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Cream of the Crop
Organic dairy farms don't just provide healthy milk using environmentally friendly methods—they also provide a viable economic alternative for dairy farmers who don't want to "grow big or get out."
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Truck Electrification
Battery, fuel cell, and hybrid technologies are already at work in today's commercial vehicles—and are poised to expand in the years ahead.
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Biomass Resources in the United States
This analysis details the biomass resources that could be sustainably produced and utilized in the United States for energy and fuel, focusing on energy crops, agricultural residues, waste materials, and forest biomass.