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Logging and the Law
Illegal logging has significant environmental, economic, and societal costs. To address these impacts, implementation of the Lacey Act must be a priority.
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Drug and Medical Device Companies Have Outsized Influence on FDA
As Congress decides the influence that pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies should have over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), industry spends big.
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The NRC and Nuclear Power Plant Safety in 2011
An annual UCS report on the NRC's performance in ensuring nuclear power plant safety.
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Climate Change and Your Health: The Hidden Health Risks of Flooding in a Warming World
The Union of Concerned Scientists documents the costly, and often overlooked, health impacts of extreme precipitation and flooding, and identifies climate change as a growing risk factor for these extreme weather events.
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Voices of Scientists at the FDA
The FDA has gone far toward restoring confidence among agency scientists since 2006, but some issues persist.
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A History of Anti-Satellite Programs
More than 950 operating satellites currently orbit the Earth.As their numbers and importance increases, so do concerns about keeping them safe--because for as long as there have been satellites, there have been plans for interfering with them.
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Toward Healthy Food and Farms
Our food system is in trouble—but we know how to fix it. Healthy food and farm solutions require innovative policies.
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Heads They Win, Tails We Lose
Corporate influence is a key driver of the political interference that obstructs, distorts and suppresses federal science.
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Recipes for Success
Over the last decade much of the land for vegetable oil production, particularly palm and soybean oil, has come at the expense of tropical forests.
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Increasing Public Understanding of Climate Risks and Choices
An interdisciplinary workshop to explore the underlying dynamics by which public opinion is formed and changes on climate change took place January 19 - 21, 2012, at the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus.
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Emergency Planning for Nuclear Disasters
If a nuclear power accident occurs in the U.S., are we ready?
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Freshwater Use by U.S. Power Plants
This is the first systematic assessment of both the effects of power plant cooling on water resources, and the quality of information available to help decision makers make smart energy choices.