All reports
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Automaker Rankings 2010
This analysis rates the bottom-line environmental performance of eight companies using sales and global warming and smog-forming emissions data.
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The Economic Impact of AB 32 on California Small Business
This first-of-its-kind study takes an innovative approach to the controversial subject by highlighting the case study of a real-world business in the Los Angeles area.
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The FY 2011 Budget Request for Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation
The Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for nuclear weapons and nonproliferation includes major increases in funding for new facilities, for warhead maintenance, and for nonproliferation programs.
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Regulatory Roulette
This report shows that the NRC is not living up to its self-stated mission when it comes to accidental releases of radioactive liquids and gases from nuclear power plants.
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North Korean Missiles: A Diplomatic Approach
In 2009, UCS took part in an independent effort to examine and suggest ideas to support a diplomatic approach aimed at engaging North Korea and ending its nuclear and missile programs.
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Voices of Federal Food Safety Scientists and Inspectors
Undue influence by special interests and public officials routinely inhibits the ability of inspectors to protect our food supply.
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Model Year 2012–2016 Clean Car Standards
Model year 2012–2016 national standards save oil, cut emissions, and save money at the pump
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The Most Expensive Thing We Can Do is Nothing
Top economists agree: Blocking California’s clean energy law will be costly.
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Control Rods at Peach Bottom
The workers at Peach Bottom artfully—and likely illegally—played games with safety and operating license requirements to keep the Unit 2 reactor operating despite known safety shortcomings.
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Delivering Jobs
Investing in fuel-efficient technologies for heavy-duty trucks can save their owners money at the pump, create tens of thousands of jobs across the economy, reduce the nation’s dependence on oil, and help combat climate change.
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Verification of New START
The New START treaty streamlines the verification measures from START I without sacrificing any essential information, while adding the most intrusive verification system ever implemented for counting nuclear warheads.
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Nuclear Power Subsidies Will Shift Financial Risks to Taxpayers
Massive new subsidies will only further mask nuclear power’s considerable costs and risks while disadvantaging more cost-effective and less risky carbon reduction measures that can be implemented much more quickly.