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- Nuclear Crisis in Japan http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/nuclear-crisis-in-japan-fukushima-0518.html 3 comments
- UCS Joins Call to Eliminate Senate’s Filibuster Rule https://www.ucsusa.org/about/news/ucs-joins-call-eliminate-senates-filibuster-rule?amp%3Butm_campaign=tw&%3Butm_medium=social 9 comments politics
- Nuclear Power’s Planned Exit from California May Trigger Rise in Emissions and Pollution https://www.ucsusa.org/about/news/nuclear-powers-planned-exit-california-may-trigger-rise-emissions-and-pollution-if 69 comments politics
- Biden Administration Listens to Scientists, Reaffirms US Can and Must Do More to Fight Global Climate Change https://www.ucsusa.org/about/news/biden-administration-listens-scientists-reaffirms-us-can-and-must-do-more-fight-global 12 comments politics
- The US Navy Quietly Shut Down its Task Force on Climate Change https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/attacks-on-science/navy-quietly-shut-down-climate-task-force 117 comments politics
- Study Finds That Top Fossil Fuel Companies’ Emissions Responsible for More Than Half of Ocean Acidification Since 1880. More than one-fifth of that increased acidity from 1880 could be traced to the emissions from the 20 largest investor-owned companies since 1965 https://www.ucsusa.org/about/news/top-fossil-fuel-companies-responsible-majority-ocean-acidification 720 comments science
- Will Congress Allow Trump Administration to Deploy New, More “Usable” Nuclear Weapons? https://www.ucsusa.org/about/news/will-congress-ok-new-more-usable-nuclear-weapons-0 4 comments politics
- How the NRA Suppressed Gun Violence Research https://www.ucsusa.org/suppressing-research-effects-gun-violence 120 comments politics
- New Mexico Takes Bold New Step with Passage of 100 Percent Carbon-Free Electricity Bill https://www.ucsusa.org/press/2019/new-mexico-takes-bold-new-step-passage-100-percent-carbon-free-electricity-bill 10 comments politics
- More than 70 Oregon Scientists and Researchers Urge Oregon Legislature to Take Strong Climate Action https://www.ucsusa.org/ucsusa.org/news/press_release/oregon_scientists_climate_letter 4 comments politics
- Green New Deal Represents Unrelenting Youth-led Demand for Climate Action https://www.ucsusa.org/press/2018/green-new-deal-represents-unrelenting-youth-led-demand-climate-action 3 comments politics
- USDA’s Proposed SNAP Rule a Trump Administration Temper Tantrum, Would Punish Working Poor https://www.ucsusa.org/press/2018/usda-s-proposed-snap-rule-trump-administration-temper-tantrum-would-punish-working-poor 5 comments politics
- ExxonMobil investors filed a resolution calling on the company to set and disclose carbon emissions reduction targets for its products and operations in line with Paris Agreement temperature goals https://www.ucsusa.org/press/2018/exxonmobil-shareholder-demand-emissions-targets-reflects-investor-impatience-company-s#.xbg_pwhkjiu 5 comments worldnews
- Science Under Siege at the Department of the Interior (2018) A report from the Union of Concerned Scientists https://www.ucsusa.org/our-work/center-science-and-democracy/science-under-siege-department-interior-2018#.xbuyr0nsauk 5 comments politics
- CO2 emissions per capita by countries, 2015 IEA data ('most recent') https://www.ucsusa.org/global-warming/science-and-impacts/science/each-countrys-share-of-co2.html 9 comments europe
- Millions of Americans are Unknowingly Bailing out Coal-Fired Power Plants https://www.ucsusa.org/press/2018/millions-americans-are-unknowingly-bailing-out-coal-fired-power-plants#.w6prx-hkj8a 23 comments politics
- Scientists discover black hole in Washington https://www.ucsusa.org/publications/cartoon-august-2018 5 comments politics
- Department of Interior Manipulates the Facts to Undermine National Monuments - Union of COncerned Scientists https://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/doi-monuments-evidence#.w1zth8inaul 4 comments politics
- Sidelining Science Since Day One https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2017/07/sidelining-science-es-ucs-7-20-2017.pdf 4 comments politics
- 2.5 Million Homes, Businesses Totaling $1 Trillion Threatened by High Tide Flooding https://www.ucsusa.org/press/2018/25-million-homes-businesses-totaling-1-trillion-threatened-high-tide-flooding#.wyekwegvzrd 7 comments politics
- Removing Climate Change Resources from EPA Website ‘Offensive and Dangerous,’ Science Group Says http://www.ucsusa.org/press/2017/removing-climate-change-resources-epa-website-offensive-and-dangerous-science-group-says 5 comments politics
- President Trump Illegally Nominates Non-Scientist to Lead Science at the USDA http://www.ucsusa.org/press/2017/president-trump-illegally-nominates-non-scientist-lead-science-usda 87 comments politics
- Trump administration Sidelining Science from Day One http://www.ucsusa.org/center-science-and-democracy/promoting-scientific-integrity/sidelining-science-from-day-one#.wxc9qrqpcf0 5 comments science
- President Trump Waffling on Climate Change Creates Divide Between US, Allies - Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) http://www.ucsusa.org/press/2017/president-trump-waffling-climate-change-creates-divide-between-us-allies 3 comments politics
- Science AMA Series: We are Jimmy O’Dea and Josh Goldman, here to talk about self-driving cars and what the science says about their potential impacts on our economy and environment. AUA! http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/principles-self-driving-cars 776 comments science
- President Trump Can Attack Agency Science, But Can’t Delete Climate Change http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press-release/epa-cant-delete-climate-change 3 comments politics
- Science AMA Series: I’m Jeremy Martin, here to talk about gasoline, ethanol, electricity and the future of transportation fuel. AMA! http://www.ucsusa.org/about/staff/staff/jeremy-martin.html 767 comments science
- We are Jonathan McDowell and Laura Grego, experts on satellites, space security, and various other space-related curiosities. Ask us anything! http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-weapons/space-weapons/satellite-database.html 39 comments space
- New Research Shows Electric Cars 50 Percent Cleaner Compared to Gasoline Over Their Lifetime http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/cleaner-cars-cradle-to-grave-6037#.vkswtbcveuk 123 comments worldnews
- Study: Fox News is misleading over 70% of the time when it comes to climate science. http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/fight-misinformation/cable-news-coverage-climate-change-science.html 835 comments science
- New Survey Finds 40% of Households Can Use Electric Vehicles With Little or No Change to Driving Habits. The survey found that almost 70 percent of drivers drive less than 60 miles on a weekday, which is within the range of almost every BEV on the market today. http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/ev-survey-0384.html 215 comments technology
- How many satellites currently orbit the earth? http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_weapons_and_global_security/space_weapons/technical_issues/ucs-satellite-database.html 12 comments space
- GM herbicide-tolerant soybeans and corn has not increased yields. Insect-resistant corn, meanwhile, has improved yields only marginally. The increase in yields for both crops over the last 13 years, the report finds, was largely due to traditional breeding or improvements in agricultural practices http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/genetic-engineering/failure-to-yield.html 23 comments science
- The scientific evidence available to date, while encouraging, does not support the conclusion that genetically modified crops are intrinsically safe for health or the environment. http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/genetic-engineering/environmental-effects-of.html#summary 16 comments politics
- How Corporations Corrupt Science at the Public's Expense: Report looks at methods of corporate abuse, suggests steps toward reform. Link to full report in article. http://www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/abuses_of_science/how-corporations-corrupt-science.html 140 comments science
- Nuclear Crisis in Japan: What We Know http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/nuclear-crisis-in-japan-fukushima-0518.html?utm_source=sp&utm_medium=more&utm_campaign=japan-nuke-crisis-3-11-11-more 325 comments technology
- In reality, the 8 warmest years on record for the globe have all occurred since 1998, and the 14 warmest years in the record have all occurred since 1990. http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/global_warming_contrarians/book-superfreakonomics.html 185 comments science
- "Failure to Yield" report debunks Monsanto adverts: other technologies boost crop yields far better than genetic engineering. http://ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/science/failure-to-yield.html 30 comments science
- Nuclear Bunker Buster (RNEP) Animation: An animation depicting the likely outcome should nuclear bunker busters be used against Iran's underground nuclear facilities http://www.ucsusa.org/global_security/nuclear_weapons/nuclear-bunker-buster-rnep-animation.html?log-event=sp2f-view-item&nid=40967051 9 comments reddit.com
- Global Warming Will Hit U.S. Northeast Hard Unless Action Taken Now http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/global-warming-to-hit-0044.html 3 comments reddit.com
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- Why scientists are fighting back. We’ve had enough of Trump’s war on facts | Kenneth Kimmell | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/15/why-scientists-are-fighting-back-we-have-had-enough-of-trump-war-on-facts 297 comments
- Got Science? Pushing Back Against Corporate 'Counterfeit Science' (Op-Ed) http://news.yahoo.com/got-science-pushing-back-against-corporate-counterfeit-science-203330743.html 233 comments
- We Must Defend Science in the Face of Political Attacks - Scientific American Blog Network https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-must-defend-science-in-the-face-of-political-attacks/ 213 comments
- Startup Says It Can Make Ethanol for $1 a Gallon, and Without Corn | WIRED http://www.wired.com/cars/energy/news/2008/01/ethanol23 76 comments
- Surveillance Suspected as Spacecraft’s Main Role - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/science/space/23secret.html?pagewanted=all&ref=global-home 63 comments
- 5 Myths About Renewable Energy | HowStuffWorks http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/5-myths-renewable-energy.htm 60 comments
- Jadav Payeng: The Man Who Planted an Entire Forest by Himself https://interestingengineering.com/jadav-payeng-the-man-who-planted-an-entire-forest-by-himself 59 comments
- Trump's EPA chief launches Soviet-style crackdown on free speech | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2017/10/25/trumps-epa-chief-launches-soviet-style-crackdown-on-free-speech/ 53 comments
- 2,300 Leading Scientists Send Trump A Clear Warning: We're Watching You | HuffPost Impact http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/2300-scientists-letter-donald-trump_us_583f2bcbe4b017f37fe238df 49 comments
- Pentagon to Present Vision of Reduced Military - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/us/pentagon-to-present-vision-of-reduced-military.html?pagewanted=all 26 comments
- Top Interior officials ordered parks to end science policy, emails show - Reveal https://www.revealnews.org/blog/top-interior-officials-ordered-parks-to-end-science-policy-emails-show/ 25 comments
- New York nuclear plant's future further divides Sanders and Clinton | Nuclear power | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/07/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-indian-point-nuclear-plant 20 comments
- How Trump’s travel ban could hurt science - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/29/how-trumps-travel-ban-could-hurt-science/ 19 comments
- Russia-Ukraine war puts spotlight on US nuclear mission at Los Alamos https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/23/russia-ukraine-war-los-alamos-nuclear-pits/7132121001/ 17 comments
- Top Interior Officials Ordered Parks To End Science Policy, Emails Show | HuffPost Impact https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/top-interior-officials-ordered-parks-to-end-science-policy-emails-show_us_5b5b2c2ee4b0de86f4968c5a 17 comments
- Bill Nye Wants Fox News to Get Real About Climate Change | WIRED https://www.wired.com/2017/09/geeks-guide-bill-nye/ 16 comments
- On Global Warming, Scientists and TV Weathercasters Are at Odds - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/science/earth/30warming.html 16 comments
- Dark Basin: Uncovering a Massive Hack-For-Hire Operation - The Citizen Lab https://citizenlab.ca/2020/06/dark-basin-uncovering-a-massive-hack-for-hire-operation/ 14 comments
- These Emails Show Exactly How Science Was Wiped Out at the Department of the Interior – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/07/these-emails-show-exactly-how-science-was-wiped-out-at-the-department-of-the-interior/ 14 comments
- Hurricane Harvey: Texas braces for 'significant disaster' as storm intensifies | Hurricane Harvey | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/25/hurricane-harvey-preparation-texas-trump-fema 12 comments