Electric vehicles (EVs) powered by lithium-ion batteries have become the preferred alternative to gasoline vehicles, and they ...

Today, the Biden administration announced its updated target for reducing U.S. global warming emissions under the Paris ...

WASHINGTON (December 17, 2024)—Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released an updated study evaluating the economic, national security, and environmental impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ...

The House of Representatives today released legislation to fund the government through March 2025. The bill also includes a year-long extension of the 2018 Agriculture Innovation Act, known as the ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) package today—a stopgap measure to avert a shutdown by funding the federal government through March of next year—with ...

Dave Cooke is a senior vehicles analyst in the Clean Transportation Program, specializing in both light- and heavy-duty fuel economy. He conducts research on fuel efficiency technologies and the ...

Food production in the United States is at a crossroads. For decades, the public policies and big corporations that shape our food and agricultural system have pressed farmers to manage their land ...

This document summarizes the past year of efforts by staff and board members to transform UCS into an anti-racist ...

Industrial agriculture degrades and destroys wetlands. Changes to the Clean Water Act in 2023 rolled back federal wetland protections, further increasing risks from corporate agribusiness. Wetlands ...

At the end of each year, the Union of Concerned Scientists honors several individuals and groups who use science to improve the world and help people, including those who have taken a stand to protect ...