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The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems.
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The Supreme Court "is not making esoteric rulings that don’t matter to most people. They are taking a chainsaw to our system of health, safety, and environmental protections." Read Andrew Rosenberg's post on the recent Chevron Deference decision.
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New "Investing in Climate Chaos" dataset from Urgewald shows that large U.S. asset managers like Vanguard, BlackRock, State Street, and Capital Group continue to be major bad actors in enabling the #ClimateCrisis.
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Today @ucsusa.bsky.social released a letter from 700+ scientists to Biden & Congress, calling on them to cancel the proposed new long-range, land-based, nuclear-armed missile known as Sentinel, and to scrap such missiles permanently. Here is the letter: ucs-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/global-secur...
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700+ scientists & experts are calling on President Biden & Congress to cancel the Sentinel program and retire the US land-based missile force. Doing so would save Americans more than $100 billion and make the world safer.
Learn more: act.ucsusa.org/4bzDGoE
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Nuestra herramienta de mapeo muestra dónde y cuándo la infraestructura costera esencial, como edificios de vivienda pública, escuelas y centrales eléctricas, corre el riesgo de inundarse por el aumento del nivel del mar provocado por el cambio climático.
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Dr. Kristina Dahl: "The proposed rule is the first step towards ensuring widespread protection of U.S. workers from dangerous heat that is expected to become more frequent and severe due to fossil fuel-driven climate change." Read more ⬇️
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As climate litigation continues to evolve, the need for robust communication and collaboration between scientists and legal practitioners becomes increasingly important both in court and in driving meaningful climate action. act.ucsusa.org/3L8OFL3
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Today, #SCOTUS decided that the federal courts can overrule the experts at federal agencies whose job is to implement public health & safety laws. Instead, federal courts would be the arbiters of regulatory questions, including those involving science.
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Rachel Cleetus at @ucsusa.bsky.social breaks down what #Project2025 would mean for the #climate and for science. (Spoiler alert: it's bad). blog.ucsusa.org/rachel-cleet...
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In her recent blog, climate scientist Kristy Dahl explores this interactive tool and highlights the types of information it can provide.
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🗺️📍Check out our new map tool that shows how critical pieces of coastal infrastructure, such as public housing buildings, schools, and power plants, are at risk of repeated, disruptive flooding due to climate change-driven sea level rise.
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"There is no doubt the nation has a big to-do list when it comes to advancing climate-resilient infrastructure across sectors. But there is good news: we know investments now can save money down the road by reducing damages," writes UCS's Shana Udvardy.
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Learn more in Jessica Dunn’s latest blog:
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UCS’s Jessica Dunn discusses what a strong EV battery recycling policy in California should look like, its importance for sustainability, the key elements of an effective policy, and how CA can lead the US in sustainable EV battery disposal practices. WATCH:
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With sea level rise projected to impact over a billion people globally in the next 25 years, it’s a critical climate change issue. UCS’s Kristy Dahl breaks down everything you need to know about this pressing challenge in seven clear points.
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UCS’s Rachel Cleetus explains how the Heritage Foundation's #Project2025 attacks our democracy and climate action. If the relentless rise in global temperatures and #DangerSeason have you concerned, if you value policies informed by robust, independent science, take this threat seriously.
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In the second part of her blog series on the roadblocks and bottlenecks California faces in its transition to 100% clean energy, UCS’s Vivian Yang delves into the need to reform how clean energy projects connect to the grid.
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This is unacceptable at any time, but especially during an election year when disinformation presents a major risk to the future of our democracy. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Scientists should be able to do their research free from political interference, harassment, or attack. It’s no coincidence that those who spread and benefit from disinformation are the ones attacking the researchers who study and expose it. wapo.st/3RuAlA5
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"By funding an astroturf group that has no visible ties to the company and pumps out messages that contradict facts, Chevron is resorting to the same disinformation playbook that created the need for climate accountability lawsuits like California’s."
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To learn more, join us for a virtual briefing to discuss different perspectives on protecting federal agencies and government science from political manipulation in the US and Canada: Thursday, June 13, 5–6pm ET.
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Take action today to help ensure that scientists are protected from political attack, regardless of who’s in power.
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When science is sidelined, people get hurt. We’ve documented more than 300 attacks on science that show why protecting science and scientists is so important.
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Federal scientists must be protected from political attack. Federal agencies are working to safeguard research but more must be done. Learn what’s at stake and what you can do to help. wapo.st/4cAd203
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The urgent need to bring more clean energy resources online has created growing pains for California's outdated power grid. Read part 1 of UCS's Vivian Yang's posts on the roadblocks and bottlenecks the Golden State is facing in its transition to 100% clean energy.
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The US is, historically, the world’s largest emitter of the global warming pollution driving ocean heat. Demand that the US take responsibility, cut emissions, and support other countries through international climate finance and funds for loss and damage actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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We see the effects of 2024's high ocean temps in ongoing mass coral bleaching & a forecast for a potentially record N. Atlantic hurricane season. Warm water = fuel for cyclones. Here in early June, N. Atlantic temps are more typical for August...
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Like a big sister who's constantly covering our a$$, the ocean has been absorbing excess heat as we've been burning fossil fuels and creating it. 91% of that excess heat. Without the ocean as a heat sponge, we’d be toast. But how much can she take?
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Right now, the oceans are HOT. They’ve been breaking global average sea surface temperature (SST) records every day since May of 2023. Check out 2024 so far…
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Today is #WorldOceanDay! Who doesn’t love the ocean? But does the ocean love us back? Read on…
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UCS's new report found that at the halfway point of implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the historic federal investments flowing into California are not yet meeting federal environmental justice goals. Read our new report "Follow the Money"💸 ⤵️
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La mala calidad del aire y la inseguridad hídrica están agravando los efectos del cambio climático en California. El científico climático Dr Angel S. Fernández Bou nos cuenta detalles desde Merced, en el Valle Central de California. ➡️dangerseason.ucsusa.org
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UNSG Antonio Guterres calls out greenwashing & obstruction by the #fossilfuel industry & recommends every country ban fossil fuel advertising. 👏 The science is clear that we cannot keep burning fossil fuels. So there's no reason to advertise them!
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Act now to protect outdoor workers by calling on your Representative to support the Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Protection Act. act.ucsusa.org/4c6rpJc
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Extreme heat is also one of the deadliest climate change impacts, putting children and older people at high risk, and posing great danger to outdoor workers.
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Extreme heat exacerbates energy burdens. One recent analysis estimated households will see an average 8% increase in electric bills this summer, up to an average total of $719 for June through September.
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Today much of the Southwest is experiencing intense heat, as shown on our “Danger Season” map. That’s not to mention the people at risk from flooding, fire weather, and other hazards—more than 156 million, or approximately 47% of the U.S. population. act.ucsusa.org/3X9VfIi
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We're seeing a lot of federal agency rules being finalized under the Biden admin. However, once a rule is finalized, there's a tool called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that allows Congress to override the rule--even if the rule is based on science and for public good. act.ucsusa.org/3yLYXOd
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Addressing the root causes of migration in a just way—including the impacts of the rapidly worsening climate crisis—is crucial. That’s why UCS supports the Climate Displaced Persons Act as one framework for the kind of action needed to protect people. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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News that the Biden administration intends to immediately limit the number of people allowed to claim asylum at the southern border is deeply concerning, especially with dangerous and life-threatening heat dome conditions in Mexico, moving to the southwest U.S. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Tribes are in a unique situation as sovereign nations planning within wider transportation network with neighboring governments. Science Network member Cole Grisham outlines some of the top tribal transportation issues in his new blog:
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Canadian wildfires. Compromised air quality in the Midwest. A prolonged heat wave. The TX derecho and the power outages and mosquitos that came with it... "It's #DangerSeason2024, and everyone needs to be ready. Because the hits are coming, and they’re going to hurt."
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Today @bulletinatomic.bsky.social published my piece on the rising cost of the massive effort by NNSA to produce new plutonium pits, the fissile core of nuclear weapons. Those new pits are for new warheads for the vastly over-budget Sentinel missile. thebulletin.org/2024/05/anot...
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff recently revealed that winter storms Gerri and Heather brought a grid operator to the brink of rolling blackouts sometime between January 10 and January 17, 2024. UCS's Paul Arbaje digs into what regulators did—and didn’t—tell us.
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Read this new blog from @ucsusa.bsky.social's Dr. Delta Merner to learn more about today's important ruling by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) recognizing global warming emissions as a marine pollutant.
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The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued a historic Advisory Opinion today unanimously affirming that countries must “take all necessary measures to reduce, prevent and control” human-caused heat-trapping emissions.
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“The upcoming food and farm bill is Congress’ chance to right the wrongs of the past and move us out of the darkness of discrimination and anti-Black racism and into the dawn of equity and justice for Black farmers,” writes UCS’s DeShawn Blanding.
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Other states should take Arizona’s example and make sure their election administrators are prepared to identify disinformation and make sure it doesn’t derail the free and fair elections we deserve.
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Attempts to subvert our democracy aren’t new, but new technologies can make them more potent. We need evidence-based policies to help protect the right to vote, like the Freedom to Vote Act and the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act.
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The risk of AI-generated disinformation could “supercharge” the risk of voter suppression and distrust, as our partners at
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