The Office of the Inspector General and the Scientific Integrity Office have very different roles in agencies and should coordinate as called for in the policy but independently fulfill their responsibilities.

Climate change is here and it's costly; the alternative is investing today in resilience measures.

Increase your home’s comfort during normal temperature fluctuations and home safety during extreme weather events.

The climate crisis is top of mind as the UN General Assembly meets during Climate Week. Here's what UCS Policy Director Rachel Cleetus wants world leaders to do about it.

Grid hardening and outage mitigation will lessen the impact of extreme weather on energy infrastructure and prevent larger grid failures from occurring.

Recent claims that Russia is shipping highly enriched uranium to China for its nuclear weapons program ignore the long history of the countries' cooperation on nuclear energy.

With more than $156 million in federal funding set to flow to Michigan, the state can dramatically increase community and household access to the benefits of solar energy.

Middle-school drama abounds among the power players in the Business Roundtable, whose companies' public positions on climate conflict with the association's actions.

The UCS Science Hub for Climate Litigation has identified areas where science and research are still needed to contribute to legal cases.

Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles are disproportionately responsible for climate-warming emissions.

Science communication is strengthened when we use creative approaches. Art is such a powerful tool for this, especially when communicating to kids. Last year, I met Dave Schneider, a climate scientist who studies ice sheets and climate systems, work

Why do some voters not vote? And why do some ballots not get counted? Liza Gordon-Rogers explores the not-so-simple answers.

Our new report looks at 38 government agencies to see who's on track—and who's behind—in creating scientific integrity policies.

Over the last three months, which have been declared the world’s hottest summer on record, outdoor workers across the US have endured dangerously hot conditions on the job. They’ve cut grass in 112°F heat in California’s Coachella Valley, handled bag

Despite adding six million more passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs to the roads over the last 10 years, California’s gasoline consumption has dropped over two billion gallons from its peak in 2005. More efficient (and cleaner) gasoline cars are part of

The New York Times recently conducted an analysis that found an enormous number of elections in the United States are uncontested. This means that voters are left with no choices: the election is a foregone conclusion. Renowned democracy scholars Phi

How can the government reduce barriers to public participation in the the decisions that affect our health and safety?

China’s top diplomat repeatedly told US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan his government does not believe the United States and China are engaged in a struggle for global supremacy. It was one of the most important issues—second only to Taiwan—

Throughout his two terms, Governor Gavin Newsom has driven California to the top of the world in clean transportation policies that will improve air quality and fight the climate crisis. Under Newsom, California passed policies to get the state to 10

A new energy permitting bill proposes to give Big Oil more power, while only making small concessions to climate-smart policies.

This week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that since 2021 and the passage of Senate Bill 1—a controversial law that is still undergoing legal challenges—the state has purged more than 1.1 million people from voter rolls. As we discussed in our

It’s hard to keep up with the latest stories on extreme heat.  2023 was the world’s hottest year—a record that is likely to be broken by 2024. And just last month, NASA recorded the hottest day on record ever on July 22, the latest in a 13-month stre

It’s important to make sure that batteries are developed as safely and equitably as possible.

Black farmers lost some 90 percent of their land in the 20th century due in part to discriminatory government policies. The new farm bill could take steps to right some of these wrongs.

The heat is on: it’s burning down forests and towns, it’s melting down grids, and it’s making hard jobs even harder. Beyond the staggering human and environmental toll of danger season’s extreme weather, there are rising costs associated with climate

On August 13, Tropical Storm Ernesto rapidly intensified just before hitting Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The intensification and trajectory merited a hurricane warning for the Virgin Islands as well as the island municipalities of Vieques and

El 13 de agosto, la tormenta tropical Ernesto se intensificó rápidamente justo antes de pegarle a Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. La intensificación y trayectoria merecieron aviso de huracán para las Islas Vírgenes tanto como para las islas municip

The 45Y and 48E tax credits are critical for driving deployment of clean electricity resources—but if loopholes aren't closed, they could end up subsidizing polluters instead. The stakes are incredibly high for getting these rules right.

The 45Y and 48E tax credits, foundational to the Inflation Reduction Act, must be rigorously implemented. The risk is high that heavily polluting power plants co-opt the credits for themselves.

The iconic yellow school bus is a familiar sight on our streets no matter where you live in the US, transporting millions of kids safely to and from school every day. While the color of school buses is still the same old yellow that it was when I was