UCS President Johanna Chao Kreilick reports on priorities and goals from the first day of the international climate summit COP28.

“In the eye of a hurricaneThere is quietFor just a momentA yellow sky When I was seventeen a hurricaneDestroyed my townI didn’t drownI couldn’t seem to die” The above lyrics written by Lin-Manuel Miranda from the musical Hamilton, bring out feelings—

The latest grant program announced on November 21, 2023, is EPA’s largest grant program dedicated to community-based organizations.

The UN’s Climate Change Conference is just about to kick off in Dubai, juxtaposing the powerful political power of the fossil fuel industry and the desperate need to reduce oil and gas usage as we face an ongoing climate crisis. With the petroleum-do

Corporate agribusinesses in California's Cuyama Valley are ignoring the science on groundwater use. It's time to boycott their carrots!

Last week, the Federal Highway Administration finalized an important regulation–the greenhouse gas performance measure. UCS along with more than 100,000 members of the public have written in support of this national rule that will gather the scattere

Flooding, coastal erosion, wildfires, thawing permafrost, and extreme weather events are causing unprecedented loss and damage of places and customs.

Michigan legislators recently passed a series of energy-related bills that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign into law tomorrow. The package represents progress on a number of fronts. It adds Michigan to the growing list of states, including I

The annual UN climate conference, COP28, is slated to take place from November 30-December 12 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As the climate crisis continues to deepen, the stakes at these annual negotiations are acutely high. This year, t

Methane emissions contribute to climate change and harm our health. Countries must commit to more ambitious reductions at COP28.

Without protections against conflicts of interest at COP28, the fossil fuel industry will be out in force.

The phrase “Loss and Damage“ has been bandied about in international climate negotiations since 1991 when Vanuatu, a small island nation in the South Pacific, called for developed countries to assist in shouldering the financial burden arising from c

This blog post was co-authored by Martha Kinsella, former senior counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. It was originally published in the blog STAT on November 10, 2023. By Jacob Carter and Martha Kinsella  In

Transportation is the largest contributor to US global warming emissions, and we have choices around how we transform it.

UCS found that the IRA more than doubles the current rate of annual US emissions reductions to roughly 3 percent through 2030. But to lower emissions by 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, the United States would have to cut emissions by more than

UCS study shows massive economic and health benefits from switch to clean energy, electrification and energy efficiency.

One of the first analyses UCS undertook in 2021 was an effort to understand how many federal scientists had left without being replaced during the Trump administration. While not all agencies were equally impacted, the results indicated a steep decli

The findings are grim. The NCA5 states what has now become obvious: the United States is not shielded from climate impacts, and every sector of the economy and region of the country is experiencing these impacts.

Will US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping leave our hearts with a little hope after they meet in San Francisco this week?

Is the market really showing a decline in electric vehicle purchases? Or is this a convenient narrative for some automakers to jump on?

Rural drivers need to think through many of the same charging-related questions as any driver does.

It took no time for Mike Johnson to establish a hefty carbon footprint as new Speaker of the House. In the first legislative act under his watch, his Republican majority last month passed an appropriations bill that seeks to gut many federal programs

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently proposed new fuel economy standards that, together with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) greenhouse gas emissions standards, are meant to continue to reduce fuel use fro

The US federal scientific workforce should reflect the diversity of the population it serves. UCS has suggestions for how to get there.

A number of federal agencies are reporting some promising first steps to develop these types of partnerships.

Wear your sticker with pride! Political scientists have shown that people are more likely to vote when they think that others around them vote too.

Climate change, one of the defining challenges of our time, demands multifaceted approaches to drive action and accountability. Two central players in this arena are climate litigators and United Nations (UN) climate negotiators. While they may seem

Local, state and federal governments have a role to play in determining the future of the grid.

Negotiations on Loss and Damage funding for climate-vulnerable countries are breaking down ahead of COP28—although the solutions should be clear.

With so many entities working to make sure the grid is reliable, why are we still seeing catastrophic failures of the grid during extreme weather events?