Working to transform the US food system through research, analysis, advocacy, and collaboration. The Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists is a team of scientists, analysts ...

Jess talks with California State University, Los Angeles Biology Department Chair Dr. Kirsten Fisher about desert mosses, ...

Strong scientific integrity policies help ensure that the science that guides government decisions is independent, trustworthy, and free of political influence. But federal agencies vary widely in the ...

Brenda Ekwurzel is director of scientific excellence at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). In this role, she is responsible for ensuring rigorous, independent science to enhance UCS's ...

The UCS Science Fellows Program brings scientists and scholars to UCS to work on innovative and forward-looking projects. The UCS Science Fellows Program brings scientists and scholars to UCS to work ...

New technologies are redefining how we move around—but are they all positive changes? In 1908, the first affordable, mass-produced automobile rolled off assembly lines: the Ford Model T. Its arrival ...

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released its latest Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) report showing, for the second month in a row this year, that the agency is dangerously low on ...

UCS has been documenting the problem of political interference in science in the US federal government since its landmark 2004 Scientist Statement on Scientific Integrity. In addition to tracking ...

Nuclear weapons are the most inhumane and devastating tools of war ever created. They're also tools of white supremacy. Table of Contents Nuclear weapons are the most inhumane and devastating tools of ...

The continued production and use of fossil fuels threatens our climate, public health, and human rights. A fossil fuel phaseout is necessary to build a healthier, safer, and more just world, and any ...