Maps from a new UCS analysis on the wastewater discharged by Tyson meat processing plants show that much of the pollution is concentrated in a few states.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/stacy-woods/new-maps-show-where-tyson-foods-is-polluting-water/
A realistic understanding of their costs and risks is critical.
After a dozen years unmasking lies and five years before that overseeing UCS’s media relations operation, I am leaving the organization.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/elliott-negin/calling-out-climate-lies-for-a-living/
An important step, but more is needed.
Two bills being considered by the California legislature can help mitigate the public health impacts of wildfires.
This week, the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights (IACHR) started to hear testimony at the University of the West Indies, near Bridgetown, Barbados, addressing one of the most pressing global is...
If done right, this White House initiative can continue to achieve lasting, meaningful, systemic, and structural changes that so many have spent their lives fighting to achieve.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/chitra-kumar/justice40-can-be-strengthened-with-these-3-fixes/
We now are seeing the most comprehensive set of presidential equity and justice actions since the 1960s.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/chitra-kumar/the-white-houses-justice40-is-good-and-can-be-better/
Estimates say EV drivers will see about $17 to $25 lower monthly electricity bills under the proposed flat fee.
Nearly two years in, the initial outlook on the IRA's impact is promising.
This administration has made historic progress on multiple fronts, and traditional environmental groups, science organizations, and environmental justice communities are exercising their individu...
The numbers are in for 2023: dizzying profits for fossil fuel companies and billions in climate-driven disasters.
In this latest scientific integrity roundup, a preview of Supreme Court cases that could limit federal agencies' ability to set protective standards.
Much of our electricity system is 50 to 70 years old, yet current plans for domestic manufacturing, electric vehicle fleets, community solar gardens and more clean energy all depend on a modern g...
https://blog.ucsusa.org/mike-jacobs/whats-stalling-the-transition-to-a-modern-electricity-grid/
The industry knew as far back as 1970 that gas stoves pose a threat to public health and the environment.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/elliott-negin/the-gas-utility-industry-is-gaslighting-us/
Industry is attempting some new tactics to undermine independent science and science-based decisionmaking at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA previously released their updated s...
https://blog.ucsusa.org/anita-desikan/industrys-newest-tactics-to-undermine-epa-science/
In a pivotal week for environmental justice, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, delivered rulings on three climate cases. A landmark ruling in the Swiss Women’s ca...
https://blog.ucsusa.org/delta-merner/swiss-women-lead-the-way-in-historic-climate-justice-victory/
Land absorbs a lot of human-created carbon emissions, but is its ability to do so unlimited? And how does climate change affect this process?
An Exxon gas sign
https://blog.ucsusa.org/elliott-negin/ask-an-expert-what-to-expect-this-oil-industry-proxy-season/
Research Scientist Carly Phillips takes a look at ExxonMobil's latest climate report to see if it bears up to scientific scrutiny (spoiler: nope).
https://blog.ucsusa.org/carly-phillips/greenwashing-in-graphs-an-exxonmobil-story/
The tobacco companies were notorious for confusing the public about the threat cigarettes posed to human health. But there are many ways you can recognize disinformation and stop its spread.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/anita-desikan/how-tobacco-companies-created-the-disinformation-playbook/
Climate scientist Susan Avery is departing ExxonMobil's board while the company's carbon emissions and climate disinformation continue.
A new dataset released by InfluenceMap provides information on heat-trapping emissions traced to the 122 largest investor and state-owned fossil fuel companies in the world. Fossil fuels are the ...
A new site provides an updated—and easy to access and explore—dataset on heat-trapping emissions by producer. Check it out at carbonmajors.org.