Cómo podemos aprovechar el enorme potencial solar en las comunidades de justicia ambiental de Massachusetts
La energía solar distribuida puede reducir el costo de las facturas de electricidad.
FEMA Review Council Report, Like President Trump, Is Out of Touch with Reality
The recommendations would leave lower income disaster survivors with fewer resources to recover.
A New Way to Uncover How Science Is Under Attack
We’ve built a new system to help us monitor and explain what’s happening.
Audubon’s Assessment for a Resilient Great Salt Lake
A healthy network of saline lakes in the Western United States is crucial to the survival and wellbeing of millions of waterbirds that depend on these ecosystems for nesting, breeding, refueling, and...
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which the Trump administration seeks to limit
Detailed data is useful for understanding and addressing environmental effects on people’s lives in ways that become difficult or impossible if only the broadest and blurriest picture is developed.
New Audubon Report Identifies Most Important Areas for Bird Conservation at Great Salt Lake – Now and for the Future
SALT LAKE CITY — Today, the National Audubon Society released the Great Salt Lake Birds and Habitat Assessment—a science-based analysis that integrates habitat, hydrology and climate modeling...
Fireworks, heat and drought put this July 4th at high risk for wildfires
Every year, the number of human-caused fires spikes on July 4, and many of them are related to fireworks. When trees and grasses are dry and the temperature high, the risk rises even more.
New Species Documented This Spring at Pine Island
From the banks of Currituck Sound to extensive grassy marshes, old duck impoundments, and upland maritime forests, Pine Island is home to globally rare habitat that continues to remain protected...
Louisiana v Callais Broke the System. Here’s How We Fix It
Last year, in my first blog post for UCS, I asked a question still on the minds of many Americans: “Do we still have a democracy?” Drawing on my previous work advocating for the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and my experience with the national NAACP as a policy analyst, I observed the relentless campaign to
The American Project Has Never Been Perfect. It’s Still Worth Fighting For.
Science and democracy are interconnected.
Fireworks, heat and drought make this July 4th a recipe for wildfires
Every year, the number of human-caused fires spikes on July 4, and many of them are related to fireworks. When trees and grasses are dry and the temperature high, the risk rises even more.
Heat waves can leave homes dangerously hot – even for young, healthy adults
Heat waves can be dangerous, and the conditions indoors can be worse than outdoors. A study of all the single-family homes in Austin, Texas, shows why.