The Great American Engine Stall: Science Budget Cuts Threaten US Innovation
The biggest casualty? Climate science.
Uniting for Colorado’s Water Future
Each summer, as the spring snowpack dwindles and stream flows recede, work crews put on their waders, grab a variety of tools, and get to work restoring Colorado’s natural stream systems...
Uniting for Colorado’s Water Future
Each summer, as the spring snowpack dwindles and stream flows recede, work crews put on their waders, grab a variety of tools, and get to work restoring Colorado’s natural stream systems...
Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed Ranch Network Earns Audubon’s Bird-Friendly Land Certification
NEW YORK, NY (July 22, 2025) — The National Audubon Society has certified all 15 family ranches in the Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed network across the Great Plains and Midwest as Audubon...
Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed Ranch Network Earns Audubon’s Bird-Friendly Land Certification
NEW YORK, NY (July 22, 2025) — The National Audubon Society has certified all 15 family ranches in the Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed network across the Great Plains and Midwest as Audubon...
‘Feather Detective’ Roxie Laybourne’s Career in Six Objects
Feathers can turn up in some unusual places: The nostrils of a murder victim who was smothered with a pillow. The cockpit of a jet that hit a flock of geese and crashed. Even the dryer lint trap of...
‘Feather Detective’ Roxie Laybourne’s Career in Six Objects
Feathers can turn up in some unusual places: The nostrils of a murder victim who was smothered with a pillow. The cockpit of a jet that hit a flock of geese and crashed. Even the dryer lint trap of...
EPA Moves to Ignore Power Plant Carbon Emissions, Deny Climate Science
Zeldin is proposing to walk away from regulating carbon emissions from power plants—plus nearly every other source of heat-trapping emissions.
What We’re Watching: Heat, Floods, and Fires Threaten Multiple US Regions While Fossil Fuel Industry Seeks Legal Immunity
More flash flood warnings have been issued this year to date than any other year since 1986.
Six Months in, UCS Is in the Fight for the Long Haul
Six months into the second Trump administration, what's UCS doing to fight attacks on science?
What Does Trump’s Budget Bill Mean for the Farm Bill?
The recently passed budget bill slashes funding for SNAP. That may make it harder for congressional Democrats to support a food and farm bill.
Methane leaks from gas pipelines are a hidden source of widespread air pollution
Methane reacts in the atmosphere to form components of fine particulate air pollution, which can penetrate deep into the lungs and increase risk for heart disease and asthma.