Action Center
Protect Science and the Clean Air Act
A handful of politicians and industry groups are attacking the Clean Air Act and the government’s scientific findings that global warming emissions harm public health. Your state can help--write to your governor and state attorney general today asking them to stop the attacks..
- Tell Rupert Murdoch: Get the Facts Straight! Act Now »
- Urge Your Senator to Pass Strong Climate Policy. Act Now »
- Tell Congress: Keep Antibiotics Working. Act Now »
Making Progress
California Passes World's First Low Carbon Fuel Standard
In April 2009, we achieved a major victory in California where they passed the world's first low carbon fuel standard. The regulation will likely serve as a model for other states and the federal government. Read more »
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Goes Into Effect
Thanks in part to the thousands of UCS supporters who sent emails and made phone calls over the past four years, the nation's first cap-and-trade program, a market-based plan to reduce global emissions, went into effect in early 2009. Read more »
