Climate Resources

Wind power is one of the most cost-effective sources of electricity available, capable of generating power at prices competitive with new natural gas plants and cheaper than new coal and nuclear plants.

The first of a series of annual UCS reports on the NRC's performance in ensuring nuclear power plant safety.

The electric power sector is placing new bets on an old technology—coal-fired power plants. But current economic, technological, and policy trends make such investments exceedingly risky.

This 2011 UCS report offers a comprehensive analysis of public subsidies to the nuclear power industry and evaluates their impacts and policy implications.

A technical paper and two-page summary released on November 30, 2011 at a side event of the international climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa.

The Clean Air Act is a law with a 40-year track record of cutting dangerous pollution to protect human health and the environment.

The Reactor Oversight Process, which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission instituted to evaluate the safety and security performance of the nation’s 104 nuclear power reactors, recently passed the ten year mark.

A Look at Chula Vista.

Texas oil companies spent millions on a deceptive ballot campaign to pass Proposition 23, the dirty energy proposition.

This first-of-its-kind study takes an innovative approach to the controversial subject by highlighting the case study of a real-world business in the Los Angeles area.

This report shows that the NRC is not living up to its self-stated mission when it comes to accidental releases of radioactive liquids and gases from nuclear power plants.

Catastrophes cause great physical harm, but they also impose a less obvious toll on the human psyche.

Top economists agree: Blocking California’s clean energy law will be costly.

The workers at Peach Bottom artfully—and likely illegally—played games with safety and operating license requirements to keep the Unit 2 reactor operating despite known safety shortcomings.

Massive new subsidies will only further mask nuclear power’s considerable costs and risks while disadvantaging more cost-effective and less risky carbon reduction measures that can be implemented much more quickly.

With climate change, the water cycle is expected to undergo significant change.

For most scientific research, scientists like to point out the level of uncertainty. Why?

We rank the states most dependent on coal imports, highlighting this annual drain on state economies, and suggest how states can keep their funds in-state through investments in energy efficiency and homegrown renewable energy.

Rising temperatures on Earth are changing the climate, including the timing of spring, which is having myriad domino effects on people and the environment.