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Fighting Corruption, Promoting Evidence
Democracy reforms are vitally important to protect evidence-based policymaking and help underrepresented communities advocate for their interests.
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Principles of Equitable Policy Design for Energy Storage
A collection of diverse stakeholders examined how we can deploy energy storage while putting communities first.
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Building Equitable, Clean, and Climate-Safe Infrastructure
US electricity infrastructure is aging, inadequate, and vulnerable. Clean energy investments can help.
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Where Are Self-Driving Cars Taking Us?
Self-driving cars could help or harm access to jobs and transportation. It depends on what policies we choose.
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Inequitable Exposure to Air Pollution from Vehicles in California (2019)
We quantified Californians' exposure to dangerous air pollution. Particulate matter disproportionately affects Californians of color and low-income communities.
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The State of Science in the Trump Era
The Trump administration's pattern of undermining science is damaging our health and safety. Scientists and their allies are pushing back—and Congress should join them.
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Decoys Used in Missile Defense Intercept Tests
The United States missile defense system hasn’t shown that it can successfully deal with decoys or other countermeasures.
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US Military Options Should Not Include Starting a Nuclear War
A no-first-use policy—in which the United States declares it will never use nuclear weapons first—would remove the ability of the United States to start a nuclear war, increasing global security.
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Electric Trucks and Buses
Heavy duty vehicles play a major role in our everyday lives—but their pollutants pose many health risks.
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Achieving 100 Percent Clean Electricity
UCS outlined 10 key strategies that state legislators, regulators, and other stakeholders can follow.
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Science Under Siege at the Department of the Interior
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his political appointees have overseen relentless attacks on science and put our nation's parks, health, and wildlife at risk.
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The New "Low-Yield" Submarine-based Nuclear Warhead
The W76-2 warhead is both unnecessary and dangerous. The United States already has weapons capable of similar yields; adding another will introduce complications that could lead to miscalculations.