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North Korean Missiles: A Diplomatic Approach
In 2009, UCS took part in an independent effort to examine and suggest ideas to support a diplomatic approach aimed at engaging North Korea and ending its nuclear and missile programs.
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Voices of Federal Food Safety Scientists and Inspectors
Undue influence by special interests and public officials routinely inhibits the ability of inspectors to protect our food supply.
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Model Year 2012–2016 Clean Car Standards
Model year 2012–2016 national standards save oil, cut emissions, and save money at the pump
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The Most Expensive Thing We Can Do is Nothing
Top economists agree: Blocking California’s clean energy law will be costly.
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Control Rods at Peach Bottom
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.
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Delivering Jobs
Investing in fuel-efficient technologies for heavy-duty trucks can save their owners money at the pump, create tens of thousands of jobs across the economy, reduce the nation’s dependence on oil, and help combat climate change.
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Verification of New START
The New START treaty streamlines the verification measures from START I without sacrificing any essential information, while adding the most intrusive verification system ever implemented for counting nuclear warheads.
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Nuclear Power Subsidies Will Shift Financial Risks to Taxpayers
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.
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How to Reform Biofuels Tax Polices
How biofuels tax policies must be reformed to cut global warming pollution and save oil.
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How to Get Advanced Biofuels Off the Ground
The Billion Gallon Challenge shows how new policies are needed to realize the promise of clean cellulosic biofuels.
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Smart Bioenergy
Bioenergy has the potential to increase energy security, promote economic development, and decrease global warming pollution. But efforts to expand its production and use could have unintended consequences.
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Burning Coal, Burning Cash
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.