All reports
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Bright and blind spots of water research in Latin America and the Caribbean
A peer-reviewed article in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
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Community Perspectives and Environmental Justice in California's San Joaquin Valley
A peer-reviewed article in Environmental Justice.
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Too Hot to Work
Study shows outdoor workers in the US have up to 35 times the risk of dying from heat exposure than the general population.
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Tyson Spells Trouble
Many Arkansas farmers, workers, and communities suffer from Tyson’s monopoly-like power in the state.
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Higher-diet quality is associated with higher diet costs when eating at home and away from home
A peer-reviewed article in Public Health Nutrition.
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Building Racial Equity
How the Union of Concerned Scientists is working to center justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in our science-based advocacy, impact, and workplaces.
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Census Redistricting
The Census Bureau ran into many problems conducting the decennial census in 2020, beginning with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Clean Energy Transformation
UCS and an expert advisory committee's report that says the US can and must phase out fossil fuels from the entire economy and ramp up clean renewable energy while confronting the racial and economic inequities inherent in our present energy system.
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Japan on No First Use
President Joseph Biden can immediately declare that the United States will never be the first nation to use nuclear weapons without worrying about the effect of such a declaration in Japan.
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Agricultural Soil Carbon and Carbon Markets
Agricultural soil carbon is an important tool in battling the climate crisis—but it's not a silver bullet.
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Low and Zero Emissions Zones
The Greenlining Institute and the Union of Concerned Scientists explore low- and zero-emissions zones as policy tools for achieving local air quality improvements and other benefits.
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The impact of the ACA Medicaid expansion on SNAP participation
A peer-reviewed article in Food Policy.