Reports & Multimedia

With the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant retiring, California needs to replace all of Diablo Canyon’s output with clean energy.

Energy expert John Rogers is back with new renewable energy milestones and advances in wind and solar power

Strategies for recycling lithium-ion batteries will help the continued deployment of electric vehicles.

Dr. Pablo Ortiz discusses the intersecting impacts of climate change in the San Joaquin Valley.

The Trump administration's attacks on science damaged scientific capacity across multiple agencies. What can the Biden administration do to rebuild federal science?

Dr. Gretchen Goldman details what is needed to bring back and strengthen the role of science in government.

Overuse of nitrogen fertilizer and mismanagement of animal manure have created a costly groundwater pollution problem in Iowa. State and federal policies can help farmers control this pollution at its source.

Leah Penniman discusses how community farms can uproot the food system and create opportunities for Black and Brown farmers.

Almost a century after the Dust Bowl, the unsolved problem of soil erosion clouds the future of US agriculture.

US farms are losing soil to erosion at an unsustainable rate. To meet this threat, we need policies that support farmers in conserving and rebuilding soil.

Dr. Ana Diez Roux discusses the ethical questions and criteria behind the equitable distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine.

2020 UCS Science Defenders