Justice means addressing past and current wrongs. All efforts to live with, adapt to, and prepare for the changing climate ...

UCS Center for Science and Democracy Director Dr. Jennifer Jones joins Jess to discuss what the second Trump presidency means ...

Trump’s presidency is a grave threat to science-based decisionmaking, and the safety of our planet and communities. Help UCS mobilize to protect science and scientists. Make a gift to the Science ...

WASHINGTON—On his first day in office, President Trump clearly signaled, with an onslaught of executive orders, his intent to dismantle decades worth of science-based public health and environmental ...

Assessing the key different types of justice (distributive, procedural, and restorative) within the climate and energy movements can be challenging. A UCS collaboration with community partners ...

WASHINGTON (January 20, 2025)—As part of what is expected to be a spate of deeply anti-scientific and destructive executive orders released his first week in office, President Trump announced today ...

WASHINGTON (January 21, 2025)—President Donald Trump yesterday directed agencies to begin developing action plans to roll back regulations that affect “consumer choice in vehicles,” a thinly veiled ...

President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order paving the way for federal agencies to reclassify tens of thousands of federal employees as at-will workers, making them easier to fire. The ...

Rachel Cleetus is the policy director with the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She leads the program’s efforts in designing effective and equitable policies to address ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today released its annual report tallying the toll of extreme weather and climate disasters in the United States for 2024.