WASHINGTON—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will release its annual Arctic Report Card tomorrow. The report release is much anticipated given what data has already revealed ...

Ignorance is the disease, and curiosity is the cure! Ignorance is the disease, and curiosity is the cure! Welcome to This Is Science with Jess Phoenix, a Union of Concerned Scientists production. In ...

WASHINGTON (October 20, 2021)—Despite efforts throughout the summer to compromise on a revised voting rights bill, and despite earning majority support, the Freedom to Vote Act failed to meet the ...

WASHINGTON (February 2, 2021)—Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to lead the Department of Transportation. In this position, he’ll have a vital ...

WASHINGTON (October 20, 2020)—The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent federal agency, has announced an investigation to learn whether political appointees have interfered with ...

WASHINGTON (August 13, 2020)—In a Fox Business appearance this morning, President Donald Trump threatened to block additional funding to shore up the U.S. Postal Service while simultaneously insisting ...

WASHINGTON (March 23, 2020)—Today, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that UCS’s lawsuit challenging the EPA’s policy banning scientists who receive agency funding from sitting on advisory ...

WASHINGTON (January 29, 2020)—A year from now, the winner of the 2020 presidential election will have taken the oath of office and kicked off a new term. And no matter who it is taking that oath, they ...

A recent Zogby Analytics poll found that 82 percent of Iowa residents want presidential candidates, who are already passing through the Hawkeye State, to lay out their positions on nuclear weapons.

WASHINGTON (February 6, 2019)—NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) announced today that 2018 was the fourth hottest year worldwide on record. Below is a statement by ...

WASHINGTON (May 22, 2018)—As part of the FY19 National Defense Authorization Bill, the House of Representatives will weigh in as early as today on the Trump administration’s new “low-yield” nuclear ...

WASHINGTON (December 2, 2017)—The U.S. Senate has passed sweeping tax cut legislation that would threaten public health and jeopardize clean energy projects, according to the Union of Concerned ...