The 2024 election results are sending shockwaves through the scientific community, but we haven’t been caught flat-footed.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate former Senator Kelly Loeffler to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the agency responsible for overseeing our nation’s food and farm ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan—The annual U.N. climate talks—also referred to as COP29—have entered the final hours of negotiations. New ...

Last week, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) announced his plans to investigate the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental ...

Electric vehicles (EVs) have come a long way with dozens of models available to US drivers.

WASHINGTON—Donald Trump has officially been declared the winner of the U.S. presidential elections—an outcome with monumental repercussions on the international stage, especially given his withdrawal ...

The energy business is one of the largest industries in the world. Major fossil fuel companies routinely make billion-dollar profits, extracting and distributing oil, gas, and coal. Unfortunately, ...

Food production in the United States is at a crossroads. For decades, the public policies and big corporations that shape our food and agricultural system have pressed farmers to manage their land ...

Amanda Fencl is a Western States Senior Climate Scientist for the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Dr. Fencl is an expert in water, climate adaptation, and environmental ...

Dr. Omanjana Goswami is an Interdisciplinary Scientist with the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She conducts research on the practice and policies of the current US ...

Coal, gas, and other fossil fuels are neither sustainable nor safe. We shouldn’t use them. Coal, oil, and methane gas are fossil fuels formed over time from the remains of living organisms. In the ...

The continued production and use of fossil fuels threatens our climate, public health, and human rights. A fossil fuel phaseout is necessary to build a healthier, safer, and more just world, and any ...