Union of Concerned Scientists

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized standards to limit the amount of mercury and other toxic pollutants that power plants can spew into the environment. As President Obama said the day the standard was announced, it was "a good day in the fight to protect our environmen... See More

With the help of our supporters, the Union of Concerned Scientists has long led the fight to break our dangerous oil dependence and address global warming by strengthening fuel efficiency and pollution standards for cars and trucks. We stand on the verge of historic progress with the Obama adminis... See More

Right now, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is crafting long-delayed standards that will force our nation’s dirtiest coal plants and oil refineries to clean up their act. These standards will curb dangerous global warming emissions and other harmful pollution, protecting the public's health a... See More

The recent oil spill in the gulf coast could easily become the nation's worst environmental catastrophe in history, affecting wildlife, land, and fishing industries across the gulf and even up the eastern seaboard. And the tragic loss of life at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia was ... See More

Dear Members, On March 9, thanks to your support, and after five years of sounding the call for our government to restore integrity to federal science, we reached an important milestone. President Obama released a memorandum that unequivocally signals the importance that he places on scientific in... See More