All reports
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Siting for a Cleaner, More Equitable Grid in Massachusetts
Deciding where new energy infrastructure is built is a crucial consideration for the clean energy transition.
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Barriers and Solutions to Building Clean Energy in California
For California to achieve its 2045 clean energy goals, it needs to roughly triple its clean energy capacity.
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Gas Malfunction
The United States is overly reliant on gas plants—and extreme weather is causing them to fail at alarming rates.
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UCS JEDI Report 2023
This document summarizes the past year of efforts by staff and board members to transform UCS into an anti-racist organization.
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Drivers of Domestic Wells Vulnerability During Droughts in California's Central Valley
A peer-reviewed article in Environmental Research Letters.
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Hydrogen-Powered Heavy-Duty Trucks
Is investing in hydrogen-powered trucks as a solution for addressing emissions and other air pollutants from heavy-duty vehicles a good idea?
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Accelerating Clean Energy Ambition
With concerted action, the US can meet its climate goals—and see huge benefits to the economy and public health.
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Strengthening and Diversifying the Federal STEM Workforce
A report on strengthening and diversifying the STEM workforce at federal agencies
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Cropland Repurposing in California
Cropland repurposing in California informed by communities and science can provide social, environmental, and economic benefits for all stakeholders.
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Safeguarding Science in State Agencies
This report finds that states lack policies and laws needed to safeguard science at government agencies from politicization, and makes recommendations for reform.
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US Drinking Water Quality
A peer-reviewed article in Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.
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Truck Pollution in the United States
State-level fact sheets on tailpipe pollution from trucks and buses.