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A Climate of Corporate Control
When corporations use their influence to obscure science and block effective climate policy, the public loses.
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The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The United States has the technical capabilities both to maintain a secure and reliable nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear testing, and to monitor clandestine testing by other nations.
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The CMRR Nuclear Facility: Why a Delay Makes Sense
Our analysis finds that there will be no adverse effects of delaying construction, and moreover, that there is no clear need for the CMRR-NF as currently proposed.
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Ensuring the Harvest
Current policies create economic hurdles for farmers who want to grow fruits and vegetables. Smart reforms can remove these obstacles.
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Logging and the Law
Illegal logging has significant environmental, economic, and societal costs. To address these impacts, implementation of the Lacey Act must be a priority.
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Drug and Medical Device Companies Have Outsized Influence on FDA
As Congress decides the influence that pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies should have over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), industry spends big.
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The NRC and Nuclear Power Plant Safety in 2011
An annual UCS report on the NRC's performance in ensuring nuclear power plant safety.
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Climate Change and Your Health: The Hidden Health Risks of Flooding in a Warming World
The Union of Concerned Scientists documents the costly, and often overlooked, health impacts of extreme precipitation and flooding, and identifies climate change as a growing risk factor for these extreme weather events.
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Voices of Scientists at the FDA
The FDA has gone far toward restoring confidence among agency scientists since 2006, but some issues persist.
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A History of Anti-Satellite Programs
More than 950 operating satellites currently orbit the Earth.As their numbers and importance increases, so do concerns about keeping them safe--because for as long as there have been satellites, there have been plans for interfering with them.
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Toward Healthy Food and Farms
Our food system is in trouble—but we know how to fix it. Healthy food and farm solutions require innovative policies.
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Heads They Win, Tails We Lose
Corporate influence is a key driver of the political interference that obstructs, distorts and suppresses federal science.