Reports

Droughts can be devastating to farmers and food supplies. The biotech industry has touted the potential of genetic engineering to reduce the impact of drought. But the results so far are modest compared to non-GE approaches—and the costs are high.

When corporations use their influence to obscure science and block effective climate policy, the public loses.

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.

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.

Current policies create economic hurdles for farmers who want to grow fruits and vegetables. Smart reforms can remove these obstacles.

As Congress decides the influence that pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies should have over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), industry spends big.

An annual UCS report on the NRC's performance in ensuring nuclear power plant safety.

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.

The FDA has gone far toward restoring confidence among agency scientists since 2006, but some issues persist.

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.