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

BAKU, Azerbaijan—The annual U.N. climate talks—also referred to as COP29—have entered the final days of negotiations with all eyes on whether countries will be able to secure a much-needed climate ...

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Sean Duffy, a former GOP congressman, Fox News contributor and oil and gas lobbyist to lead the Department of Transportation. If confirmed, Duffy, a climate ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 18, 2024)—Liberty Energy oil executive Chris Wright has been announced as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Energy (DOE), an agency charged with ...

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

Ignorance is the disease, and curiosity is the cure! Ignorance is the disease, and curiosity is the cure! Welcome to This Is Science with Jess Phoenix, a Union of Concerned Scientists production. In ...

We know the next four years will be a dangerous time for our country and for everyone who cares about a safe, sustainable, and just future. There’s every reason to expect that a second Trump ...

Rachel Cleetus is the policy director with the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She leads the program’s efforts in designing effective and equitable policies to address ...

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 ...

Stephen Young is a senior Washington representative for the Global Security program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. He lobbies administration officials, members of Congress, and their staff to ...