A new report using voting precinct-level data uncovers key information about who is actually voting in our elections, and who our current democratic process is leaving behind.

This analysis explores data from the 2020 presidential election for 11 counties in seven battleground states — counties that will likely be pivotal in the outcome of the 2024 election. Information is ...

Jess visits the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to unearth efforts by Dr. Aaron Celestian and his team to use a groundbreaking new mineral-based method to clean up lead contamination in L ...

SACRAMENTO (Aug. 15, 2024)—Proposed legislation to ensure responsible recycling of batteries once electric vehicles retire in California was approved today by the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.

WASHINGTON (August 13, 2024)—The outcomes of elections have a big impact on everyone’s lives—but those outcomes depend, in part, on the ballots voters use. And too many voters aren’t getting a fair ...

Washington (August 7, 2024)—In the hotly contested 2020 election, the result came down to a relatively small number of votes across a few key states—the same states likely to be decisive in the 2024 ...

Kurt Gottfried played a key role in the founding of UCS while he was a visiting professor of physics at MIT during the late 1960s, and was a member of the UCS Board of Directors until he passed in ...

The continued production and use of fossil fuels threatens our climate, public health, and human rights. A fossil fuel phaseout is necessary to build a healthier, safer, and more just world, and any ...

Roughly 9,500 nuclear weapons are hidden away in bunkers and missile siloes, stored in warehouses, at airfields and naval bases, and carried by dozens of submarines across the world. A single warhead ...

The science is clear: climate change is happening. We are the cause. We need to act now. Table of Contents The science is clear: climate change is happening. We are the cause. We need to act now.

The short answer is: because we are human beings who believe in justice, and we want our work to reflect that belief. So, as an organization that works for “a healthy planet and a safer world,” we ...