The U.S. EPA today released a revised definition of “waters of the United States, narrowing the waters protected under the Clean Water Act. Statement by Dr. Stacy Woods at the Union of Concerned Scien...

Canceling the annual Household Food Security Reports is part of a broader Trump administration effort to suppress data inconvenient to its political agenda.

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to obliterate the science basis of key climate policies. Tell the EPA to protect science, our climate, and our communities.

UCS submitted public comments on a USDA plan that would hollow out the agency's scientific capacity and disrupt vital services.

Water pollutants from Tyson Foods' meat processing plants pose a risk to both people and the environment.

The EPA is calling for public comments on a proposal that would limit protections for millions of acres of wetlands and streams.

The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.

Donald Trump opened an area of about 250 million acres of protected American waters to industrial fishing fleets on Thursday.  This sets a very dangerous precedent that our public lands and wa…

Tell the EPA to protect more wetlands under the Clean Water Act. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. EPA gutted key wetland protections of the Clean Water Act, and now the EPA is moving to furthe...

Mass layoffs at the Agriculture Department coming within weeks, with Washington facing significant cuts but regional employees also seeing reductions.

Join the Union of Concerned Scientists for a webinar to learn how the disappearance of wetlands puts all our communities at risk, and what scientists and advocates can do about it: Thursday, April 3, ...

Lee Zeldin said he will reconsider a list of core EPA policies, including emissions standards for vehicles and the finding that serves as the basis for addressing climate change.

New guidance on the Clean Water Act further erodes federal protections of vulnerable wetlands, ignoring the scientific evidence that shows wetlands are critical to maintaining clean waterways and safe...

Without access to federal research, communities dealing with the impacts of pollution will have a harder time advocating for policy changes.

Protecting wetlands in the Upper Midwest from industrial agriculture could prevent up to $754 billion in residential flood damages.

Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Please join science supporters, scientists, and experts in signing an open letter asking Congress to stand up against attempts to politicize or eliminate scientific roles, agencies, and federal resear...